Description
Kanye West & Ty Dolla Sign – Vultures 1 – Compact Disc
Kanye West & Ty Dolla $ign’s Vultures 1 (credited to the duo name ¥$) is the first installment of a planned collaborative trilogy, released on February 10, 2024 through YZY. It marked Kanye’s first full-length project after his split from Def Jam, and its independent-style rollout—shifting dates, pop-up listening events, and platform-by-platform availability—was almost as much a headline as the music itself.
The album blends Kanye’s late-period maximalism with Ty Dolla $ign’s melodic hooks. Structurally, it moves between darker, bass-heavy trap production and more soulful, layered moments, often within the same track. The sound palette leans on distorted 808s, choral textures, gospel-adjacent harmonies, and minimal but punchy drum programming. Ty functions less as a guest and more as a stabilizing presence—frequent hooks, harmonies, and bridges that smooth transitions between Kanye’s verses and the shifting production styles.
Guest appearances include artists such as Playboi Carti, Travis Scott, Chris Brown, Lil Durk, Freddie Gibbs, Quavo, Rich the Kid, and Bump J, among others, reflecting Kanye’s continued reliance on a wide collaborative network. The album’s lead single, “Vultures” (featuring Bump J and Lil Durk), arrived ahead of the full release and set the darker, more confrontational tone of the project. Another standout track, “Carnival,” featuring Playboi Carti and Rich the Kid, became one of the album’s most commercially visible moments and charted strongly after release.
Vultures 1 debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200, extending Kanye’s streak of chart-topping albums. It also generated major streaming numbers in its first week despite the unconventional release pattern. The album was released in multiple versions with slight tracklist variations during its initial days on streaming services, which became part of the fan conversation around it.
In Kanye’s discography, Vultures 1 sits in the post-Donda era—less overtly spiritual than Jesus Is King, less stadium-conceptual than Donda, and more built around vibe, repetition, and contemporary trap aesthetics. For Ty Dolla $ign, it’s one of his most high-profile full-length collaborations, showcasing how central his melodic sensibility has become in modern rap production. The result is an album that feels intentionally abrasive in tone but structured around hook-driven repetition and collaborative energy rather than a tight conceptual arc.
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Track Listing
Stars
Keys To My Life
Paid
Talking
Back To Me
Hoodrat
Do It
Paperwork
Burn
Fuk Sumn
Vultures
Carnival
Beg Forgiveness
Problematic
King
