Kanye West‘s new album Bully is finally here — sort of.
While the long-awaited project has yet to hit streaming services (surprise, surprise), Ye did premiere his 12th LP via a YouTube livestream (which can be watched below) about an hour after its scheduled midnight release.
Yeezy’s first album since he apologized for his antisemitic behavior, Bully features collaborations with the likes of Travis Scott, Ty Dolla $ign and CeeLo Green across 14 tracks — some of which mark the return of his classic soul-sampling sound.
Stove God Cooks and Busta Rhymes fans have also been left scratching their heads by the unexplained absence of All This For Me?, Stove’s new Swizz Beatz-produced album, and Busta’s “Talk Ya Shit” collab with J Dilla and Lil Wayne — both of which were supposed to drop today.
However, there’s still plenty of other new releases worth checking out this New Music Friday. Earl Sweatshirt and MIKE continue to stake their claim as rap’s best lyrical tag-team with their subterranean new single “Leadbelly,” The LOX make a welcome comeback with the reflective, R&B-flavored “Never Change” and Snoop Dogg reunites with Nottz for a bouncy new West Coast anthem called “Stop Counting My Poccets,” off his upcoming album and short film 10 Til Midnight (out April 10).
In addition to new projects from Central Cee, Juvenile, Chief Keef and the recently-freed Fetty Wap, Yeat continues to cement himself as a modern-day star with his sixth LP ADL, which boasts an insane supporting cast featuring the likes of Elton John, NBA YoungBoy, Kid Cudi, Grimes and even Kylie Jenner (make of that what you will).
Check out the best new rap albums and songs below.
Kanye West — Bully
Featuring: Travis Scott, Ty Dolla $ign, CeeLo Green, Havoc, North West, James Blake, Nine Vicious, Tony Williams, André Troutman
Earl Sweatshirt, MIKE & Surf Gang — “Leadbelly”
Produced By: Harrison, Elipropperr & Tony Seltzer
Snoop Dogg — “Stop Counting My Poccets”
Produced By: Nottz
The LOX feat. Jaheim & Trent Shelton — “Never Change”
Produced By: IR$
Yeat — ADL
Featuring: NBA YoungBoy, Elton John, Kid Cudi, Swizz Beatz, Don Toliver, Kylie Jenner, BNYX, 070 Shake, Joji, Grimes, Julia Wolf
Larry June — “Still Calculating Freestyle”
Produced By: DVME & Blade
Fetty Wap — Zavier
Featuring: Wiz Khalifa, Max B, G Herbo, Tink, Monty, Honey Bxby, Ymanie, Divinity, Rob McCoy
Juvenile — Boiling Point
Featuring: Megan Thee Stallion, Birdman, Mannie Fresh, B.G., Timbaland, Swizz Beatz, DJ Khaled, Jacquees, Dee-1, Trombone Shorty
Fivio Foreign — Still Standing
Featuring: Tory Lanez, Polo G, Lil Tjay, Trey Songz
BIA — We On Go Pack (EP)
Featuring: Denzel Curry, A$AP Ferg, TiaCorine, Da Honorable C.N.O.T.E.
Central Cee — All Roads Lead Home (EP)
Featuring: J Hus, A2ANTI
Joyner Lucas feat. NBA YoungBoy — “Deep End”
Produced By: ALyX, Orsix, Chanté Marie, KXVI, Leo Son & ADHD Productions
Chief Keef — Skeletor
Featuring: G Herbo, Rich The Kid, Ian, Ballout
Jozzy — Soundtrack 2 Get Her Back
Featuring: Mary J. Blige, Chris Brown, Jeremih, Jon B., Keyon Harrold, Stevie J, Cardiak, Bongo ByTheWay
Rob49 & YTB Fatt feat. Lil Yachty, G Herbo, G Youngin & BTY Beedo — “Da Fuxk (Remix)”
Produced By: Schife, 1040 Beats & Millibeatz
Boldy James, MC Serch & Handz Up — “What the Stove Say”
Produced By: Credits unavailable
Marlon Craft — “The Neighborhoood”
Produced By: The Kount, CARRTOONS, River Tiber, Marlon Craft & Sly5thAve
Eric Bellinger — “Cry In Front of You”
Produced By: Credits unavailable
Jim Legxacy feat. Natanya — “idk idk”
Produced By: Jim Legxacy, Joe Stanley, .fullstopnathan., henes, Boy Red & Vuko
Kota the Friend — Local Art Dealer, Vol. 1
Featuring: Rome Streetz
Momo Boyd — “She’s a Sweetheart”
Produced By: Brandon Shoop
Yung Bleu — World At War
Featuring: Trap Dickey, HoneyKomb Brazy, JackBoys
Nickelus F — The Undisputed
Featuring: N/A
YGTUT — Sunset of the Titan Twilight
Featuring: N/A
Kaelin Ellis feat. Madison McFerrin & SWEATA — “Hello.Morning”
Produced By: Kaelin Ellis
Kembe X — “Crooks & Castles”
Produced By: Credits unavailable
Another flop from Kanye. Every song is a skip 🗑️🚮
Vultures 1 went number 1 as have his other ambulance and 2 went 2 so far from flop but go ahead lie
He went number 1 because he has delusional fangirls like you who love any bullshit he releases. That means nothing
Anyone with working ears and brain know that he hasn’t made a decent album in well over a decade
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Ye sells out arenas and LP’s around the world so far from flop same way Vultures was. You people just want to hate are you jealous and insecure is that it?
The album has not been released and where did you listen to it? The livestream is not available when this was posted?
@Inat You can listen to it on YouTube Music
Save yourself 45 minutes and skip it, it’s awful
It’s literally a mix of Dark Fantasy, Yeezus, and some Graduation if you don’t like that you probably never liked him and I assume you don’t like Donda or Vultures either so why say anything?
STFU! Ye Is King! Album is great!
Someone take the autotune away from Ye. He’s abusing it at this point
Have you listened to him? Bro been using auto tune since the 2000’s helping pioneer it also have you listened to most modern rap it’s all tune. Are you just some ju bot
Meanwhile you said nothing on Yeat whos all auto tune? Did RocNation pay you off or is this a bot?
Yeah Yeat is a good zionist that’s why. These are just bits paid to hate on Ye.
What?! Every rapper uses it and Ye’s songs have used auto tune in the past 808’s was all auto tune, Dark Fantasy, Graduation, Yeezus, Donda even used it. Album sounds fine but as usual you boomer haters have to hate you know you don’t like it but have to chime in to make your insecure loser life feel important.
He always been using auto tune not every song auto tune. WYM? Get out vulture!
How? Go listen to Yeezus, 808’s, Dark Fantasy and come back he’s been heavily using autotune from day 1 he pioneered it with T-Pain or does he over use it? Future? Yeat? Don Toliver? Carti? Uzi? Travis? Ken Carson? Destroy Lonley? Lil Durk? Sosa? NBA YoungBoy? Don Toliver top selling rapper right now.
Bully sounds way better than those. Alsi Cee Lo feature was great!
So you only here to hate that’s all you losers do. Go listen to trash Kendrick or Cole.
Shut up. Album sounds great as always.
@Taox Is that why you’re posting under numerous names to pretend that everyone loves the horrible songs ? You’ve been on this website for years dickriding Kanye
Quando Rondo dropped
The Ye hate bots already here then again this site is controlled and run by the zionists same way sadly hiphop became
Ye did not drop change the article and livestream gone also not the full album. The physical release is out not the true version;
Album not out change this Bully delayed
Yeat not my thing but he’s charting at 1
Carti better hopefully he drops the album this year and Ken and Destroy have a collab coming out. Trav teasing a new album. Hopefully Uzi drops too. Yeat is just not it. Hopefully Carti leaves UMG this year.
Not for long Bully bout to be 1 music videos out now too. Full rollout!
Bully did not release and the stream was taken down. It should not be listed.
Ye Bully sounded great.
Bully was great the LP now we need the Album!
Bully released Saturday. Ye Is King. Don Toliver feature too.
Bully finally dropped officially. Now just need updates on Donda 2 and Vultures 2 then full releases of In A Perfect World, Yandhi, and Carti Ye. North album sounds great too hopefully the Travis collab album is this year and maybe Yage.
Bully is so true Ye speaking his story and the zionists mad as usual trying to slander the King. Need a Ye and Lil Wayne collab album now.
I’ve been stroking my dick all day to his new music
I just wish I was Ye’s little cousin. He can molest me any time he wants to
The album that launches Ye’s 2028 campaign. This is our future President the true MAGA.
YoungBoy went crazy carried Joyner
Ye cut Mission Control from Bully?