Kanye West’s New Album Being Shopped Round, Massive Labels Steer Clear

Billboard stories that Ye’s bought new music on the horizon, together with this joint collaboration between himself and TD$ — which is able to mark his first massive launch since his antisemitic saga final yr … which put him on the outs with a whole lot of big-time Hollywood gamers.

Apparently, the aftermath of that has effects on KW’s potential to get this album distributed proper now — however that is to not say he would not have choices … Billboard says he does. In accordance with the outlet, Ye is weighing 5 totally different provides from smaller/lesser-known distributors.

A type of provides cane from a music publishing firm known as Too Misplaced — which launched only a couple years in the past and which truly already holds the rights to Ye’s music on YouTube. Now, it appears like they’re making a play to go all in on him for a straight-up album.

No phrase on who the opposite 4 provides are from, however Billboard says Kanye’s going to decide quickly — and that the album needs to be launched within the coming weeks … together with on all the large streaming companies he’d need assistance from to achieve the most important potential viewers.

Talking of that … Billboard says, citing sources, each main label is staying away from Ye proper now — and a giant a part of that has to do together with his anti-Jew rhetoric from 2022, which appears to be on the forefront of document execs’ minds contemplating Israel-Palestine proper now.

They do word that his new album with Ty would not contact on any antisemitism within the songs — at the very least primarily based on what’s been heard up to now — however he is nonetheless far too polarizing to get behind.

Curiously sufficient … Kanye himself would not appear to be over speaking about Jewish individuals — as he only recently filed for a trademark for the time period “YEWS,” which he desires to slap on a large number of services. Whether or not that is the album title … anybody’s guess.