On VULTURES 2, the second collaborative album from Ye and Ty Dolla $ign, they continue to seamlessly fuse the R&B aesthetics of Ty’s world with the maximal ambition of Yeezy’s vision for rap. Released just six months after VULTURES 1 arrived, the follow-up leans into lyrical themes of excess, joy and betrayal established on the first album, while introducing a wider sonic palette. Armed with guests like Lil Wayne, Lil Baby, Young Thug and Kanye’s daughter North, West and Ty go through the epic highs and demoralising lows that come with life on top. On “PROMOTION”, which features a cheeky chorus from Future, Ye complains about his girl troubles, rapping, “When she want attention, she disguise it as a post/I forgot to mention, she was mine before she yours.” Ye and Ty often expand their scope beyond ladies and luxury, like on “RIVER”, which features stirring string swells and a knocking drum groove. Yeezy pays tribute to the song’s featured artist, Young Thug, realising that despite the pain in his life, freedom is priceless: “Too much money to be in the streets/Too much money to spend all on me/Too much hate and not enough love/Free Larry, free Young Thug.”