Kanye West Not Eating Or Sleeping Until ‘Swish’ Is Finished: No Longer Producing Rihanna’s ‘Anti’ [Video]


Kanye West is reportedly working so hard on his new album Swish that the rapper is not eating nor sleeping, according to protege Travis Scott. Swish is due out February 11, and West, probably one of the hardest working artists in the music industry, is giving it his characteristic all.

According to Travis Scott, who spoke to Billboard, West is not doing anything except “focusing on this album,”because Kanye “really wants this album to be like the illest.” Scott also told the magazine that “I feel like it’s going to be like a very good f—ing good album,” explaining that Kanye West is “going all in” to make Swish the best it can be.

In fact, the album is so important to Kanye that he’ll only work with people who are as dedicated as he is. In a statement made over Twitter on January 9, Kanye confirmed that he has “no interest in working with anyone who is too important or too good or too traditional to take a call at 3am.”

Similar to a promotional tactic used in 2010 before the release of his album My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy, West is releasing a song every Friday leading up to the release of Swish. The “good” part of “G.O.O.D. Fridays” is a reference to Kanye West’s label G.O.O.D. Music.

Beginning January 7, Kanye began releasing songs, beginning with his new single “Real Friends” and a preview of “No More Parties In LA.” On January 15, West missed releasing a final version of “No More Parties In LA” but his wife, Kim Kardashian, explained to fans over Twitter that Kanye was called into Italy at the last minute for a fitting before his new fashion line, Yeezy Season 3 is released.

Unlike his 2013 album Yeezus was “a protest of music” against the fashion industry, Swish promises to be about “embracing joy” and “embracing the music, embracing joy, and just being of service to the people.”

In an interview with Los Angeles’ Real 92.3’s Big Boy in November 2015, Kanye promised he is working hard onSwish, but also highlighted that he is taking it slow to make sure the songs are “sounding good.” In the interview, Kanye said that he does not want to “overly describe it or overly try to hype it up,” but he promised Swish will be “like a sonic painting.”

According to the rapper, every minute he spends on the album, it “gets better and better every week.” In order to focus on his own projects, it’s been confirmed that Kanye West is no longer executive producing Rihanna’s new album Anti. Rihanna begins her world tour on February 26, and Anti is expected to drop before then. With the release date of Swish so close, rumor has it that West simply does not have the time to help Rihanna.

Rihanna confirmed the news in a tweet to a fan by posting “‘FYI Kanye is not EPing Anti!!! We’re both working on our own projects right now!”

Meanwhile, Kanye West and Kim Kardashian have had to fight off rumors that they’re planning to renew their vows to save their marriage. According to the website Gossip Cop, Kanye and Kim do not plan to renew their vows, and indeed, their marriage is nowhere near breaking apart.

A source told In Touch magazine that “Kim and Kanye have been arguing nonstop for months,” and according to the insider, things “got so bad” between the power couple that “Kanye even threatened to divorce [Kardashian] just days after Saint’s birth.”

According to the magazine, the ceremony is supposed to happen in May, and is meant to serve as Kim Kardashian’s “weight-loss deadline.” Gossip Cop has busted open the rumor, and a rep for Kanye West and Kim Kardashian confirms it’s not true.

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