Kanye West was really close to playing a major role in Donnie Trumpet & The Social Experiment's Surf album, but sadly that didn't go down.

"Yah, he was going to narrate it at one point,” Chance The Rapper told The Guardian on Tuesday (July 28). “In the final weeks of getting ready to put it out we had vocal chops that we were using from ’Ye talking about some of the themes of the project. Through just thinking about it, it didn’t end up happening that way. Not to say it wouldn’t have been dope as sh-t!"

This collab would have been epic for Chance, who said he's always wanted to earn Yeezy's respect. “The kid in me wanted a certain type of approval [from Kanye],” he explained, before noting that he once even wanted “Kanye to be [his] dad.”

Chance -- who celebrated when Ye praised him in concert earlier this year -- didn't get Ye for Surf, but he did get him to come surprise students at one of his "Open Mic" events this year. The two are also working on music together, though it's unclear where that material will land.

In the meantime, Chance is set to hit the road as part of his Family Matters Tour, which is slated to begin Octover 11 in Austin, Texas and end in Los Angeles on November 25. Check out additional info below.