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Kanye finally releases the full version of "No More Parties in L.A." featuring Kendrick Lamar

 

Kanye has finally dropped the full version of "No More Parties in LA" featuring Kendrick Lamar - the track teased at the end of Real Friends, released last Friday. 

And in classic Kanye style, he pulled the track off SoundCloud three times and then reuploaded it because he wasn't satisfied with the sound quality!

From Pitckfork: Kanye has explained that it was removed because "there was a slight distortion in the main loop within 'Real Friends'," and will be "back up shortly." He added, "When it’s back up all rippers please rip the new one instead." Update 2:20p.m.: IT'S BACK! Update 2:28p.m.: Just kidding, he deleted it again. Update 2:47p.m.: It's back again. Update 2:56 p.m.: You're never going to believe this, but he deleted the track again.

 On Friday, January 8, Kim Kardashian tweeted that Kanye would be putting out a new track every Friday. Later that day he shared "Real Friends" and a preview of "No More Parties in LA." After new music failed to materialize the following Friday, Kim tweeted to say Kanye was in Italy with producer/engineer/mixer Noah Goldstein putting finishing touches on the track. Now, it's here.

"No More Parties in LA" was produced by Madlib, with the intro produced by Kanye. "Real Friends" was produced by Kanye, with "sample by Frank Dukes and Boi-1da" and drum programming by Havoc. "No More Parties in LA" appears to feature the same sample from Ghostface Killah's "Mighty Healthy" that Kanye used on "New God Flow" with Pusha T.

Kanye's Yeezus follow-up, Swish, is out February 11. 

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