Bad Bitch Play Book

Bad Bitch Play BookStudio album by ¥$
The cover art for ¥$'s Spotify page in late 2023. It is unknown if it was ever intended for BBPB, though it is likely.
General information
Released	Reworked into VULTURES 1
Recorded	July-October 2023
Genre	Hip-Hop • R&B • Pop
Albums chronology
Previous	YEBU
Next	VULTURES 3

Bad Bitch Play Book (abbreviated as BBPB) is an unreleased collaborative album by ¥$ (Kanye West and Ty Dolla $ign) that was recorded during their time in Japan and Italy.

By October, the Bad Bitch Play Book concept was completely scrapped and turned into the VULTURES trilogy.

Background

Main article: YEBU

Following Ye's controversies in late 2022, he kept away from the public eye and quietly worked on his eleventh studio album, YEBU. Sometime in June 2023, Ye traveled to Japan to work on his album. On June 29, Ty Dolla $ign went to Japan to work with Ye. Ty wanted Ye to executively produce his new solo album, and showed him several songs from the album in order to persuade him, including an early version of "BURN". Upon hearing the song, Ye reportedly loved it and coined the idea of a collaborative album between him and Ty.

In late July, Ye left Japan and traveled to Florence, Italy to work on his and Ty's album, Bad Bitch Play Book. Ty later traveled to Italy on August 10. Prior to this, Ye made a surprise appearance at Travis Scott's show in Rome on August 7. In the following weeks, several past collaborators, such as Che Pope, Really Doe, GLC, AyoAA, Digital Nas, and Fat Money all traveled to Italy. Two songs ("PROBLEMATIC" and "UNLOCK", which were both intended for YEBU) were also previewed at separate fashions shows on September 1 and September 15 respectively.

The teaser that Ty Dolla $ign posted onto Instagram on October 5, 2023.

Rumors of Ye and Ty's collaborative album began spreading when TMZ released an article on September 27, claiming that Ye was working on a solo album and a potential collaborative album with Ty. Two days later, Ty previewed a new song at a club with finished vocals from himself and Ye. On October 1, a private listening party was held for the album. While Kanye reportedly seemed "out-of-whack" in the party at times, a snippet of another new song was heard with vocals from Ty, with Ye seeming very excited. On October 5, Ty built up hype for the album by posting a picture on Instagram with text reading "¥$", confirming that him and Ye were working on an album together.

Ye and Ty were reportedly planning to perform their new album at the RCF Arena on October 13, though those plans fell through. Another performance was planned on October 27, though this concert was cancelled as well. According to Billboard, Ye and Ty wanted to release their album on October 13, but they weren't able to because they had no distributing partner. Later in October, other artists, such as Freddie Gibbs, Metro Boomin, and Playboi Carti were all in Italy working on the album. On October 23, Ty Dolla $ign announced a new multi-stadium listening event for the album on November 3, but, once again, the plans fell through. Around late October to early November, the entire YZY team relocated from Italy to Saudi Arabia to work on the album. It is believed that the concept of Bad Bitch Play Book was scrapped during the Saudi Arabia sessions and was turned into VULTURES.

Songs

Most of the songs that were worked on for Bad Bitch Play Book were either repurposed from Ye's solo album, YEBU, or Ty's solo album, Beach House 4, with some exceptions.

Songs first worked on in Japan

• "Bobby Digital" - WAR era song; new Ty Dolla $ign vocals
• "BACK TO ME" (AKA "Cheesecake Factory") - originally featured piano; Bump J, Quavo, Sasha Hashemi, and DeRay Davis reference tracks
• "BEG FORGIVENESS" - created during the Japan sessions, Bryson Gray reference track
• "BURN" - first VULTURES-era song to be created; longer Ty Dolla $ign verse that was shortened; reference tracks by BEAM, John Beck, and Valentina Pappalardo
• "Child" (unofficial name) - Ty Dolla $ign song intended for his sixth studio album that had been confirmed to have been worked on for Bad Bitch Play Book
• "Future Sounds" - seen on a BBPB tracklist
• "Love Again" - seen on Japan and Italy tracklists
• "Love Love Love" - YEBU era song
• "Matthew" - YEBU era song; Bryson Gray feature
• "PAID" - Denzel Curry reference track; K-Ci vocals recorded in Italy
• "RIVER" - YEBU era song; Charlie Wilson vocals recorded in Japan
• "SLIDE" - seen on Japan and Italy tracklists
• "Street Lights" - YEBU era song; new Ty Dolla $ign vocals

Songs first worked on in Italy

• "Aperol Spritz (BACKOUTSIDE)"- Ant Clemons feature
• "Alligator" - Playboi Carti feature
• "Back N That (Imagine That)" - seen on a 40-track-long tracklist
• "City Underground" - finished during Italy sessions without Ye vocals
• "Forever" - Juice WRLD feature (taken from unreleased 2019 song); Ty Dolla $ign reference track
• "Fuck Flowers" - Donda 2 era song; new Ty Dolla $ign vocals recorded in Italy
• "FUK SUMN" - synths that were later removed; Bump J and Quavo reference tracks
• "GUN TO MY HEAD" - Ye freestyle recorded in Italy
• "HOPELESS" - Sasha Hashemi reference track
• "KING" - initial freestyle recorded in Italy
• "Love Me The Most" - finished in Italy
• "New Body" - Yandhi era song; Yandhi vocals brought back; new drums by AyoAA
• "TAKE OFF YOUR DRESS" - solo Ye freestyle
• "PAPERWORK" - YEBU era song; Bianca Censori, Sean Leon, and Quavo reference tracks
• "PROBLEMATIC" - YEBU era song; Ant Clemons reference track
• "PROMOTION" - Ye freestyle recorded in Italy
• "Rain On Me" - song by Mamii that was unrelated to BBPB/VULTURES; repurposed into "Once Again"
• "So Called Friends" - Freddie Gibbs feature; versions with and without drums
• "GOOD (DON'T DIE)" (AKA "So Good") - samples "So Good" by Donna Summer
• "STARS" - guitar outro; Sean Leon reference track
• "TIME MOVING SLOW" (AKA "Time") - alternate production; Quentin Miller and Fya Man reference tracks
• "We Love You" - Sunday Service Choir and North West features
• "Worship" - Chloe Bailey reference track

Tracklists

The most notorious track list the album has is a 40-track rendition, with the tracks including of:

1. "SLIDE"
2. "PAID"
3. "RIVER"
4. "SO GOOD"
5. "TIME"
6. "SO CALLED FRIENDS"
7. "BACK TO ME"
8. "FUK SUMN"
9. "BURN"
10. "STARS"
11. "NEW BODY"
12. "WORSHIP"
13. "PROMOTION"
14. "EVERYBODY"
15. "BEG FORGIVENESS"
16. "PROBLEMATIC"
17. "HOODRAT"
18. "LOVE AGAIN"
19. "THE LIFE"
20. "PAPERWORK"
21. "THUMBS DOWN"
22. "FUTURE SOUNDS"
23. "CODEINE"
24. "PRAY" (ref. Cordae?)
25. "EASY COME EASY GO"
26. "I'M STILL THE KING"
27. "NICE TO MEET YOU"
28. "BOBBY DIGITAL"
29. "MATHEW (Sha'Carri Richardson)"
30. "UNLOCK"
31. "TOO HOT"
32. "FEAR"
33. "ALL IS LOVE"
34. "TALKING"
35. "WE LOVE YOU"
36. "LOVE LOVE LOVE"
37. "FUCK FLOWERS"
38. "HOPELESS" (???. Sasha Hashemi)
39. "PAPA WANNA SEE"
40. "BACK N THAT (IMAGINE THAT)"
41. "ALLIGATOR" (feat. Playboi Carti)