Kanye West And Mumford & Sons To Join Forces On New Collaboration Album
Well, this is certainly something.
Music
March 16, 2016

Kanye West just released an album, but he’s stated on Twitter that he’ll release another full-length titled Turbo Grafx 16 before 2016 closes, while he also has 40 songs with Kendrick Lamar and Young Thug plus new material with Future and Drake.

It’s busy times for Yeezy, but here comes his most unexpected work: Contributing to a collaboration album alongside Mumford & Sons. Yes, the folk group responsible for ‘Little Lion Man’ have been stating their intentions to delve into hip-hop as early as 2013, and this might be the result. Alongside The National, Ellie Goulding and more, a 12-track collaboration album named Metamorphoses is being released on behalf of the Global Citizen organisation, which aims to end extreme poverty by 2030, as well as addressing other issues like climate change.

Spearheaded by Mumford & Sons’ Ben Lovett, the album will crowd-source concepts and stories from fans and activists. If you’re a poetic genius, you can also submit your lyrics right here. Lovett further elaborated:

“Metamorphoses has the potential to break down our preconceptions of the voices of creativity, what different people around the world are thinking and who has the right to be heard… The artists involved in this project are some of the most genuine artists the world has to offer. Artists like Kanye West, and The National are doing something globally important that is touching people down to their DNA. And these masterfully creative people are going to be interpreting incredible submissions from people across the globe. It has been a joy reading all of the submissions we received over the past six months. I’m truly excited to see what we will create together.”

The album is slated for release this year and should be interesting, given the sonic diversity of the artists involved thus far. Meanwhile, blast ‘Little Lion Man’ as loud as you can and spit a freestyle over the instrumental:

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