Kanye West drops his seventh album Friday, and it’s currently titled with the acronym T.L.O.P. He’s revised the name a few times, though, and when he tweeted the latest change early Tuesday morning, Kanye offered a prize to the person who guesses what the acronym stands for: a pair of his newest Yeezy shoes plus tickets to Thursday’s rollout for his Season 3 fashion line. Kanye has booked Madison Square Garden for the event, which also serves as the premiere of his new album. The whole thing will be broadcast in movie theaters around the world, including two in Chicago, though the cheapest seats are $25. (For $35 Kanye will throw in a download of the new album, and a $581 package adds a T-shirt, hoodie, and jean jacket.) Tickets for the screenings at City North 14 and River East 21 are sold out, but you can still reserve a spot at Evanston’s Century 12 and CineArts 6.
Kingdom won me over with his 2013 single “Achilles,” and I’ve since kept tabs on him, though I couldn’t quite pick out his voice in “All Day” till I saw him perform the song while opening for Kirk Knight at Metro last month. Kingdom’s limboing warble on the hook is a large part of what makes “All Day” resonate after West has had his way with it. The talent Kingdom displays here and there on “All Day” is all over his recent mixtape, Northern Lights, which dropped during the dead period in early January.
