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Kanye West & Ty Dolla $ign’s ‘Vultures’ NYC Listening Experience Is a Promising Start For the New Duo

Kanye West and Ty Dolla $ign held their second "Vultures" listening party at UBS Arena in New York on Feb. 9. Here's what happened.

When the 46-year-old announced he would host a pair of listening parties in Chicago and New York for Vultures, his collaborative project with Ty Dolla $ign as the group ¥$, I wasn’t clamoring to go. At one point, I forgot I was at a listening and thought this was a full-fledged concert with people screaming at the top of their lungs while bopping in their seats, a far cry from the tired and bored faces that walked through the doors of UBS at 8 p.m. As a follow-up to his last official release, Donda, which won two Grammys, Vultures has the potential to see the same success with heat-seeking tracks such as “Hoodrat,” “Do It,” “F-k Sumn,” “Carnival, “Burn,” and more propelling it.

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