Vultures 2

Vultures 2 (stylized in all caps) is the second studio album by the American hip hop supergroup ¥$, composed of the rapper Kanye West and the singer Ty Dolla $ign. It was surprise released independently by the former's YZY brand on August 3, 2024. Guest appearances include West's daughters North West & Chicago, Griffin's brother Jabreal "Big TC" Muhammad, Don Toliver, Playboi Carti, Kodak Black, Future, Lil Wayne, Young Thug, Lil Durk, Lil Baby, Desiigner, 070 Shake and CyHi.
== Description ==
Ye and Ty Dolla $ign swoop in with a second helping of their Vultures collab. Apple Music
== Singles ==
Title 	Date
"Slide"	August 2, 2024
== Background ==
* On February 25, Timbaland, who also worked on Vultures 1, announced that the second installment was "on the way".<
* On March 3, French Montana announced his involvement and shared a clip of him and the duo in the recording studio. After the album had not come out on its scheduled release date of March 8, West announced that Vultures 2 was still in the works as he and Ty Dolla Sign were still "in the lab".
* West and Ty Dolla Sign held a private listening party on the scheduled date with a DJ setting, where the rapper was joined by his partner Bianca Censori.
* On March 10, in a conversation with a Kanye West fan page, West mentioned that he would be selling Vultures 2 on the Yeezy website for $20 instead of releasing it on streaming platforms like Vultures 1. He stated this decision was made so "We won't have the streaming companies in control of the artist anymore".
* On March 14, 1-minute previews of the Vultures 2 tracks were released on TikTok and Instagram under West's account.
* West and Ty Dolla Sign later announced a new release date of May 3 in an interview with Justin LaBoy on his The Download podcast. Rolling Stone also confirmed the track "Let Me Chill Out" featuring the late rapper Takeoff. Despite the announcement, the album did not release on May 3.
* Ty Dolla $ign appeared on the cover of the Billboard June 22, 2024, issue. He played the interviewee a couple of the album's tracks, hinting at the release of the album in the upcoming days: "We got all the songs. Basically, it’s just like, 'How can we get it there? How can we go bigger than the first album?'".Scott, Damien (June 20, 2024). "The 'Master': How Ty Dolla $ign Changed R&B and Hip-Hop - And Got Ye to Finish 'Vultures 1'". Billboard.
* On July 6, Ty Dolla $ign posted an official announcement of a listening event scheduled for August 23 in South Korea on Instagram. In the same week, West claimed he retired from professional music via fellow collaborator Rich the Kid's Instagram story. This retirement lasted roughly 30 minutes before a track with rapper Consequence titled "No Apologies" was announced to release on July 12.
* On July 30, West announced through his website that all orders of the album had been fulfilled and shipped out, and that the album would release on August 2, 2024. However, hours later the release date was removed from his website; currently the announcement simply states "ALL ORDERS FULFILLED". The album did not release.
* On August 2, the first single for Vultures 2, titled "Slide" released on streaming services with an updated cover art for the album.
* Vultures 2 was released to streaming services independently through West's YZY brand on August 3, 2024. The album was released on an unlisted YouTube livestream on West's YouTube Channel, and on Tidal. The album was later released on Spotify and Apple Music.
== Cover art ==
On March 9, West announced the album and revealed its artwork through his Twitter account. The cover features a masked Ty Dolla Sign dressed in all black holding an image of his brother, Jabreal "Big TC" Muhammad, who is currently serving a life sentence for a murder the brothers claim he did not commit.
== Track listing ==
;Notes
* "Time Moving Slow" "Fried" and "River" feature additional vocals from Curva Nord Milano ultras.
* "River" features additional vocals from Charlie Wilson.
;Sample credits
* "River" contains samples of "River", as performed by Leon Bridges.
* "530" contains samples of "Break the Fall (Acoustic)", as performed by Swsh.
== References ==
Category:Albums
Category:Collaborative albums
Category:¥$ albums
Category:Studio albums