Kanye West Joins the Wave of the Future and Announces He Will Only Release Albums Through Streaming

Kanye has always been ahead of the curve.

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Kanye West took to Twitter and announced he will no longer be releasing albums in a physical form. Instead, he's sticking to streaming. "I was thinking about not making CDs ever again... Only streaming," he wrote. "The Yeezus album packaging was an open casket to CDs r.i.p...so there it is... No more CDs from me."

The Chicago rapper has yet to release The Life of Pablo as a CD, and it sounds like it's going to stay like that for the foreseeable future. The project is currently only available on Tidal, but if Kanye is truly embracing streaming, there's a chance he may expand its availability to Spotify and Apple Music. Kanye dropped The Life of Pablo on Feb. 14, though he's promised a "final" version of it will be released soon. We're crossing our fingers this version of "Wolves" with Drake and Björk is included.

He also posed a question to his followers on Twitter, and it's one that seems to pop up on a regular basis. "Why do people not want me to be me?" he wrote. "I want people to be the best version of themselves and I will be the best version of me." Goals for 2016.

Uuuuum... hi everybody!
I was thinking about not making CDs ever again... Only streaming
the Yeezus album packaging was an open casket to CDs r.i.p
uuuuuuum, so there it is... No more CDs from me
question... Why do people not want me to be me?
I want people to be the best version of themselves and I will be the best version of me.
Growing and learning but not being told to stop ...not being stunted.
please avoid trying to talk me out of being me in the future
###hashtag all positive vibes

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