Jones claims the album sounds like “real hip-hop,” but without Kanye’s staple soul samples. Kanye has relied on prominent samples less and less over the years — is he now ditching them altogether? Will it sound more like the stuff he did on Blueprint 3, or the new Drake song he produced? Will the whole thing maybe be just vocals, like that one Björk album? Is Rick Ross doing all the beats? Yeah, we have no idea.
I think they're ignoring the logical option: that he'll make like B.o.B. and sing some of the choruses in lieu of, at least, lyrical samples. I will, for the record, note that I totally wouldn't mind that. I like "Heartless" from 808s a fair bit, and particularly enjoyed the aesthetic of the video.