Kanye West has a new album out and fans are loving it despite his latest controversies

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Kanye West has a new album out and fans are loving it despite his latest controversies

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  • Kanye West released his eighth studio album, "Ye," on Friday. 
  • Early fan reactions to the album, and to its live-streamed listening party that took place in Wyoming Thursday night, were largely positive. 
  • The album is available to stream now on all major services.  

Kanye West dropped his eighth studio album on streaming services early Friday morning, hours after live-streaming a star-studded listening party for the project on a ranch in Wyoming Thursday night. 

The album, titled "Ye," is now available on Spotify, Apple Music, and Tidal. It clocks in at just over 23 minutes over the course of seven songs. Kid Cudi, Ty Dolla $ign, and Nicki Minaj are among the handful of guest artists who appear on the LP.

The album's cover features a photo of a mountain range in Wyoming, which Kim Kardashian West said in a tweet that Kanye "shot on his iPhone on the way to the album listening party." The words "I hate being Bi-Polar its awesome" appear in green font, corresponding with West's frank lyrics discussing his mental health on the album.

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Kanye West's "Ye."

Early fan reactions to the album on social media were largely positive, particularly as the live-streamed unveiling of the album took place early Friday morning.

The album's release follows a promotional cycle that saw Kanye draw intense criticism for his vocal support of President Trump and his calling slavery "a choice" in an appearance on TMZ. 

Nonetheless, the majority of social media chatter about the music of the album - an eclectic mix of trap and electronic influences, gospel and soul, featuring a good deal of humor and some affecting lyrics about his relationships with his wife, Kim Kardashian West, and his children - appeared to be positive as of Friday morning. 

But a number of ostensibly former fans of West were not looking to downplay Kanye's latest controversies:

Listen to the album below:

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