Brothers (Kanye West song)

"Brothers" is a song by American rapper Kanye West, featuring vocals from American singer Charlie Wilson. The song was previewed alongside the season 2 premiere of American drama show Tales on July 2, 2019. The song was never officially released due to West's team shifting their focus to working on his ninth studio album Jesus Is King.[1]

"Brothers"
Song by Kanye West featuring Charlie Wilson
Recorded2016–2018[1]
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)

Background

7 Aurelius first produced the song while playing his keyboard in 2016 and got Chris Stylez to sing demo vocals over the track.[1]

In November 2017, Irv Gotti hinted on Instagram that he was working on "something enormous" with Kanye West.[2] West altered "Brothers" to create "Violent Crimes", the final track from West's album Ye (2018).

On June 5, 2019, Irv Gotti stated in an interview on The Breakfast Club that the season 2 premiere of his show Tales would "be a two-hour season premiere of a brand new record produced by me and my production partner Seven from a huge, huge, huge artist."[3] Gotti stated the artist was from the Midwest and that he's "the biggest, hugest artist who’s been the most controversial in the last year." DJ Envy responded with "Ok, Kanye West is gonna be on the season premiere of Tales," to which Irv Gotti replied "I didn’t say it! But let's say it right. He’s not acting in it, but maybe I have a song … Envy is a fucking genius!"[3]

Release and promotion
Genesis the Greykid with the painting used for the song's cover art

The song debuted with the season 2 premiere of the show Tales on July 2, 2019.[4] The following day, the demo of the track, featuring vocals from Chris Stylez, was released on Seven's website.[5] West's manager stated that their team didn't want the song to be commercially released as it would affect the promotion for his upcoming album Yandhi.[1]

Personnel

Credits adapted from Tales season 2 episode 1 and Forbes.[1]

gollark: Stuff is seemingly not magically self-computing. At least, I haven't seen algorithms somehow run themselves.
gollark: That is a good question. "I think therefore I am" and all, but that really only implies that in some form "I" am running on some kind of processing hardware which can do consciousness, whether it is my foolish mortal brain in a universe with quarks and everything or a simulation of that on, I don't know, some kind of massive cellular automaton.
gollark: Well, the computer and jar have to physically exist in some form.
gollark: Besides that, the bee-image is quite clearly distinguishable from a bee in many ways.
gollark: The simplest and most sensible explanation is the non-jar thing.

References
  1. Lambert, Chris. "What Happened To "Brothers," The Kanye West Song That Vanished?". Forbes. Forbes. Retrieved 7 August 2019.
  2. Justin Ivey (20 November 2017). "Irv Gotti & Kanye West Are Working On Something "Enormous"". HipHopDX. Retrieved 13 June 2019.
  3. La Redaction (5 June 2019). "Irv Gotti Leaks Kanye West "TALES" Single Will Kick Off Season 2". Urbantu Magazine. Retrieved 13 June 2019.
  4. Abel Shifferaw (3 July 2019). "Listen to Kanye West's "Brothers" Track f/ Charlie Wilson". Complex. Retrieved 3 July 2019.
  5. https://www.b7lly.com/
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