Kanye West's Donda Finally Released!

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The long-awaited next album ‘Donda’ by Kayne West is finally available on multiple streaming services. This morning the new album, spanning 26-songs, was released on Apple Music and Spotify.

The album had been teased with multiple listening parties — which had been live-streamed through Apple Music for fans. The third listening party took place only three days prior in Chicago and had been highly controversial due to the inclusion of rapper DaBaby and singer Marilyn Manson — who is accused of rape.

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Who featured on Kanye West’s Donda?

Throughout the listening parties, fans were able to notice that multiple singers contributed to the events. Some of the most notable inclusions were Arianna Grande on “Donda”, The Weeknd and Lil Baby on “Hurricane” and Jay-Z on “Jail”.

During the latest Donda live stream one of the Jay-Z verses in “Jail” was replaced by DaBaby, which had fans outraged, but on the versions available on streaming sites, the original Jay-Z verse was reinstated.

Brian Warner aka Marilyn Manson was also credited as a co-writer of the song “Jail”, hence why he was probably included in the live stream in Chicago a few days ago.

When Was Donda Supposed to be Released?

The original release date of Kanye West's Donda was supposed to be July 23rd. One of the songs “No Child Left Behind” was also used for an Olympics-themed beats ad as well. The album was then pushed to be released in early August.

After the early August release failed as well, no concrete date was given. Fans were told that the album would drop after the Donda listening events finished and now the album was released on streaming sites on August 29th.

What Were the Donda Listening events?

Kanye West staged three performances, two in Atlanta's Mercedes-Benz Stadium and the final stage in Chicago at Soldier’s Field. Even his soon-to-be ex-wife Kim Kardashian came to the show dressed in a wedding gown. The two stars re-created their wedding on stage.

The final show also featured other important moments from West’s life, re-creating his childhood front porch as well it seemed. This was the finale of his listening events and the 44-year-old rapper sure left a memorable impression on fans.

Where can you Listen to Donda?

Donda was made available in the early morning of the 29th of August, 2021 on all streaming services like Apple Music and Spotify. Anyone with memberships to the streaming services will be able to listen to the Kanye West album.

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Sabrina Ahn

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