New Kanye West album due by the end of the year?

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According to Billboard, Kanye West is helping craft tracks for Jay-Z’s upcoming album, Blueprint III, but he’s also plotting the release of his own untitled album, according to his management.

The rumored titled for his fourth album was to be “Good Ass Job”, to follow the trend in album namings. He had “College Dropout”, “Late Registration”, and “Graduation”, but an official title for his next album has yet to be confirmed.

Sources reveal that his album just might make Kanye’s end of the year timeline for release. His first track off of the album is rumored to be “Love Lockdown”, and he’s rumored to be playing that song at the VMAs. Rumor also has it that the song will hit iTunes within a matter of days.