Kanye West releases ‘Emmanuel’ EP, inspired by “ancient and Latin music”

Kanye West has surprise-released a new EP called ‘Emmanuel’, which was inspired by “ancient and Latin music”.

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The rapper previously shared a surprise release last Christmas in the Sunday Service Choir album ‘Jesus Is Born’.

The five-track ‘Emmanuel’ EP is a “celebration of the miracle of the birth of Jesus Christ” and was executive produced by West. It features a Christian prayer in ‘Requiem Aeternam’ and an interpretation of the hymn ‘Gloria’.

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Listen to ‘Emmanuel’ below now.

 

Last year, West said he was “done” with secular music and would only release gospel music from that point forward.

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