It’s been a long road to Kanye West’s new album The Life of Pablo with over 100 people involved in the record's making. On Wednesday (Feb. 17), the "Ultra Light Beams rapper shared a list of credits on his website, and has apparently included his children North and Saint West as “creative consultants” on the record.
Aside from 2-year-old daughter North and his infant son Saint he has also listed Virgil Abloh, who serves as his creative director and Gabe Tesoriero, his publicist. Other creative consultants listed include Don Crawley, IBN Jasper, Elon Rubbery, Hudson Mohawke, Heron Preston, and Julian Klincewicz. Strangely enough, his wife and arguably biggest supporter Keeping Up With the Kardashians star Kim Kardashian is not listed as a creative consultant.
What is not listed is how exactly North and Saint contributed to the album, but they are listed as the top creative consultants on his list. According to US, North danced to her father's music when he first debuted the music at his Yeezy Season 3 show on Feb. 11.
West has always credited his children as being an inspiring force in his life, and told Anna Wintour at Paris Fashion Week in October that "having a family, period, has made me completely rethink the way that I rap. I just love my family."
But not just creative consultants worked on the album, and almost 100 other people worked on the album in various ways, from writing to composing to producing and mixing and mastering. Some bigger names listed as collaborators were Kendrick Lamar and Ty Dolla $ign, who worked on the tracks “No More Parties in LA” and “Real Friends.”
One name that sticks out in the credits is Mike Dean, who is listed on a total of 14 of the 18 tracks and was behind the mastering on the entire album. CyHi The Prince was credited as a writer on 11 tracks and Chance The Rapper was listed on five aside from his featured track “Ultralight Beam.”
Some other notable names featured in the credits are Frank Ocean, Drake, Kid Cudi, Metro Boomin’ and Noah Goldstein.
The Life of Pablo is available to stream on TIDAL and West's official website.
