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It’s been about a week since Kanye West released his seventh album, “The Life of Pablo” (Def Jam), one of his most ambitious projects, and one that’s been thoroughly intertwined with his ambitions as a fashion designer and also the proclamations of his outsize public persona.

The “Pablo” era has been exciting, moving in quick bursts and taking unexpected turns. To talk about it, I was joined by Joe Coscarelli, the pop music reporter for The Times; Justin Charity, staff writer at Complex; and Matthew Trammell, night life editor of The New Yorker.