( EW.com ) -- How loud was Yeezy 's Yeezus listening last night , blasted from the loading dock of westside Manhattan 's Milk Studios ? So loud that New Jersey heard it . So loud that my kidneys are still vibrating . So loud that even the Spinal Tap dudes were like `` Bro , maybe turn it down to eight and a half ? '' It felt like something between lying directly beneath a jet path and getting into a slap bet with Godzilla — and mostly , it was glorious . It was also , for the most part , very very dark . Or as a friend turned and said to me : `` When did Kanye discover Ministry ? '' At times , the whole night felt a little bit like that opening scene in Blade ( cue the blood sprinklers ! ) . But it was also just a party , with an open bar and dancing and a lot of complicated handshakes between old friends and scenester acquaintances . And 'Ye 's full East Coast roster of famous fans came out : Jay-Z and Beyonce were there , glowing with the light of a thousand suns ; so were lesser celestial bodies like Q-Tip , Busta Rhymes , and Timbaland , plus a towering crew of flamingo-like models and professional athletes . EW : Governors Ball , Day 3 - Kanye West debuts new songs , disses radio , demands croissants . After an hour ( only an hour ! ) of milling around in Milk 's dim , cavernous space , the crowd turned to find 'Ye himself onstage , delivering an impassioned , rambling , and sometimes impenetrable introduction — there was a lot of talk of artistry and marketing ( `` I got a new strategy , it 's called no strategy . I have a plan to sell more music , it 's called 'make better music . ' '' ) and something about Lindsay Lohan and Jessica Simpson 's clothing lines — before he wrapped with `` I had to learn about giving , this whole album is about giving ... this whole process is about giving ... NO F -- KS AT ALL . '' Touché ! Go home , kumbaya . EW : Tyler , the Creator under fire after on-stage rant in Australia . This blog post is n't an album review ; our writer Ray Rahman will be delivering that next Tuesday , or sooner if the record officially leaks . But I will say that from two listenings , this definitely feels like his Darker , Twistier , Still Sometimes Beautiful Fantasy . Some technical details : West revealed that Daft Punk are on `` three or four '' tracks ; Kid Cudi and Bon Iver 's Justin Vernon and Chief Keef also appear ; it was hard to catch titles beyond already-known ones like `` I am a God , '' `` Ca n't Handle My Liquor , '' `` Black Skinhead , '' and `` New Slaves '' ( featuring Frank Ocean ) , but one that appeared to borrow samples from both TNGHT 's `` Higher Ground '' and Billie Holiday 's haunting lynching ballad `` Strange Fruit '' will almost definitely be a talking point when it goes wider . Is this record going to be all over the radio ? Are these let-the-alpine-blast summer jams ? Not in America in 2013 , no . But it still sounds — if I could actually hear anything this morning besides a faint post-show mosquito buzz — like a pretty fascinating manifestation of what goes on inside the mind of one of pop music 's most confounding , singular , and totally gonzo talents . Yeezus ! He is risen . See the original story at EW.com . CLICK HERE to Try 2 RISK FREE issues of Entertainment Weekly . © 2011 Entertainment Weekly and Time Inc. All rights reserved .
Kanye West held a listening party Monday night . The rapper was in the city to promote his new album "The Life of Pablo," which is due out on Nov. 14.