On one song, reportedly titled “Welcome to My Life,” Kanye raps: “Tell the assassins I escaped from Calabasas.” Elsewhere on the album, Kanye can be heard emotionally singing “I’m losing my family,” and another song features what sounds like West’s daughter, North, pleading with him to stay home. The album includes several references to Kanye’s impending divorce from Kim Kardashian, with whom he’s been married for the past 7 years and has 4 children. Lil Baby, Playboi Carti, Baby Keem, Don Toliver, Pusha T, Jay-Z, Travis Scott, Roddy Ricch, Lil Durk, and more. 💀😂 /JTwCpKXKzrīased on what we heard during the live-streamed listening event, Donda features an impressive slate of rappers and collaborators. So apparently Kanye West is still walking around Mercedes-Benz Stadium in his #DONDA release party fit. Rolling Stone has confirmed reports that the new release date is set to be August 6th. Release Date:Īhead of the party in Atlanta, Kanye shared a promotional video on Instagram featuring the track star Sha’Carri Richardson, and a new single titled “No Child Left Behind.” Donda was initially believed to be scheduled for a July 23rd release to immediately follow Thursday night’s listening event. This story originally appeared in Los Angeles Times.With so much uncertainty surrounding Donda, here’s everything we know so far. 'Donda' comes after a tumultuous two years in West's personal life that saw him launch his roving Sunday Service gospel series, embrace President Trump’s divisive politics - then mount a baffling campaign against Trump for the Oval Office - and separate from his wife, Kim Kardashian, with whom West shares four young children.Īlong with Manson and DaBaby, Kardashian appeared at last week's event in Chicago, where she wore a wedding dress in a kind of reenactment of the couple's 2014 nuptials. Chris Brown is credited as a co-writer of one track, 'New Again.' Among the producers credited with contributing are Swizz Beatz, Gesaffelstein, Boi-1da and West’s longtime studio accomplice Mike Dean. Other artists featured on “Donda” - West’s follow-up to 2019’s “Jesus Is King” and his 10th studio LP overall - include the Weeknd, Lil Baby, Playboi Carti, Young Thug, Kid Cudi, Jay Electronica, the Lox and the late Pop Smoke. When the album initially went live on the streaming platform, 'Jail pt 2' was not available to play early Sunday, West posted an image on Instagram that appears to be a screenshot of a text conversation with his manager, in which the manager tells West that DaBaby's manager hadn't cleared DaBaby's cameo. On Spotify, Manson is credited as a cowriter (under his real name, Brian Warner) on “Jail” and on an additional track, “ Jail pt 2,” that features DaBaby as well as a voice that resembles Manson's.

In Chicago, West also invited Marilyn Manson to appear even as the veteran shock rocker is facing multiple lawsuits over accusations of sexual assault and other misconduct. The song “ Jail,” which appears second on the 27-track album - following a brief intro in which a woman repeats “Donda,” West’s late mother’s name, dozens of times - features a verse by the 44-year-old rapper’s mentor-turned-frenemy Jay-Z that West premiered (to the surprise of many) at his first “Donda” event last month.įor the third event, held Thursday night at Chicago’s Soldier Field, West had replaced the Jay-Z verse with one by DaBaby, who recently sparked widespread criticism with homophobic comments. Kanye West’s new album, “Donda,” finally appeared on streaming services early Sunday, days after a third public listening event for the album - but just in time, perhaps, to suit the LP’s many songs about God and religion.

Maybe he always planned to release it on a Sunday morning. (Kevin Mazur / Getty Images for Universal Music)

Kanye West leads a 'Donda' listening session at Atlanta's Mercedes-Benz Stadium.

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