The Life of Pablo

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music album studio album

The Life of Pablo is a 2016 studio album by American rapper and producer Kanye West that blends hip hop, gospel, and experimental sounds and was notable for its evolving, post-release updates.

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Kanye West – The Life of Pablo 1
The Life of Pablo era 1

Statements (64)

Predicate Object
instanceOf music album ⓘ
studio album ⓘ
artist Kanye West ⓘ
composer Kanye West ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
coverArtDesigner Peter De Potter ⓘ
criticalReception generally positive reviews from music critics ⓘ
debutChartPositionUSBillboard200 1 ⓘ
digitalReleaseDate 2016-02-14 ⓘ
genre experimental hip hop ⓘ
gospel ⓘ
hip hop ⓘ
psychedelic hip hop ⓘ
trap ⓘ
language English ⓘ
mainSingles Fade ⓘ
Famous ⓘ
Father Stretch My Hands, Pt. 1 ⓘ
nextWork Ye ⓘ
nextWorkReleaseYear 2018 ⓘ
notableAward Grammy Award for Best Rap Album nomination ⓘ
notableFeature incorporation of gospel choirs and themes ⓘ
non-traditional album rollout ⓘ
post-release updates to mixes and track list ⓘ
numberOfTracks 20 ⓘ
openingTrack Ultralight Beam ⓘ
performer Kanye West ⓘ
previousWork Yeezus ⓘ
previousWorkReleaseYear 2013 ⓘ
producer Boi-1da ⓘ
Cashmere Cat ⓘ
Charlie Heat ⓘ
Hudson Mohawke ⓘ
Kanye West ⓘ
Karriem Riggins ⓘ
Madlib ⓘ
Metro Boomin ⓘ
Mike Dean ⓘ
Mike Will Made-It ⓘ
Noah Goldstein ⓘ
Plain Pat ⓘ
Rick Rubin ⓘ
recordingPeriodEnd 2016 ⓘ
recordingPeriodStart 2013 ⓘ
recordLabel Def Jam Recordings ⓘ
GOOD Music ⓘ
releaseDate 2016-02-14 ⓘ
streamingPlatformExclusiveAtRelease Tidal ⓘ
theme faith and religion ⓘ
fame and celebrity culture ⓘ
family and relationships ⓘ
track FML ⓘ
Fade ⓘ
Famous ⓘ
Father Stretch My Hands, Pt. 1 ⓘ
Father Stretch My Hands, Pt. 2 ⓘ
Feedback ⓘ
Freestyle 4 ⓘ
Highlights ⓘ
Real Friends ⓘ
Ultralight Beam ⓘ
Waves ⓘ
Wolves ⓘ
wideDigitalReleaseDate 2016-04-01 ⓘ

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FML → album → The Life of Pablo ⓘ
Fade → album → The Life of Pablo ⓘ
Father Stretch My Hands, Pt. 1 → album → The Life of Pablo ⓘ
Father Stretch My Hands, Pt. 2 → album → The Life of Pablo ⓘ
Freestyle 4 → album → The Life of Pablo ⓘ
Highlights → album → The Life of Pablo ⓘ
Real Friends → album → The Life of Pablo ⓘ
Ultralight Beam → album → The Life of Pablo ⓘ
Waves → album → The Life of Pablo ⓘ
Wolves → album → The Life of Pablo ⓘ
Yeezus → followedBy → The Life of Pablo ⓘ
GOOD Music → hasNotableRelease → The Life of Pablo ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kanye West – The Life of Pablo
Kanye West → notableWork → The Life of Pablo ⓘ
West → notableWork → The Life of Pablo ⓘ
subject surface form: Kanye West
Ye → notableWork → The Life of Pablo ⓘ
Ultralight Beam → openingTrackOf → The Life of Pablo ⓘ
Fade → partOf → The Life of Pablo ⓘ
Father Stretch My Hands, Pt. 1 → partOf → The Life of Pablo ⓘ
Father Stretch My Hands, Pt. 2 → partOf → The Life of Pablo ⓘ
Freestyle 4 → partOf → The Life of Pablo ⓘ
Highlights → partOf → The Life of Pablo ⓘ
Real Friends → partOf → The Life of Pablo ⓘ
Ultralight Beam → partOf → The Life of Pablo ⓘ
Waves → partOf → The Life of Pablo ⓘ
Ye → previousWork → The Life of Pablo ⓘ
Highlights → recordedFor → The Life of Pablo ⓘ
Waves → releaseContext → The Life of Pablo ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Life of Pablo era