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In 2015, the rapper went to London for recording sessions that would produce his next album ''Negus'', using raps he had written during the previous few years.{{sfn|Ketchum III|2019}} The following year, he announced on West's website that he was retiring from both the music and film industries, although he promised a few more collaborative recordings and one more solo album.{{sfn|Sundaresan|2020}} Despite the 2016 [[Ferrari Sheppard]] collaboration ''[[Dec 99th|December 99th]]'', ''Albumism'' writer Jesse Ducker regards ''The Ecstatic'' as his "last hurrah" and "the last album I acknowledge that he released", as well as a reminder "that when [he] gives a shit, he's still as good as anyone at recording music." Ducker adds that its music should have won both Grammy Awards for which it was nominated in 2010.{{sfn|Ducker|2019}}
After private presentations at art fairs in Morocco, Dubai, and Hong Kong, the rapper's next work ''Negus in Natural Person'' (or simply ''Negus'') premiered to the public on November 15, 2019, as a "[[art installation|listening installation]]" at the [[Brooklyn Museum]] in New York. Billed as an homage to public figures who "led noble lives" such as [[Prince Alemayehu]], [[Henrietta Lacks]], and [[Nipsey Hussle]], the exhibit was open for 10 weeks and featured the 28-minute musical album playable with on-ear wireless headphones given to attendees, alongside a visual artwork installation designed by the rapper, [[José Parlá]], [[Julie Mehretu]], and [[Ala Ebtekar]]. However, the album went unreleased outside of the exhibit, which itself was largely ignored by the hip hop community.{{sfn|Sundaresan|2020}} That same month, ''[[Vibe (magazine)|Vibe]]'' reported that ''The Ecstatic'' had been withdrawn from [[streaming media|streaming]] services.
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