Kanye Clarifies: Waves Isn’t Actually the Greatest Album of All Time

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One week ago, Kanye West tweeted about his forthcoming album Waves, calling it the "album of the life." Today, he backpedaled slightly on that sentiment with an apology to a few of the all-time greats. He wrote:

Out of respect for Q-Tip, Puff, Hov, Lauren, Pharcyde, Mary, Stevie, Michael, Hendrix, James, Pete Rock, Pac, Marvin….

— KANYE WEST (@kanyewest) February 3, 2016

this new album is ONE of the greatest albums not the greatest just one of …

— KANYE WEST (@kanyewest) February 3, 2016

So many musicians touch my life and made me who I am… I want to make something great to honor my idols…

— KANYE WEST (@kanyewest) February 3, 2016

West has been revealing the Waves tracklist and featured artists with photos of a notepad. It's reportedly due on February 11.

Watch Kanye's performance of "Wolves" on "SNL" with Vic Mensa and Sia:

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