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"Rick Rubin has announced he has teamed up with Kanye West for a new album. The producer, who worked with West on his sixth and most recent effort Yeezus, is back in the studio with the rap superstar.    Rubin said he was &amp;quot;looking at vocal ideas&amp;quot; for West&amp;#039;s new album in an interview with BBC Radio 1&amp;#039;s Zane Lowe, which will broadcast tomorrow (June 16). Speaking to Newsweek about a follow-up to Yeezus, Rubin recently revealed that the release was originally slated to feature 16 songs. Explaining how he convinced West to cut the tracklist down to 10, he said: &amp;quot;Maybe you should make it more concise. Maybe it is two albums. Maybe this is just the first half.&amp;quot; Rubin also recently appeared alongside West in a bizarre acceptance speech video for the Roland 808s prize at the Tribeca Disruptive Innovation Awards in New York City. Listen to Kanye West&amp;#039;s latest single &amp;#039;Blood On The Leaves&amp;#039; below:      "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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