[Music] Kanye West Finally Reveals Due Date For New Album

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Kanye West Finally Reveals Due Date For New Album
from Forbes



After much speculation and what seems like an eternity of waiting for some, it appears that Kanye West is finally gearing up to release his new album, Swish.

On Friday, the superstar rapper tweeted a short, simple, and not-so-cryptic message out to his almost-17 million followers: "Swish  February 11 16". That was all, but it was enough to send his fans and the hip-hop world in general into a frenzy. As of writing, Kanye's album announcement tweet has been retweeted at least 120,000 times and favorited at least 100,000 times.

A February 11th release date makes a lot of sense for West, who was probably waiting to find the perfect time to drop what will surely be another masterpiece. By that time, Adele's 25 may be ready to let go of its stranglehold of the top of the Billboard 200, if it hasn't already. Kanye doesn't seem like the type of artist that would want to have to compete for a number one position, and while there aren't many acts that could best him, Adele is one of them.

Swish has been expected for some time now, but until yesterday, no date had been given, leading many to speculate that a surprise album drop (à la Drake last year) might have been in the works. While the release date was just announced, the world knew that the seventh LP was coming soon, as West has been releasing single after single for some time now, and he has some high-profile performances coming up, including the just-announced Governors Ball in New York City this coming summer.

So far, West has dispatched at least two official singles from Swish—the Paul McCartney-featuring "Only One", and the not-safe-for-TV "All Day"—and a third cut, the Rihanna and McCartney collaboration "FourFiveSeconds", might end up on either his new record or Rihanna's, though it isn't clear where it lives just yet. On top of that, West has been dropping album cuts left and right over the past year or so, including "Facts", "No More Parties In L.A. (ft. Kendrick Lamar)", and "Wolves (ft. Sia and Vic Mensa)". Unless Swish is especially lengthy, it is likely that we have already heard at least half of it by this point.

Swish is easily one of 2016's most anticipated releases, and while West has set the bar rather high, the record is shaping up to be one of the year's most exciting (and best, depending on who you're asking) albums.