More footage of Kanye West in his feelings has surfaced from the Saint Pablo Tour stop in Seattle on Wednesday [October 19]. Snippets leaked from the show over the past few days are piecing together to reveal that the legendary performer has had a lot to get off of his chest on how his music has been impacted by Tidal's rivalry with Apple. What's more, some of the emotions he spilled from atop his floating stage seemed to suggest that industry politics have had an effect on his relationship with long-time partner and friend Jay-Z.
"Stop, stop, stop it, stop it," Ye interceded when the DJ began playing "N****s In Paris," at one point during the show. After a drawn out, pause he had the record switched, simply calling out "Next!" The crowd then erupts as the beat to "Can't Tell Me Nothing" drops, with Ye following up the first line [la, la, la la, wait till I get my money right] by exclaiming, "Exactly!"
"N****s In Paris" was, of course, a hit single off of Kanye and Jay's 2011 joint album, "Watch The Throne." Clips that have reared from earlier parts of the show capture Ye telling the crowd "It will never be a Watch The Throne 2. You know why? Because that's the reason why I wasn't on the song. I wasn't on the song cause of Hov. Cause it's this Tidal/Apple bulls**t!" He was referring to his verse on Drake's "Pop Style" having not made it onto the Views version of the song. Ye would explain that when Jay was reminded that their feature together on the pre-album version of the song signified a reunion of their super group, The Throne, he suddenly backed off from giving it a go with the excuse that he didn't want to offend Meek Mill [who is managed under Roc Nation], by collaborating with Drake at the height of their rivalry. According to Ye, he would motion to contact Meek and Drake to help squash their beef in the interest of getting the music out, but that Jay continued to retract by deflecting the conversation's focus to how the Apple and Tidal standoff gets in the way of the "Pop Style" feature making business sense, considering Drake's relationship with Apple vs. Kanye and Jay-Z's stake in Tidal.
"This s**t got me tight, yo. Every time I perform the song, I think about this s**t. I think about the politics and the bulls**t. I think about how hard I go for music, for art, for Y'all, for the fans, how hard we go," he was recorded telling the crowd. But Kanye's Tidal/Apple tirades have become commonplace dating back to their stalled negotiations for a merger in the early in the summer. What has had fans buzzing since the Seattle show is speculation on his personal standing with Jay following a story that he shared which seemed to indicate that he felt let down by a friend in the days that followed the kidnapping and armed robbery of Kim Kardashian. "If you wanna know how I'm feeling come by the house. Bring the kids by the house. Like we're brothers. Let's sit down," he said.
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