Had there not been three whole concert/listening parties where the material was performed, some of us would’ve thought “DONDA” didn’t even exist. Now, it’s “wake up, Mr West” indeed as Kanye just woke us all up with what’s one of his most anticipated releases to date.
As fans debated whether Kanye West’s extensive album rollout for DONDA is genius or half-baked, the billionaire rapper certainly been keeping everyone on their toes and talking about an album that wasn’t even released yet for over a month now. However, in the words of our also constantly delayed ‘bad gal,’ “The wait is over.” After a lengthy delay, Kanye West has officially released his latest studio album, DONDA.
Clocking in at almost two hours, the 26-track project features high-profile guest contributions from JAY-Z, Pusha T, Travis Scott, Playboi Carti, Kid Cudi, Lil Baby, Baby Keem, Vory, Don Toliver, Lil Durk, Roddy Ricch and the late Pop Smoke. Dr. Donda West, Ye’s late mother and the album’s namesake, can also be heard speaking throughout the album, delivering messages about family and teaching the right values to your kids.
The album’s second track ‘Jail’ does indeed feature Jay-Z rather than DaBaby, after Ye earlier assert that he would not remove DaBaby from the track in order to release the album, which he informed us of courtesy of a screenshot message thread with his team stating that DaBaby’s team was not clearing the record. ‘Jail pt 2’ shows on the tracklisting but is not available to listen for those reasons we’re assuming.
Social media is currently waking up to the album and the reactions are ranging from absolute shock that it’s actually here to those praising the album on early listens. Take a look at some of the reactions below and let us know if you’re feeling ‘DONDA.’ Are you even listening?
me listening to donda cuz i still cant can’t believe kanye dropped pic.twitter.com/tk9NGFPaaH
— ice (@lebnanyx) August 29, 2021
I just woke up and the first thing I hear is that Donda dropped? pic.twitter.com/NKiCdmPYx3
— Charles Barkley Burner Account (@Chuckburneracct) August 29, 2021
Me tryna figure out which song my favourite off #DONDA. pic.twitter.com/K9yTsipsB7
— Jay Dan ⭐️ (@jaquotes21) August 29, 2021
the pope must have blessed this holy album #DONDA pic.twitter.com/VGoq0dI15r
— AD🐊 (@ktmbhz) August 29, 2021
Show me a better trio than this, ill wait #DONDA pic.twitter.com/a4k5bvkN1Q
— 𝐁⁶𓅓メ𝟶 🐢🔜🇪🇸 (@bxovo_) August 29, 2021
Show me a better trio than this, ill wait #DONDA pic.twitter.com/a4k5bvkN1Q
— 𝐁⁶𓅓メ𝟶 🐢🔜🇪🇸 (@bxovo_) August 29, 2021
Kanye releasing DONDA early Sunday morning is very on brand. It’s giving Sunday service pic.twitter.com/0C8z5iHDTi
— nathan (@868nathan) August 29, 2021