"Saint Pablo," which was known as "The Closest Thing to Einstein" when Kanye West debuted it at an L.A. listening party last month, has leaked in full. The six-minute track, which features Drake collaborator Sampha and samples Jay Z's "Where I'm From," is many things in one: A venomous commentary on the media's armchair diagnoses, an affirmation that the $53 million debt he spoke of isn't a joke, and a look at his unparalleled ego combined with a tendency to "crowdsource his self-esteem." And, naturally, it has Kanye West's signature brand of randomness, with comparisons to Einstein and a "modern-day MJ with an Off the Wall flow." Kanye also details his decision to release his seventh studio album, The Life of Pablo, exclusively on Tidal rather than Apple. In the song, he says: "When I was negotiating with Apple, it was Larry and me..Told Tim Cook to call me, I was scary to see..Only took a hundred million and gave twenty to Hov..I was already getting it when we only have a stove. But it's better that I stayed at home with my folks..Cause if Jay a billionaire then I'ma never go broke"
