The Life of Pablo
Kanye West's seventh studio album, released in February 2016.
The Life of Pablo is the seventh studio album by Kanye West, released on February 14, 2016, through GOOD Music and Def Jam Recordings. West recorded it between 2013 and 2016 and led its production with the executive producers Rick Rubin and Noah Goldstein. Guests include The-Dream, Kelly Price, Chance the Rapper, Kirk Franklin, Kid Cudi, Desiigner, Rihanna, Young Thug, Chris Brown, the Weeknd, Ty Dolla Sign, Vic Mensa, Sia, Frank Ocean, Kendrick Lamar, Post Malone and Sampha.
Quick Facts
- Artist
- Kanye West
- Released
- February 14, 2016
- Recorded
- 2010; November 2013 – February 2016; March 2016 – June 2016 (post-release)
- Genre
- Hip-hop
- gospel
- art pop
- Length
- 66:01
- Label
- GOOD; Def Jam
Lore & Background
West changed the title several times before settling on The Life of Pablo, premiered the album at Madison Square Garden on February 11, 2016 as part of his Yeezy Season 3 presentation, and said he would modify the tracklist again before its public release. The Saint Pablo Tour supported it, with a mobile stage suspended from the ceiling, until West cancelled its remaining 21 dates on November 21, 2016.
Reader's Guide
Read this page with Yeezy Season 3, Ye and GOOD Music.
Track listing
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ultralight Beam | Kanye West, Michael Dean, Kelly Price, Terius Nash, Nico Segal, Kirk Franklin, Kasseem Dean, Chancelor Bennett, Noah Goldstein, Jerome Potter, Samuel Griesemer, Cydel Young, Malik Jones, Derek Watkins | 5:20 |
| 2 | Father Stretch My Hands, Pt. 1 | West, Scott Mescudi, Rubin, M. Dean, Goldstein, Leland Wayne, Young, Allen Ritter, Potter, Griesemer, Bennett, Jones, T. L. Barrett | 2:15 |
| 3 | Pt. 2 | West, Rubin, Young, Sidney Selby III, Adnan Khan, Caroline Shaw, Pat Reynolds, Barrett | 2:10 |
| 4 | Famous | West, Kejuan Muchita, Goldstein, Ernest Brown, Andrew Dawson, M. Dean, Bennett, K. Dean, Young, Ross Birchard, Reynolds, Jones, Jimmy Webb, Winston Riley, Luis Bacalov, Enzo Vita, Sergio Bardotti, Giampiero Scalamogna | 3:16 |
| 5 | Feedback | West, Brown, Goldstein, Young, Darius Jenkins, K. Rachel Mills, Marcus Byrd, Bennett, Jones, Ardalan Sarfaraz, Manouchehr Cheshmazar | 2:27 |
| 6 | Low Lights | West, M. Dean, Potter, Griesemer, Sandy Rivera | 2:11 |
| 7 | Highlights | West, M. Dean, Tyler Bryant, Joshua Luellen, Reynolds, Goldstein, Nash, Young, Jeffery Williams, Greg Phillinganes, Jamichael Hall, Jones | 3:19 |
| 8 | Freestyle 4 | West, M. Dean, Young, Selby, Birchard, Potter, Griesemer, Goldstein, Caroline Shaw, Trevor Gureckis, Jones, Alison Goldfrapp, Robert Locke, Timothy Norfolk, William Gregory | 2:03 |
| 9 | I Love Kanye | West, Jones | 0:44 |
| 10 | Waves | West, Christopher M. Brown, Mescudi, Young, Tony Williams, Elon Rutberg, Birchard, Watkins, M. Dean, Bennett, Wayne, Jones, Brown, Fred Brathwaithe, Robin Diggs, Kevin Ferguson, Theodore Livingston, Darryl Mason, James Whipper | 3:01 |
| 11 | FML | West, Abel Tesfaye, Young, M. Dean, Dawson, Goldstein, Wayne, Brown, Christian Boggs, Jenkins, Mills, Byrd, Birchard, Jacques Webster, Jones, Lawrence Cassidy, Vincent Cassidy, Paul Wiggin | 3:56 |
| 12 | Real Friends | West, Matthew Samuels, Adam Feeney, Muchita, Darren King, Young, Glenda Proby, Tyrone Griffin Jr., M. Dean, Goldstein, Rupert Thomas, Jones, Jalil Hutchins, Lawrence Smith | 4:11 |
| 13 | Wolves | West, Sia Furler, Victor Mensah, Magnus August Høiberg, Alan Stanley Soucy Brinsmead, Goldstein, Rutberg, Jones, Freddy Wexler, Young, Ryan McDermott, M. Dean, Kirby Lauryen, Reynolds, Shaw | 5:01 |
| 14 | Frank's Track | West, Christopher Breaux, Høiberg, Brinsmead | 0:38 |
| 15 | Siiiiiiiiilver Surffffeeeeer Intermission | Charly Wingate, Karim Kharbouch | 0:56 |
| 16 | 30 Hours | West, Karriem Riggins, M. Dean, Aubrey Graham, Charles Arthur Russell, Cornell Haynes, Jason Epperson, Pharrell Williams, Charles L. Brown, Isaac Hayes | 5:23 |
| 17 | No More Parties in LA | West, Kendrick Duckworth, Otis Jackson Jr., Jones, John Watson, Walter Morrison, Herbert Rooney, Ronald Bean, Highleigh Crizoe, Dennis Coles, Larry Graham, Tina Graham, Sam Dees | 6:14 |
| 18 | Facts (Charlie Heat version) | West, Young, Brown, Goldstein, Luellen, Nicholas Smith, A. Graham, Wayne, Nayvadius Wilburn | 3:20 |
| 19 | Fade | West, Griffin, Austin Post, Kilhoffer, Benjamin Benstead, M. Dean, Ryan Vojtesak, Potter, Griesemer, Goldstein, Jones, Norman Whitfield, Eddie Holland, Cornelius Grant, Larry Heard, Robert Owens, Louie Vega, Ronald Carroll, Barbara Tucker, Harold Matthews, Stephen Garrett, Rapture Stewart, Eric Seats | 3:13 |
| 20 | Saint Pablo | West, Sampha Sisay, M. Dean, Ritter, Shawn Carter, Deric Angelettie, Ronald Lawrence, Whitfield | 6:12 |
| Total length | 66:01 | ||
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