Donda
by Kanye West
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6.5

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  1. ManuelBing
    Sep 17, 2021
    0
    ShiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiIt in my opinion
  2. braiz02
    Oct 10, 2021
    0
    DONDA Kanye West has a reputation of releasing the most well produced albums in the music industry, he is labeled a ‘perfectionist’ as he spends around 300-500 hours producing each song. Kanye has stated that he has superpowers, how he uses these superpowers by expressing himself in a unique and diverse way, denting the world through his art. Kanye is a one of a kind artist as he dedicatesDONDA Kanye West has a reputation of releasing the most well produced albums in the music industry, he is labeled a ‘perfectionist’ as he spends around 300-500 hours producing each song. Kanye has stated that he has superpowers, how he uses these superpowers by expressing himself in a unique and diverse way, denting the world through his art. Kanye is a one of a kind artist as he dedicates his life to expressing himself and creating art that is ahead of his time influencing generations. His 10th studio album “DONDA” is the defining factor of how the use of his superpowers separates him from any other artist. Most artists by the time they release their 10th album (that is if they get there) they lose touch of the sound they have created, and are not as successful as their original sound. Yet Kanye through the decades he has been producing music he continues to surprise the world, as he is a pokemon who just continues to evolve. His idiosyncratic sound of unique lyrics, — that really make you feel what he is feeling— layers of beats that give a dramatic feel to his songs, are all tied into how his superpowers inspire his art and give us candy for our ears. His mother was his best friend as he grew up fatherless, honoring her he dedicated this album for her, with deep meaningful lyrics, soulful sounds, and expressing genuine emotions through his superpowers, Kanye shocks the world with yet another illustrious album.
    The album “DONDA” starts off just how you expect it, with something you have never heard of before. Kanye recorded his mothers final heart beats and made it a song named “Donda Chant '' where a female voice states his mothers name at the pace of her last heartbeats “Donda '' 58 times in honor of the age she passed away (His mother passed away during a plastic surgery procedure, where Kanye felt blamed for because she got the surgery due to the pressure of his sons limelight). Giving a deeper meaning to the album, with many religious references/preaches, as 8 of the 27 songs have religious titles. The song “Jesus Lord” helps explain what he is trying to do with the religious references as he states “ If I talk to Christ, can I bring my mother back to life?”, demonstrating how he uses these religious energy in hopes to bring him and his mother closer together. Kanye has been using a choir since his second studio album “Late Registration” which was his mothers favorite album, emphasizing in their synchronized melodic vocals that add a soulful effect to the many layers he has within his songs. In this album he brings the choir back in honor of his mother, with songs like “Heaven and Hell” where the soulful choir chants deepens the feeling of the song making it feel like you are on top of the world, just how Kanye portrays to feel at times. He also honors his mom once again by producing a song that samples his mothers favorite artist, Lauryn Hill. The song “Believe What I Say” is sampled from Lauryn Hills song “Doo Wop (That Thing)” , a very upbeat song that puts a smile on your face regardless of where you are. Kanye is able to express his superpowers by creating songs that will unite him and his mom in a very talentedly unique way.
    There are times in this album where Kanye is not only praising god but where he compares himself to god—but I think that is just his superpowers talking— almost because he knows that his mother is with god, and by comparing himself to God it will bring him closer to his mother. The song “Off The Grid” is one of those songs where you get the godlike comparisons as the song has many layers varying from a deep bass, featured vocals, and lyrics such as “I got this God power, that’s my leverages” referring how his superpowers that help him express himself in a incomparable artistic level, tying him closer to his mother. Jail is the second song of the album and has a feature from Jay-Z who has not worked with Kanye since 2016. Kanye West is known for bringing the most out of any artist he works with through the use of his superpowers, but in his songs he usually outshines them with his lyrical flows, for the song Jail that wasn’t the case. Jay-Z’s verse introduced the deep, heavy, meaningfulness of the album with lyrics like “Made in the Imagine of God, that’s a selfie” where even Jay-Z is expressing his superpowers and is setting the godlike tone that was projected throughout the album. Or lyrics like “Hova and Yeezus, like Moses and Jesus” where Jay-Z is referring to him and Kanye to biblical characters, illustrating the image of god-like figures whose talents together are powerful. '    … Expand
  3. DequanJdfh
    Oct 31, 2021
    0
    Even worse than the boring, preachy Jesus album. Kanye doesn’t know how to make good music anymore. I don’t know what happened to him. He fell off and will never recover
  4. Voidtoker
    Dec 2, 2022
    0
    **** this Nazi. Knew he was absolute **** when he interrupted Taylor Swift. IVE BEEN WAITING FOR THIS MOMENT and for all you dumb ****s to realize who this **** is.
  5. tombradygoat
    Nov 23, 2022
    0
    what the heeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeellll is this **** my expectations were low but holy ****
  6. todaywasagooday
    Dec 1, 2022
    0
    Let's be honest guys, this album is **** I didn't like anything about it. Kanye has lost it.
  7. kid247
    Aug 30, 2021
    0
    It just doesn’t cut it. It feels like the spectacle heading up to the album release was all he was really going for abs the listener is left confused. Only stans trying to make this album seen better than it really is
  8. WalissonOliver
    Aug 30, 2021
    0
    I'm not sure if I hated this because I kept comparing it to his other work, but it's really bad. I guess we can call it an album?
  9. timmytime
    Aug 31, 2021
    0
    Easily Kanye's weakest album, and I'm a Stan. I don't think he's made anything truly great since Yeezus, but at least his other albums since then haven't been so bloated.

    Sparse production, repetitive lyrics. A few sparks of Kanye's creativity but this really isn't a good album.
  10. Eddann123
    Sep 3, 2021
    0
    Pésimo, sobre producido y muy cargado, mucho relleno, la misma propuesta de siempre, Kanye viene entregando lo mismo desde 2013...
  11. danhoney
    Sep 3, 2021
    0
    Album far short of the artist that Kanye West proved to be. Definitely sometimes I think this is just a passing outburst and that soon he will be aware of making good music again.
  12. ParticleWave
    Sep 8, 2021
    1
    Pretentious, uninspired, auto-tuned fluff. Hopefully this will be the nail in the coffin for 10-15 tears of crap hip hop albums.
  13. franemilio
    Sep 4, 2021
    3
    This album shows exactly what Kanye West is about: innovation, master production and controversial lyrics subjects. Each track has its unique sense of originality and this ilustrates well why West is always one step ahead of the industry. Donda may sound strang at a first listening, maybe even boring, but the project gets better as you give it more listenings. It is just like a good wine:This album shows exactly what Kanye West is about: innovation, master production and controversial lyrics subjects. Each track has its unique sense of originality and this ilustrates well why West is always one step ahead of the industry. Donda may sound strang at a first listening, maybe even boring, but the project gets better as you give it more listenings. It is just like a good wine: open it, let it breath for a while and only then you can enjoy it… Expand
  14. snmcfadden
    Sep 5, 2021
    1
    utter crap, kanye needs to go back to his roots and understand what made him good to begin with because he has been getting worse and worse for a long time now
  15. Crownelius
    Aug 30, 2021
    2
    A production without a cover and songs that do not cite contributions. Is this his way of making it look conceptual and revolutionary? It's just tacky, ugly and malicious. There's no ̶t̶r̶u̶m̶p̶ card, the music has never sounded so poorly contrived. If he didn't plan on taking a award out of Swift's hand, he might plan on stealing her marketing ideas.
  16. joe_m6
    Nov 11, 2021
    3
    I wouldn't call myself a fan but I **** with Life of Pablo so I gave Donda a chance. Listening to it wasn't a bad experience, I just felt like moving on from it about halfway in. Jail pt. 2 was the only post-Moon song that didn't feel repetitive or churchy. I felt like he was compensating for all the features by adding in all the outtakes from his previous LP. don't get me wrong, theI wouldn't call myself a fan but I **** with Life of Pablo so I gave Donda a chance. Listening to it wasn't a bad experience, I just felt like moving on from it about halfway in. Jail pt. 2 was the only post-Moon song that didn't feel repetitive or churchy. I felt like he was compensating for all the features by adding in all the outtakes from his previous LP. don't get me wrong, the features were all good (none of them like Monster-level iconic but still memorable), but it was weird to not see any credits for such a feature-heavy album… Expand
  17. leobartowski
    Aug 30, 2021
    0
    This album is so boring and monotone. Such a waste of time. I couldn't hear nothing worst than this.
  18. hieubqt1711
    Nov 13, 2021
    0
    So boring and excessively long. Donda leaves a sour taste that no number of good beats, gospel choirs, or church organs will cleanse. Zero stars.
  19. leonehenrique
    Sep 2, 2021
    0
    People go on and on about their political views and then decide to support this man. It is completely different to judge the art from awful people when their art doesn't reflect the awful people they are. It is not the case here. Independent said it best.
  20. iamachmad75
    Sep 20, 2021
    0
    Dondaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa i’m so sorry because your narcissu son gave you his worst album ever after your name.
  21. All_ButTrU4
    Sep 3, 2021
    2
    Regardless of the controversial and grievously chosen features(you already know who i mean) it still offers nothing. It reaches for meaning and falls flat. Even the best song "jail" feels bogged down and under done. It feels like an overthought effort dependent on hype. Post J.I.K kanye hasn't recovered the groundbreaking talent of his peak performances. A disappointing release thatRegardless of the controversial and grievously chosen features(you already know who i mean) it still offers nothing. It reaches for meaning and falls flat. Even the best song "jail" feels bogged down and under done. It feels like an overthought effort dependent on hype. Post J.I.K kanye hasn't recovered the groundbreaking talent of his peak performances. A disappointing release that would've benefited from time… Expand
  22. EllisEverett
    Aug 31, 2021
    0
    what's this album about? what's this album about? what's this album about? what's this album about?
  23. emanucaslb
    Sep 5, 2021
    0
    I’m torn when it comes to “Donda”, and as of writing I still haven’t given a score. Like I said, there are some of Kanye’s best songs here that I’ll probably be playing long after the heat has past. But there are also plenty of songs that I’ll never listen to again, maybe more so than the ones I loved, and I can’t just ignore them. I’m less worried about the state of Kanye’s creativityI’m torn when it comes to “Donda”, and as of writing I still haven’t given a score. Like I said, there are some of Kanye’s best songs here that I’ll probably be playing long after the heat has past. But there are also plenty of songs that I’ll never listen to again, maybe more so than the ones I loved, and I can’t just ignore them. I’m less worried about the state of Kanye’s creativity after this record compared to “Jesus Is King”, but with every messy record and just as messy album rollout I’ve become less and less invested on every next move that West is making. It’s frustrating seeing him being capable of making something great like right alongside something completely forgettable or even straight up bad, but “Donda” continues to be a display of Kanye West’s unfocused creativity… Expand
  24. ArthurLynch88
    Aug 31, 2021
    0
    What is this trash, baby? Go pray to your jebus for some inspiration next time
  25. Encantat
    Sep 2, 2021
    0
    Extremamente superestimado, fui ouvir esperando ser um álbum no mínimo coeso e me decepcionei
  26. jeocastillo
    Aug 30, 2021
    0
    Music for hedgefund bros indeed. Pure garbage with criminaIs as features. Kanye’s worst album
  27. brennonavy
    Aug 31, 2021
    0
    Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
  28. M7md1989
    Sep 3, 2021
    0
    Kanye said that universal released this album without his approval, and sure enough it does sound incomplete and no where near as good as his earlier projects.
  29. Manuel1234
    Sep 2, 2021
    0
    It's just a bad album, I didn't like it at all. Including that it is basic, and too long for what it offers us, he should have left it at 0 songs, and never put out this album.
  30. Derrck
    Aug 30, 2021
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. A huge mess. There are any connection between 27 songs, definitely the worst album… Expand
  31. Loilax
    Sep 16, 2021
    0
    Why is this piece of trash was ever released! I’m so ashamed to used to like your music, now I’m on team Drake!
  32. Ali9841
    Aug 30, 2021
    0
    Way too long. Nobody needs all 27 of this songs. Most of them feel like filler tracks. And envolving people like Manson didn't help sell it to me. A reflection of how and why Kanye is slowly becoming irrelevant in the music industry
  33. inastorm
    Aug 31, 2021
    0
    That are no words in the english language that can properly describe how awful this music made me feel.
  34. DiogoDelGrant
    Aug 30, 2021
    0
    pure trash, i'm not surprised at this release its purpose was to raise awareness towards these sort of people
  35. Born2Lose
    Aug 30, 2021
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Ew, creo que Ed Sheeran se esfuerza más en su música y aún así es sheet … Expand
  36. Minni
    Nov 26, 2021
    0
    Worst album. Poor beats, poor music, poor voice & poor lyrics. Had high expectation because of his earlier good work. He. Should retire from industry.
  37. Alteregoss
    Aug 31, 2021
    0
    a psychopath may work out an good album but kanye the lunatic will never. pure sh*t.
  38. Rupankar1999
    Aug 31, 2021
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Seriously going to play Sour again to heal my ears from the injuries made by this album.… Expand
  39. alexlbert
    Nov 12, 2021
    0
    Péssimo, simplesmente um álbum que você se arrepende de dar play! Decepcionante.
  40. Nitsujustin
    Sep 2, 2021
    0
    Absolute trash. Meandering and way overlong - also overproduced, despite featuring precious few actual songs. And West is garbage on the mic, when he's even showing up on his own songs. Anyone impressed by this tripe needs to listen to more music - or at least to stop talking about music.
  41. sleo131
    Sep 2, 2021
    0
    just pay for my therapy right now, the worst musical experience of my life, now i understand why kim kardashian listened on the mute, it's the only way to play the album without killing your brains
  42. Ijaaz
    Aug 30, 2021
    0
    An album claimed to be a condolence to his dead mother. Donda lacks in substance and character. His worst work to date
  43. Sergiobar23
    Aug 30, 2021
    0
  44. Kly211
    Aug 31, 2021
    0
    He used to be good...unfortunately this album drags so much. Quality over quantity...
  45. nicktambunan
    Sep 17, 2021
    3
    The music is always similar to the old music. Nothing interesting and makes us want to hear it again and again. It's just avarage!
  46. Nat11
    Sep 6, 2021
    0
    This album was supposed to drop before and that shows how scared he was beacuse the album has no cohesion he is just trying to express an idea that is so cliche it had to be controversial. But the reality is that it was a failed attempt it os awful and it charges me with negative vibes
  47. gabsfidelis
    Aug 30, 2021
    0
    This album is just bad! I wasn’t even able to finish it, like it’s sooooo long.
  48. Giovanni0
    Aug 31, 2021
    0
    I really have to say something . .
  49. matteoz
    Aug 30, 2021
    0
    After all the hype and the controversity, huge disappointment. Ye created some of the best album from the last decade(see MBDTF), but this is mediocre at best. Lots of useless fillers. It could have been reduced to 9/10 tracks.
  50. MusicNerdViking
    Aug 30, 2021
    2
    What the hell is this? No, seriously, what is this? This album is severely lacking in any substance, and yet, it tries to be this huge, almost two-hour-long tribute/concept album dedicated to his late mother, Donda. This album is so unfinished, not like how The Life of Pablo felt unfinished because that was the whole aesthetic of the album, mind you, but Donda, on the other hand, is soWhat the hell is this? No, seriously, what is this? This album is severely lacking in any substance, and yet, it tries to be this huge, almost two-hour-long tribute/concept album dedicated to his late mother, Donda. This album is so unfinished, not like how The Life of Pablo felt unfinished because that was the whole aesthetic of the album, mind you, but Donda, on the other hand, is so unfinished, it's unenjoyable. The only song I really enjoyed was the track titled "Believe What I Say" because there, it doesn't sound like a demo and actually has a strong tempo that stays the same throughout the song's length. The worst song, on the other hand, is the track "Off the Grid." Off the Grid, just like this album's production. There are moments on that song where the distorted bass is way louder than everything else and is mind-blowingly distracting, and the hook is hot garbage. All of the other tracks on this are either trying way too hard to do a complete re-hash on Runaway's epicness, which is what made the song incredible in the first place, or simply just existing to fill up run-time. I'm having a hard time just grasping what Kanye could be aiming for with this record; is he trying to make a tribute album to his mother, or is he making a hip-hop album with production that is hip-hop's equivalent to black metal? Whatever he was going for, I can at least appreciate that he's making an album solely dedicated to his mother; however, in hindsight, this definitely needed extra time in the studio.

    Overall score: 1.6/10
    Favorite tracks: Believe What I Say, Heaven and Hell, Jail pt. 1, some parts of Hurricane
    Least favorite tracks: Off the Grid    … Expand
  51. ADrunkenRabbit
    Aug 31, 2021
    0
    I genuinely have no idea what people who like this are hearing. This was 2 hours and it was terrible pretty much all the way through. It was like being waterboarded by audio
  52. Nikita98k
    Sep 7, 2021
    0
    Awful music. Every song is 2 min and made from random sounds. Kanye is not good rapper at all.
  53. bryanmalasig
    Sep 1, 2021
    0
    This is just a bit rubbish in all honesty. i could accept this drivell if it revolutionised music in any way shape or form. Unfortunatley this ablum, though quirky, is no revolution 9. it's just a lazy cash grab that only fails to enforce the edgy character that kanye trys to push
  54. Boliam
    Aug 30, 2021
    0
    This is probably the worst album i've ever heard. Poor lyrics, poor production, poor... everything. There's no flavor in it. Horrible.
  55. lucas_mm
    Aug 30, 2021
    0
    too many tracks, generally monotone album. the hype it gets is only because it’s kanye.
  56. mariooo
    Aug 30, 2021
    0
    this is the worst album ever produced, i cant believe how kanye west still creates this kind of music. try to reinvent yourself kanye, try something new
  57. Manny90210
    Sep 2, 2021
    0
    Very out of place, out of touch and just everywhere. It felt like I was in Newyork, trying to catch the train on a Monday morning in an overcrowded station. Make it stop!
  58. joshuat17
    Aug 29, 2021
    2
    Previous album was still better! This one was good but it was too long and non sense
  59. DxvidVilla
    Aug 30, 2021
    0
    I don’t like this album. The sound is very bad and the lyrics are incomprehensible. Maybe maybe he's a little passable about the album's friendship. But other than that, the most boring albums I've ever heard.
  60. Satan13
    Aug 30, 2021
    0
    it was trash by all means
    he didn't make any effort to make something that is worth listening
  61. ohsassy
    Aug 31, 2021
    0
    One of the worst music I've ever heard. Kanye has fallen too deep into the depth of mediocrity. An embarrassment to me and my home girls.
  62. xiasu
    Aug 30, 2021
    0
    noise! Pipeline musicn. It deserves a low score! Can this thing win the championship Maybe the title single result .That was ten years ago
  63. candymallow
    Aug 30, 2021
    0
    a piece of s**t, the meta critics said it all, I even saw someone gave it zero.
  64. maritusa
    Sep 2, 2021
    0
    This donda sheet is wild garbage. music for hedgefund bros.
    (filler words)
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  65. sammyxpix
    Aug 31, 2021
    0
    taylor swift is better this is trash he should just retire and medicate trashh
  66. Annieswift
    Aug 30, 2021
    0
    The worst album in history just overhyped, overrated album full of abusers, rapists homophobes, blackfishers simply disgusting. Also if he was a woman he would've been over by now but since he's a very disgusting man he is free to do whatever and his pets will still eat it up
  67. Josemayr
    Sep 8, 2021
    0
    Was expecting better.......................................................
  68. Preet1030
    Aug 30, 2021
    0
    Incoherent mess of an album. Overhyped and under delivered. Don’t waste your time and money.
  69. waltherh
    Sep 7, 2021
    0
    Pretty disappointing album.
    Off the grid and Praise God are the only 2 songs of the project i like.
    I havn’t liked any of kanyes recent albums. He used to be so ahead of his time and change the rap game in many ways. Ever since the life of Pablo i feel like he’s been trying to prove, that he is musical genius, which i think has resulted in some very corny albums. Miss when i released    Pretty disappointing album.
    Off the grid and Praise God are the only 2 songs of the project i like.
    I havn’t liked any of kanyes recent albums. He used to be so ahead of his time and change the rap game in many ways.
    Ever since the life of Pablo i feel like he’s been trying to prove, that he is musical genius, which i think has resulted in some very corny albums.
    Miss when i released something innovative like 808’s and Yeezus.    … Expand
  70. dperalta
    Aug 30, 2021
    3
    Este álbum es muy mediocre. Las canciones son pesadas y se hacen difíciles de escuchar. No aportan nada nuevo. Y mención aparte a lo largo que es el disco, casi 2 horas es criminal. Después de crear tanto hype con los sucesivos retrasos…
  71. RillGama23
    Aug 30, 2021
    0
    Podre igual tudo que esse homem faz. Espero que amargue terrivelmente!!!!!!!!!!!!!111
  72. eullerscb
    Aug 30, 2021
    0
    Álbum com pouca relevância, temática simples e sem graça, e fora as divulgações nos estádios de mal gosto.
  73. kamilwithtea
    Aug 31, 2021
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. this is so bad, worst Kanue's album, where tf is his voice??? he's not that good, overrated album… Expand
  74. CriticalUser13
    Aug 30, 2021
    0
    I hate Kanye, always putting on overproduced stuff, with mediocre lyrics and lazy vocals. No one listens to a narcissist's album.
  75. Siphe
    Sep 1, 2021
    0
    This is the worst album to come from a high profile artist this year, Donda sounds like an array of tracks thrown together into an "album". The album lacks perspective, it's supposedly in memory of his mother but the album is a disgrace in honour of his mother
  76. aceblazin
    Aug 30, 2021
    0
    This was straight trash. I’m not even exaggerating. Or hating. And the fact I’m not even Christian made even worse to listen to...
  77. Vformusika
    Sep 4, 2021
    1
    I respect him as an artist but he's kind of overrated, literally NOBODY outside the RAP community thinks he's that good ! This album is terrible.
  78. SantiB
    Sep 4, 2021
    0
    Kanye this is what happens when you work with abusers, homophobes and rapists. Karma exists!!!
  79. imgabrielamorim
    Sep 1, 2021
    0
    This album is terrible. A bunch of boring tracks with boring beats. A 16 year old teenager could have written something more cleaver. And what a contradition itself talking about God and Jesus when you are featuring a rapist an a homophobic. Easily a 0/10. Kanye is just overated guys. He aint ****
  80. samohtxotom
    Sep 1, 2021
    1
    This album is the musical version of Kanye's political rants, incoherent and without order.
  81. Eweweeewew
    Sep 2, 2021
    1
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  82. Hawg
    Sep 4, 2021
    3
    I was really looking forward to this album, Kanye needs to come back to reality. I’m guessing he didn’t have a lot of faith in it also hence the push backs.
  83. Elflock
    Sep 3, 2021
    0
    Mediocre. While listening I thought filler songs are okay but never heated any song which was on higher level. Concept of the album seems lazy.
  84. DVSN0506
    Sep 3, 2021
    1
    Super long album for no real reason and the people rating it so high are liars. Let’s be honest he’s not a good artist but I still think he could’ve don’t better. I understand that it’s a tribute but this was not good at all he should’ve kept this to himself
  85. Calvint1227
    Sep 3, 2021
    1
    Disgusting excuse of a Kanye album. So much wasted potential with donda. Kanye’s rapping falls short nearly everywhere except barely getting by with “off the grid”. Every beat sounded/felt the same, Kanye usually samples well however here he barely did, he stuck to the same snare pattern on the majority of the songs. I’m actually offended by the way donda turned out. With all the hype thisDisgusting excuse of a Kanye album. So much wasted potential with donda. Kanye’s rapping falls short nearly everywhere except barely getting by with “off the grid”. Every beat sounded/felt the same, Kanye usually samples well however here he barely did, he stuck to the same snare pattern on the majority of the songs. I’m actually offended by the way donda turned out. With all the hype this album should’ve been able to captivate better sounds and emotions. The closest to this being parts of “hurricane” and “off the grid”. The album also lacks a cohesive them save some religion. However Kanye already did this and did it better on his “Jesus is king” album. 1/10 because it’s an absolute disaster, Kanye should probably stick to producing Travis Scott songs and others alike. He never reigned king over his ability to rap anyways. Other C tier rappers could put rap him especially with what we just saw on donda.… Expand
  86. Tanishaevonne
    Sep 3, 2021
    0
    27 songs and not a single hit. It sounds like an almost 2 hr long excuse made into an album
  87. THawk
    Sep 5, 2021
    0
    27 Tracks of pure gospel garbage. Bad Beats, Bad lyrics, Bad music all round. WTF are these people who are ranking 10 on? clearly Kanye fanboys with no care for the actual music just riding his D, are you people even listening to the same album?
  88. Metalevel
    Sep 8, 2021
    3
    I seriously don't get all the hype, I'm usually open to most music and I love some of his work in the past, but this is just a mess with a few dusty gem stones scattered throughout the album. I don't see much new and innovative, having listened to over half the album and some of the songs people are praising. There's some great lyrics in there sure, but the sound that comes with it, justI seriously don't get all the hype, I'm usually open to most music and I love some of his work in the past, but this is just a mess with a few dusty gem stones scattered throughout the album. I don't see much new and innovative, having listened to over half the album and some of the songs people are praising. There's some great lyrics in there sure, but the sound that comes with it, just doesn't do it for me.… Expand
  89. Ferrandor
    Sep 9, 2021
    2
    Kayne it's totally overhyped with this album, it's just bad, so simples songs that are boing, is just he being selfish talking about being a "god" and people only hype about that cus it's they are all fanboys, absolutly terrible
  90. beticofer
    Sep 11, 2021
    0
    Fantastico. Críticas de vergüenza por motivos políticos. Hay más de 10 canciones muy buenas.
  91. Barkin
    Sep 11, 2021
    0
    Kannst Bad af i mean wtf did he do hahahah donda donda donda what the actual ****
  92. Dondawasass
    Sep 13, 2021
    1
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. it’s Garbo this foo is 44 trying to stay relevant with his old ass wife too … Expand
  93. Segundoleo26
    Oct 23, 2021
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Básico genérico repetitivo una basura que se siente reciclada muy malo debería retirarse de la música… Expand
  94. Ihkw
    Sep 23, 2021
    0
    The album is like shuving burning hot nails in your ears, the best song on there is probably jail. If you like this album your a kanye Stan, it's overrated as hell I like montero better
  95. NotShared
    Oct 22, 2021
    0
    Don’t beg for reviews on Reddit just because you suck. Album is **** you are a joke, your haircut sucks and so does your style.
  96. nicoxg
    Nov 15, 2021
    0
    No creo que Donde de Kanye West sea un mal album,tampoco es de los mejores,pero me gusta el estilo y la historia del album.
  97. pablovj
    Mar 19, 2022
    0
    Es malísimo no hay por donde cogerlo . Producción y letras pésimas . Escucharlo es una pérdida de tiempo
  98. ThomasZa
    Sep 11, 2023
    1
    his worst work, extremely mid the king of hiphop has fallen i guess. I'm sorry but it doesn't deserve anything
  99. AlejandroCalero
    Sep 6, 2022
    0
    Chica aprende a cantar y deja de dar pena con la Kim Kardashian que ya cansas, mejora tus letras de paso que me dan cringe. Nadie sabe como te han nominado a un grammy de album of the year por esta bazofia. Que pereza me das
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#5 Most Discussed Album of 2021

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53

Mixed or average reviews - based on 19 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 5 out of 19
  2. Mixed: 13 out of 19
  3. Negative: 1 out of 19
  1. musicOMH.com
    Sep 3, 2021
    60
    Though this isn’t a complete comeback, frustrated Kanye fans certainly have more grounds for optimism after this record than they did before it.
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  2. AllMusic
    Sep 2, 2021
    60
    Donda isn't without its highlights, but taken as a whole, it's both confused and confusing.
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  3. HipHopDX
    Sep 2, 2021
    62
    There are times where Kanye recaptures the magic of his golden years. ... But there just isn’t enough good here to look past the flaws. The final result is a collection of songs with little binding energy other than a vague Gospel through line, which runs across the tracklist — chaotic like The Life Of Pablo but devoid of the magic.
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