The Life of Pablo

The Life of Pablo
Studio album by Kanye West
Released	February 14, 2016
Recorded	2010 November 2013 – February 2016
Studio	Various Windmark Studios, Santa Monica No Name Studios, Punta Mita Florence Home Studios, Calabasas Germano Studios and Jungle City Studios, New York City Mike Dean's List House of Hits, SoHo Larrabee Studios and Ameraycan Recording Studios, North Hollywood Nobel Street Studios Abel's Crib, Trump Tower Jungle City Studios, California
Genre	Hip hop
Length	66:39
Label	GOOD Def Jam
Producer	Kanye West (also exec.) Noah Goldstein (also co-exec.) Rick Rubin (also co-exec.) Andrew Dawson Anthony Kilhoffer Allen Ritter Benji B Boi-1da Cashmere Cat Chance the Rapper Charlie Handsome Charlie Heat Caroline Shaw DJ Dodger Stadium (DJDS) Darren King Derek Watkins Frank Dukes Havoc Hudson Mohawke Karriem Riggins Mike Dean Madlib Menace Metro Boomin Mitus Plain Pat Sinjin Hawke Southside Swizz Beatz Sevn Thomas Trevor Gureckis Velous
Kanye West chronology
Yeezus (2013) The Life of Pablo (2016) Cruel Winter (2017)
Singles from The Life of Pablo
"Famous" Released: April 1, 2016 "Father Stretch My Hands" Released: June 7, 2016 "Fade" Released: September 9, 2016

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
AnyDecentMusic?	7.4/10
Metacritic	75/100
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic
The Daily Telegraph
Entertainment Weekly	B+
The Guardian
NME
Pitchfork	9.0/10
Q
Rolling Stone
Spin	8/10
Vice	A−

The Life of Pablo is the seventh solo album and eighth studio album by American rapper Kanye West. It was released on February 14, 2016, by GOOD Music and Def Jam Recordings. Recording sessions took place from 2013 to 2016, in Italy, Mexico, Canada and the United States. Record production on the album was handled by West alongside a variety of producers such as Mike Dean, Noah Goldstein, Metro Boomin, Rick Rubin, Hudson Mohawke, and more. He also enlisted a wide array of guest vocalists, including Ty Dolla Sign, Desiigner, Kid Cudi, The-Dream, Chance the Rapper, Rihanna, and Frank Ocean.

The Life of Pablo was preceded by several promotional singles as part of West's GOOD Fridays giveaways, including the tracks "Real Friends" and "No More Parties in LA". In the months before its release, the album's title and track list went through several publicized changes, and West's activity on social media became the source of several high-profile controversies. An early version of the album was premiered by West on February 11, 2016, at Madison Square Garden as part of his Yeezy Season 3 fashion show in collaboration with Adidas. After several additional recording sessions and alterations, the album was launched exclusively through the streaming service Tidal three days later.

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