Kanye West Kanye West - DONDA (DELUXE OUT NOW)

Started by DKC, Jul 18, 2020, in Kanye West Add to Reading List

Do you like Donda?

  1. Yes

  2. No

  3. I'm in the middle right now.

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  1. J630
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    J630 Annoying af

    Nov 14, 2021
    d---, he really removed all of dre's contribution from "Up From The Ashes"?

    Either they got beef or Dre asked for a huge bag.

    It sounds just boring now, imo.
     
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  2. hargydon
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    hargydon No investigation, no right to speak

    Nov 14, 2021
    Maybe he didn’t want it clearing at all, wouldn’t surprise me given his track record. I just found it odd that Tidal was mouthing off if it wasn’t already approved.
     
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  3. joeyp363
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    Nov 14, 2021
    @bigcountry jerking off to this right now.
     
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  4. Slyk
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    Slyk God made a prophet.

    Nov 15, 2021
     
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  5. Rodamon
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    Nov 15, 2021
    censor bleeping Life of the Party... how can such a legend make such bad decisions
     
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  6. pluto✰
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    pluto✰ where the opioids?

    Nov 15, 2021
    man, never abandon your family sounds great with the re record but i think my favorite moment on the og was the repeating NAYF over kanye and it’s just acapella now:msnsad:
     
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  7. Yeez
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    Yeez Yeez 4.0

    Nov 15, 2021
    Single version is uncensored
     
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  8. pluto✰
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    pluto✰ where the opioids?

    Nov 15, 2021
     
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  9. Lil Squeed
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    Lil Squeed French Montana Stan

    Nov 15, 2021
    You can't just create a song, release it, pluck the chorus person off, then turn around and put the chorus person back on just to market it as a bonus track lol
     
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  10. Oldboy
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    Oldboy Administrator

    Nov 15, 2021
    Fine…i will invent a music streaming app and make my own rules then
     
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  11. pluto✰
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    pluto✰ where the opioids?

    Nov 15, 2021
    i concur
     
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  12. DKC
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    DKC hank trill

    Nov 15, 2021
    actually the opposite this s--- is stupid lol. There's no rhyme or reason to the revamped tracklist that I can see and some of the songs have both pt 1 and pt 2 on the tracklist instead of being bonus tracks, it makes no sense lol

    nah Up From the Ashes was a song before Dre worked on it, the Dre version is a remix. The original was sposed to go on Jesus Is King but got cut and is now on here. You know how hard it is to get Dre to release anything, I assume they're saving all the Dre remixes in case they ever finish the remix album (they won't)
     
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  13. DKC
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    DKC hank trill

    Nov 15, 2021
    all that stuff would be going to the Dre remix album
     
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  14. DKC
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    DKC hank trill

    Nov 15, 2021
    nvm he addad back the full globglogabgalab verse, this album is 10/10
     
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  15. Rodamon
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    Nov 15, 2021
    this is awful too lmao what a pointless release man.. at this point i just want him to drop the whole Donda phase already
     
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  16. DKC
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    DKC hank trill

    Nov 15, 2021
    i will say that some of the more polished/updated songs are nice—glad to get an official, complete release of NAYF especially. 90% of my listening of this album has been thru my comp or other people's comps anyway lol
     
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  17. DKC
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    DKC hank trill

    Nov 15, 2021
    As someone who enjoys making comps and playlists and stuff, I like the implication here that people are supposed to make their own versions of the album between:

    -the vastly diff tracklists between all four listening parties, the streaming release, and deluxe release
    -the different versions of tracks, Pt 2s, etc.
    -the songs updates
    -the STEM player

    And I wish I could say this was all intentional on Kanye's part—I think it is, slightly, but the execution is poor and obviously the main factor is just classic late-period kanye sloppiness, lateness, and jumping the gun on release dates before songs are finished. I wish it was all a more explicit effort to innovate in this way, cuz the fan edit community (for kanye but also for rap in general) is HUGE and growing and tapping into that aspect of a fandom is something I haven't seen done before with an artist this big beyond officially releasing acapellas and instrumentals.

    Would have been cool if he released a more concise, definitive version of the album—or like released a few playlists using songs from the album with different visions and versions of songs and sequencing and stuff. Big missed opportunity imo, would have been cool marketing to have some sort of contest or event to have fans showcase their edits/compilations/playlists
     
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  18. Rodamon
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    Nov 15, 2021
    I agree with what you say, I wouldnt be mad at making playlists or smthng, but everything has been soooo sloppy, that it ruined the actual album experience i'd say. Now you have two Dondas in Spotify, both have the PT2 tracks for some reason too. It is absurd.
     
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  19. DKC
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    DKC hank trill

    Nov 15, 2021
    yeah the execution is really sloppy which is a shame because that concept is really cool to me. I wonder if he has any idea how big the fan edit community is (or if there is one period lol).
     
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  20. Rodamon
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    Nov 15, 2021
    By the Yandhi edits on Youtube alone, he should know lol. I will forever hate him for not releasing it. Woulda been better than Donda for sure.
     
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