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''K.T.S.E.'' (an
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of ''Keep That Same Energy'') is the second
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by American recording artist
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, released on June 22, 2018, by GOOD Music and Def Jam Recordings. Following the release of ''
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'' in 2014, Taylor took a step back from her music career, instead working in television, getting married and giving birth to her first child. In 2018, it was announced that
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would be producing ''K.T.S.E'', with recording for the album taking place in
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. It is the final of five albums released over consecutive weeks, produced by West in their entirety as a part of the "Wyoming Sessions", following the release of Pusha T's ''
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'', West's '' Ye'' and ''
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'' with
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, and
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''
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''. The album features a guest appearance by West, as well as additional vocals by Ty Dolla Sign and
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. A wide variety of record producers collaborated with West on the album, including Mike Dean,
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, and BoogzDaBeast. Taylor's and West's efforts resulted in an R&B album that heavily featured soul based productions and sampling. Upon release, Taylor announced that the album was released in an incomplete form, as several tracks were absent due to
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clearance issues. An updated version of ''K.T.S.E.'' was announced; however, Taylor appeared on the Breakfast Club and said she will not hold her breath on the album's extended version and she won't make any promises on it.


Background

After releasing her debut studio album ''
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'' (2014), Taylor landed a number of television gigs, got married and became a mother. Taylor kept a low profile music-wise following ''VII'', only releasing an EP and a few singles. In June 2016, Taylor released the song "Freak On", featuring guest vocals from
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. She announced that it would be the lead single from her upcoming second studio album; however, the album never came to fruition. On August 28, 2016, at the
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, Kanye West premiered the music video for his single, "
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", which features Taylor performing a dance routine inspired by the 1983 film '' Flashdance''. In April 2018, Kanye West announced two new albums, a solo album and self-titled collaboration with
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under the name
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, both of which would be released in June. Additionally, he revealed he would produce upcoming albums by GOOD Music label-mates Pusha T and Teyana Taylor, as well as
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. Pusha T's ''
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'' was the first project out of Wyoming weekly releases. The following week, West released his album, '' Ye''. The week after, West released a collaborative album with
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, titled ''
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'', named after their group of the same name. The following week the fourth album from the Wyoming sessions, ''
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'' by Nas, was released. Taylor's album, ''KTSE'', was the last of the five weekly releases and was slated to be released on June 22, 2018.


Recording

In May 2017, news began to surface that Kanye West was working on his new album "on top of a mountain in
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" in seclusion. Similar reports emerged almost a year later, in March 2018, of various artists including West being spotted in Jackson Hole, Wyoming. The same month, Taylor revealed that she and West were working on new music together. While remaining secretive about the project, she revealed that West would be making a return to "Polo 'Ye". "Polo 'Ye" refers to West's more sonically conscious lyrics (heard on " All Falls Down") and sample-heavy productions such as " Through the Wire" or "
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". In January 2018, announced that recording for the album was complete, with just a few "minor tweaks and whatever last-minute switches or edits and a green light from Kanye and should be good to go," before revealing West as the executive producer for her project. West was still working on the album's production on a flight from
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hours before the listening party.


Composition

Unlike the previous four releases, ''K.T.S.E'' features eight songs instead of the traditional seven and breaks from the hip-hop heavy production style. ''K.T.S.E'' features soulful sounds and
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but still includes West's signature vocal samples. "Issues/Hold On" is an R&B song that features a "fuzzy, laidback beat" and samples
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's 1965 single " I Do Love You". Kanye West and the song's co-producers strip the sample back leaving the song to feature a "tender
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, warm bass line, simple
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, and airy background vocals." Lyrically the song explores love and vulnerability, with themes of uncertainty regarding relationships due to past experiences.


Release and promotion

The album was released by GOOD Music and Def Jam Recordings on June 22, 2018. To coincide with the album's release Taylor held a listening party in Los Angeles that was streamed live via Taylor's
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account starting at 11PM PST (2AM EST). ''K.T.S.E.'' was released incomplete, with the ninth track " We Got Love" being excluded due to an uncleared Billy Stewart sample. The track "Issues/Hold On" was to include a
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sample and "Rose In Harlem" was going to contain an interpolation of Lauryn Hill's " Lost Ones". Taylor originally announced that ''K.T.S.E.'' would receive post-release updates similar to West's '' The Life of Pablo'' (2016) once the samples were cleared. However, on July 2, 2018, Taylor announced that the album would no longer be updated and instead the extended records may debut through future visuals. Taylor later said on July 12, 2018, that she wasn't aware there'd actually be no visuals for the album. Taylor later performed a remixed version of "We Got Love" with West on ''
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'' on September 29, 2018. On October 1, 2018, the duo recorded a music video for the song at the
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offices, with indications that the song would appear on West's forthcoming album ''
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''. After ''Yandhi'' was scrapped, Taylor released "We Got Love" as a single in December 2019. Taylor later used "We Got Love" as the closing track on ''The Album'' (2020). In support of the album Taylor embarked on a joint summer tour with American singer Jeremih across North America. The 24-city joint tour began in
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, on August 3 and make stops in
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before the tour ends in
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, on September 8. In late August, following a dispute between the two artists, Taylor dropped out of the tour.


Singles

"Gonna Love Me" impacted US
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radio on July 17, 2018, as the album's first single. A remixed version of the single, billed as the "Wu-Tey" remix, featuring the appearance of the
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members
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, and
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was released on October 19, 2018. A music video for the track was released on November 6, 2018. "Issues/Hold On" impacted US urban contemporary radio on April 2, 2019, as the second single from the album. On April 3, 2019, "Gonna Love Me" was certified gold in sales by the
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Critical reception

''K.T.S.E.'' was met with generally positive reviews from critics. At
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, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 from mainstream publications, the album received an
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score of 74, based on eight reviews.
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of ''
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'' described ''K.T.S.E.'' as "a record that melds new and old R&B with such flair", praising Kanye West's production who "takes the artfully distorted old-school R&B samples that double as his calling card – the ones that, over the years, he's rendered increasingly abrasive and jarring – and returns them to a more blissed-out and soulful sound." Claire Lobenfeld of '' Pitchfork'' believed that ''K.T.S.E.'' is "long overdue, but the album remains too small a platform for her tremendous vocal talent", complimenting Teyana Taylor's performance whose "singing sounds luxurious but effortless" and "sticky and seductive." Maura Johnston of ''
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'' wrote: "There are enough good ideas on ''K.T.S.E.'' to suggest a path to prominence for Taylor, and her album ends with a strong statement of purpose. But until Taylor releases, or is allowed to release, music more often, she will remain stuck on
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's sidelines – still necessary, and still missing."


Accolades


Commercial performance

''K.T.S.E.'' debuted at number 17 on the US ''Billboard'' 200 with 23,000 album-equivalent units, of which 7,000 were pure album sales. It was the seventh best-selling digital album of the week. It serves as Taylor's second top 20 album in the United States. In its second week the album fell to number 57 on the US ''Billboard'' 200, moving 10,000 album-equivalent units, which included 1,000 pure album sales.


Track listing

Credits adapted from
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's 1972 rendition of Bill Withers' " Ain't No Sunshine" * "Issues/Hold On" contains a sample of " I Do Love You", written and performed by
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. * "Hurry" contains a sample of "Can't Strain My Brain", written and performed by Sly & the Family Stone. * "3Way" contains an interpolation of "How Can I Love U 2nite", written and performed by Sisqó. * "Rose In Harlem" contains elements of "Because I Love You, Girl", written and performed by
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Personnel

* Mike Dean – engineering , mixing * Zack Djurich – engineering * Nathaniel Alford – engineering * Noah Goldstein – engineering * Baruch "Mixx" Nembhard – engineering * Mike Snell – engineering * Mike Malchicoff – engineering * Clinton "HeadAche" Walker III – engineering * Jenna Felsenthal – assistant recording engineering * Sean Solymar – assistant recording engineering , assistant mixing * Jess Jackson – mixing * Andrew Dawson – mixing * Stephen Feigenbaum – string arrangement * Yasmeen Al-Mazeedi – violin


Charts


Release history


See also

* GOOD Fridays


References


External links

* {{Authority control 2018 albums Teyana Taylor albums GOOD Music albums Def Jam Recordings albums Albums produced by Kanye West Albums produced by Mike Dean (record producer) Albums produced by Plain Pat Albums produced by Rodney Jerkins Albums produced by Mark Batson