Donda 2
by Kanye West
  • Record Label: N/A
  • Release Date: Feb 25, 2022
User Score
3.5

Generally unfavorable reviews- based on 139 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 34 out of 139
  2. Mixed: 23 out of 139
  3. Negative: 82 out of 139

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  1. Trunestor
    Jun 16, 2022
    3
    Immensely mediocre. I hope Ye doesn't make any albums like this anymore. It's rushed and unfinished. Very low quality album.
  2. hiphopplatinum
    Oct 2, 2022
    3
    very poor album with poor production and a lot of throwaway tracks but does have some positive marks like the tracks we did it kid, flowers, true love, eazy & city of gods
  3. amertume
    Mar 2, 2022
    0
    The album is such a dissappointment I can't even explain it, man. Definitely not worth even checking out. Ye has lost it, the talent is gone, it's just the ramblings of a egomaniac at this point.
  4. drecool95
    Mar 2, 2022
    0
    Wack. Easily the worst album Kanye has ever released (not even sure it even deserves to be called an album honestly). Not worth the wait.
  5. Fra101
    Mar 2, 2022
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I didn't like the album. I didn't like the songs. I didn't like the production.… Expand
  6. Comrade_Critic
    Mar 3, 2022
    2
    I miss the old Kanye. This dude is just mentally broken and no longer even interesting. Listening to one of the goats decline is just sad at this point.
  7. Ariflovestay
    Mar 3, 2022
    0
    The album is such a dissappointment I can't even explain it, man. Definitely not worth even checking out. Ye has lost it, the talent is gone, it's just the ramblings of a egomaniac at this point.
  8. Techno__Terror
    Mar 8, 2022
    3
    Very poor. What I can say. Where is old Kanye? I hope that enevtually he will be back someday.
  9. ShaDowSquidd
    Apr 5, 2022
    3
    The sequel to Donda, this albums hype was mostly fueled by the Pete Davidson/Kim K-Ye feud. I’ll give my honest opinion about the album rather than just straight up hate (like some bozos in here). A red flag for the album already was the fact that it wasn’t dropped on streaming services. Instead, you were forced to buy a $200 music peripheral to listen to the album aka the Stem Player. ButThe sequel to Donda, this albums hype was mostly fueled by the Pete Davidson/Kim K-Ye feud. I’ll give my honest opinion about the album rather than just straight up hate (like some bozos in here). A red flag for the album already was the fact that it wasn’t dropped on streaming services. Instead, you were forced to buy a $200 music peripheral to listen to the album aka the Stem Player. But you know, it’s not hard to simply rip the files off the stem player or the website and simply upload them to YouTube and SoundCloud. I had to resort to downloading the album and adding it on my local files on Apple Music. Now the album itself, it’s just terribly unfinished. Songs like True Love (rip X), Security, and Sci-Fi sounded like a rough copy with open verses taking up the last 1 min of the song at times. And then other songs just sounding repetitive and boring like Louie Bags (Jack Harlow did his part though will say that), and First Time in a Long Time. The only somewhat solid songs personally were Happy (ft Future) and Flowers. Speaking of features most of em were okay but could’ve been a lot better. But in general the album just sounds unfinished. The mixing in some cases sloppy. There’s instances were the vocals or ad libs are just cut off randomly. In conclusion, I think it had potential to be decent at best. I don’t think it would’ve topped Donda but somewhat better than say Jesus is King. Perhaps with more time to work and perhaps FAR better mixing and editing plus perhaps a streaming release and this album could be a solid 7/10. But, it’s just not good and it’s sad. Ye has been one of the most prominent artists in the game over the last id say almost 15 years and to see an album like this is just terrible in terms of Kanye standards whos well known for being a great producer.… Expand
  10. carlosmenac
    Mar 11, 2022
    0
    Repetitive, nothing new to be honest, very disappointed, there are better rappers and producers doing better music!
  11. DonovanHoo
    Mar 4, 2022
    0
    Bye Kanye
  12. BlueGreenBlack
    Mar 17, 2022
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Not good. No solid direction. No life. A fruit of recent issues and chaos that make the album worse.… Expand
  13. aviationdylan
    Mar 5, 2022
    0
    very unfinished.. one of the worst albums from kanye.. everything felt very rushed and lazy.. his msuic is only getting worse
  14. jupinheirobr
    Mar 7, 2022
    3
    Acredito que o albúm traz muito sons comerciais e pouca identidade. Kanye ou Ye como se chama agora tem se mostrado pouco original em suas canções.
  15. pablovj
    Mar 19, 2022
    0
    Es una pérdida de tiempo escucharlo y dedicarle un mínimo de tiempo a este álbum
  16. jAv0
    Mar 19, 2022
    0
    no mucho más que decir a parte de que este tipo no se merece ni el 0 una pena la verdad
  17. DeniZel
    Mar 27, 2022
    3
    Really bad album, all the songs are unfinished and Kanye's verses are just terrible..
  18. niconiconiqo
    Mar 2, 2022
    0
    a piece of **** like p!nk says. this is the proof that you you must never interfere with taylor swift. bye kanye.
  19. Panchogul
    Mar 15, 2022
    0
    Get a hold of yourself. You're a trash, so is your music and entire career.
  20. Meniexorvnctbp
    Mar 4, 2022
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Donda is an awful collection of ear r@pe but I couldn’t expect him to create something even worse. Kanye you will forever be an overrated m3ntally 1LL joke who only has fans Bc people eat ya a$$ and gas u up for being a “genius” but in truth you’re just a w31rdo. … Expand
  21. Bloxycube
    Mar 12, 2022
    3
    It's Bad, and I mean really Bad.
    This Album got terrible Mixing, Lazy Sampling and the Loops aren't looping great,
    i it basically a draft Album I can't get People saying "ooh it got potential" even though if he would fix the mixing, sampling, etc the album will still be boring because all the tracks on this Album are just "oooh divorce" or "oooh I hate Pete Davidson". I know Ye is a    It's Bad, and I mean really Bad.
    This Album got terrible Mixing, Lazy Sampling and the Loops aren't looping great,
    i it basically a draft Album

    I can't get People saying "ooh it got potential" even though if he would fix the mixing, sampling, etc the album will still be boring because all the tracks on this Album are just "oooh divorce" or "oooh I hate Pete Davidson". I know Ye is a talented guy and he deserves better, but just don't bring it out in such an unfinished state.

    I have no idea if I actually interpreted the obvious flaws because I am not a professional Music Reviewer and English isn't my first language but
    TD;LR; This was in an unfinished Album and I didn't enjoy it    … Expand
  22. surroundedbyme
    Mar 14, 2022
    0
    The album is such a dissappointment
    Definitely not worth even checking out.
    There is no talent left.
  23. Hovdagoat
    Aug 2, 2023
    0
    wtf is this kanye? the definition of this album is: pure shiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiit
  24. harshvardhan19
    Oct 22, 2022
    0
    Giving a 0 cause I hate any thing made by this ugly irrelevant **** he needs to retire asap, anyways he tanked
  25. SmellyJelly
    Oct 2, 2022
    0
    Kanye West is not even a musician! This album is worse than **** Kanye West is over party!
  26. ThomasZa
    Sep 11, 2023
    1
    mid mid mid, there are no other words to describe this work. why do you treat him as if he were god? I don't understand, he did better than this mess

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48

Mixed or average reviews - based on 6 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 1 out of 6
  2. Mixed: 5 out of 6
  3. Negative: 0 out of 6
  1. Exclaim
    Mar 8, 2022
    50
    The current release of the album otherwise known as Donda 2 — is a noticeably unfinished album. ... Not that the album is unfinished to the point it's entirely unsatisfying; there are clear winners here.
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  2. HipHopDX
    Mar 2, 2022
    68
    The rawness of Kanye West’s current existence manifests in music that actually means something, which is the first time we’ve been able to say that about a Kanye album in some time.
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  3. Pitchfork
    Mar 2, 2022
    43
    Every now and then, he can still crank out his signature sweeping production or drop a line that stops you in your tracks. But no minor edit or revamped version of Donda 2 can conceal the album’s inherent flaw: It is presented as a revolutionary work but it is decidedly a non-event.
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