West then began tinkering with the album in real time, and updating fans throughout the process. It included numerous never-before-tracks and alternate takes widely presumed to be from “The Life of Pablo” sessions.
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The streaming service offered refunds to those who didn’t want to wait for the official download and West urged his fans to subscribe to Tidal since he had no plans to release the album to other services, specifically Apple Music, before saying he’d never have the album pressed to CD.Īmid all the hoopla, those paying attention only to the whereabouts of West’s album received a massive bounty in the form of a folder that leaked to a hip-hop thread on Reddit. In the end only the “unfinished” version of the album remained on Tidal. In fact, “The Life of Pablo” wasn’t even finished.ĭuring his stint as a musical guest on “Saturday Night Live,” days after the premiere event, West announced digital copies of the album were at last for sale via his personal website and streaming on Tidal.īut shortly after making the announcement, West pulled down the commercial version of “The Life of Pablo,” and those who had already shelled out $20 for the 18-track album complained on Twitter that the album had a glitch that excluded the record’s final track and instead repeated the song right before it.
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The album premiere was beamed in movie theaters across the globe and on the Tidal music-streaming service - which at one point crashed under the weight of some 20 million people - as the polarizing superstar showcased 10 tracks of “The Life of Pablo” while models wearing items from West’s new line expressionlessly stood onstage.īut following the bombastic album release event, there was no actual album to purchase.
It was originally titled “So Help Me God,” then “SWISH,” then “Waves” before West unveiled the album’s acronym was “TLOP.” He offered free tickets to the event (along with a pair of his custom-designed Yeezy shoes) to anyone who could decode those letters. For weeks he had teased the elaborate presentation even though he hadn’t settled on an album name until a few days before its preview.