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  1. Aug 29, 2021
    0
    So freaking bad. Like really! He had his fans waiting for this!? It's like he doesn't care about the music anymore and all he gives 2 s#!+$ about is his name and making sure people know it. This fool need to go back to his roots and stop playing in the wrong sand box.
  2. Aug 29, 2021
    0
    This whole track is filler. There’s so many moments where he either just randomly speeds up flow to complete a sentence to the beat, repeat words two or three times to create a pause for his next verse, or just say uh for space. He doesn’t have it anymore. Still, some beats are good. I’ll give him that.
  3. Aug 29, 2021
    0
    Just more typical self centered Kanye being self centered Kanye.

    In a world living in a pandemic, tragedy all around, people dying, rampant racism, i think there's no better time to focus on how Kanye West feels about his dead mother from 15 years ago after a botched cosmetic surgery. Let's not mince words. Kanye west is a deluded narcissist, and a lot of that has been seen in his
    Just more typical self centered Kanye being self centered Kanye.

    In a world living in a pandemic, tragedy all around, people dying, rampant racism, i think there's no better time to focus on how Kanye West feels about his dead mother from 15 years ago after a botched cosmetic surgery.

    Let's not mince words. Kanye west is a deluded narcissist, and a lot of that has been seen in his performances and music. This is just more of your typical, rushed (bc of quality, not due to lack of spending time on it) product that just doesn't sound well. There's some gems here, but a majority of this album is filler to stoke Kanye's ego and earn him more money. I think Kanye has absolutely lost it, and the from now on the only reason his name will be googled will be just to continue to observe his dumpster fire of a life.
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  4. Aug 29, 2021
    0
    This was so bad I considered cancelling my Spotify, what happened to Kanye?
  5. Aug 29, 2021
    0
    kanye west lixo, desserviço pra comunidade negra, não é relevante em nada e só consegue 5 segundos de atenção chamando os amigos dele que por coincidência são estupradores e homofóbicos. em resumo, a coitada da donda west tá de revirando no túmulo de perguntando porque não abortou antes
  6. Aug 29, 2021
    0
    i hate this album and this man now, this ain't the man who used to make legendary albums. he ain't the kanye i listened to. this one is just really similar to Pablo imo and also those nasty collabs are **** too. drakes bout to take his ass to the ground
  7. Aug 29, 2021
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. This is the most rancid album he’s put out 0/10 jjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjj Expand
  8. Aug 29, 2021
    0
    This album has evolved so much since we first heard it on the 1st listening party. Definitely has some weak points, but overall a pretty great album with some amazing tracks.
  9. Aug 30, 2021
    0
    It's just bad :( can't believe how he has done that poor album. Don't be mad but, it's just sh*t.
  10. 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...
  11. Aug 30, 2021
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. This album, despite its length, doesn't have a single song that would match the quality of Kanye's earlier work. Even the standout tracks like Hurricane and Off the Grid have uninspired beats and boring lyrics. (If you can't make The Weeknd sound great, there's problems). I can't name a single song that would fit into Late Reg, Graduation, 808s or MBDTF and not feel like the worst song on the album. Even worse, I'm increasingly unable to find even singles in Kanye's work that are worth listening to more than one time. Kanye has given the world so much, but his recent track record shows that we aren't getting any more bangers from Kanye.

    As someone from Chicago who has liked Kanye since the beginning. He was the top music producer, rapper, and artist worldwide for a long time. Now he's not even the top rapper in Chicago.

    This was my last chance for Kanye, and I'm sure I'm not the only one. I'm sure that like me, everyone wants him to bounce back and make something incredible again, it isn't happening.
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  12. Aug 30, 2021
    0
    it's garbage, the wait was for an overproduced, unimaginative copy of frank ocean without the good singing and without much rapping at all. Repetitive droning and chanting more so than anything that could be considered rap. Sucks, don’t waste your time like I did.
  13. Aug 30, 2021
    0
    Well, I just want to ask Kanye West, can you create music alone? why so many people joined in this album? And this album was so terrible(in my opinion).When I play first song, I almost vomit! I miss the old kanye

    ~"hey kanye, If you are watching this comment, plz don't do music anymore! "
  14. Aug 30, 2021
    0
    And that what we all waiting for a long time? Kanye is hype machine, for sure. But the album is really trash.
  15. Aug 30, 2021
    0
    Not a fan of this album. It feels unfinished and there's nothing amazing about the album. Feels recycled.
  16. Aug 30, 2021
    0
    This album is pure trashh with collaborators like rapists, abusers Drake is far better than him.
  17. Aug 30, 2021
    0
    Terrible terrible terrible album, a bunch of filler with no real standout. All those songs are no room for new body? ASS
  18. Aug 30, 2021
    0
    The album is awful. Full of church for no apparent reason. Not a decent sample or beat on here. Sad because I loved Kanye.
  19. Aug 30, 2021
    0
    One of the worst kanye produced album, he has lost his touch ever since he became religious. The last album shouldve been the life of pablo, everything released after that keeps on getting worse.
  20. Aug 30, 2021
    0
    Kanye's best work since The Life of Pablo, this album lived up to the expectations.
  21. Aug 30, 2021
    0
    the worst album ever made, big no, just no. also, he's working with a homophobic, rapist, abuser nah i'm not gonna support, and its a trash album anyway
  22. Aug 30, 2021
    0
    Honestly, this album has many flaws: this amount of tracks is too much for a studio album.
  23. Aug 30, 2021
    0
    I've been an engaged Kanye listener from the beginning but it feels like work to make it through this album. If it weren't for a number of solid collaborations (e.g. Jay Electronica, Pop Smoke, Westside Gunn, etc.) it would be two hours of bad jokes, a billionaire sized portion of self-pity, and paradoxical attempts at anti-consumerism, not to mention the album literally coming across asI've been an engaged Kanye listener from the beginning but it feels like work to make it through this album. If it weren't for a number of solid collaborations (e.g. Jay Electronica, Pop Smoke, Westside Gunn, etc.) it would be two hours of bad jokes, a billionaire sized portion of self-pity, and paradoxical attempts at anti-consumerism, not to mention the album literally coming across as preachy. If "Ye" is your spiritual advisor in this year of 2021, we probably have a much different vision for the future of humanity. Expand
  24. Aug 30, 2021
    0
    No amount of gospel songs gives this album dignity. Kanye is (thankfully) irrelevant, and the world is healing. I tried the Kim Kardashian way of streaming (do it mute), and you get the full sense of the world.
  25. Aug 30, 2021
    0
    Honestly, it is hard to believe that Kanye built this album. It is dull, boring and long. Most of the songs that made the album good were removed and replaced. "Up From The Ashes", for example.

    When you listen to Kanye's music, you already wanna play it again when it ends, but that doesn't happen with Donda. Very sad.
  26. Aug 30, 2021
    0
    mico do ano que nem tudo que esse fracassado já se propôs a fazer durante a carreira imunda dele que é inteiramente escorada em polêmica.
  27. Aug 30, 2021
    0
    Ye’s most boring album yet! Listened to it a few times now to try to find any redeeming quality, but can’t.
  28. Aug 30, 2021
    0
    Kanye West supports rape-accused and homophobic artists who talk s*** about HIV. Enough said.
  29. Aug 30, 2021
    0
    Just a copy and paste. Kanye makes an attempt at shoking people by involving abusers. A whack attempt at a "power move" that doesn't save this album from it's terrible quality.
  30. Aug 30, 2021
    0
    This album's **** and a **** fever dream, as an example, on Remote Control adding Globgobgabgalab in the end, **** album.
  31. Aug 30, 2021
    0
    Works with sexual abusers and homophobes. Shames other people for his misfortunes and behaves like a spoilt child
  32. Aug 30, 2021
    0
    It’s just getting worse as he goes, he’s trying to reinvent himself like many others do and it’s just not clicking
  33. Aug 30, 2021
    0
    This album was very disappointing. His previous albums at least had some hits, but every song on Donda sounds like an interlude to nowhere.
  34. Aug 30, 2021
    0
    El álbum termina siendo genérico y similar a su ultimo proyecto, con intros o diálogos no tan correctos.
  35. Aug 30, 2021
    0
    Meh. It could have been 10 tracks. filled with fillers. a stain to his discography
  36. Aug 30, 2021
    0
    Um álbum medíocre, feito por um cara que só ganha buzz em atacar mulheres inocentes e ter uma síndrome de achar que é o dono mundo, mas na verdade n sabe sustentar o marketing do próprio casamento ou a imagem de "filho de Deus", mas o q esperar de uma pessoa como ele??? Nada além de lixo e fãs idiotas que são obcecados pela Taylor Swift
  37. Aug 30, 2021
    0
    Overrated as hell, probably one of the worst albums of all time. The album's advertising was better than the album itself
  38. Aug 30, 2021
    0
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  39. Aug 30, 2021
    0
    Todo esse marketing com varias listens partys pra lançar um album sem coesão, com musicas ruins e feats com criminosos. Parece o comício do Trump. Infelizmente lamental pro kanye e seus fãs
  40. Aug 30, 2021
    0
    Absolutely garbage. Waited years to receive something that was very mediocre. One decent song with JayZ.
  41. Aug 30, 2021
    0
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  42. Aug 30, 2021
    0
    His music can't even save his problematic a**. Adding two problematic people to the mix, boom! Congrats kanye, thanks for proving that your mere existence pollutes the world.
  43. Aug 30, 2021
    0
    20 tracks too many. Most are fillers at best in a poor attempt to boost streams. The best of Kanye has gone.
  44. Aug 30, 2021
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. It sucks... unacceptable that there's a man who rapes on the album. kanye is stupid enough on his own, but he invited some more **** friends to destroy the job that wasn't so good Expand
  45. Aug 30, 2021
    0
    Un álbum demasiado largo y que tuvo que recurrir a un exceso de colaboraciones para intentar sobresalir.
  46. Aug 30, 2021
    0
    Kanye West used to make albums that were fun to listen to and had actual hits on them. This album is boring Christian propaganda with good production.
  47. Aug 30, 2021
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Deus é pai, não que KW seja grande coisa mas esse trabalho certeza foi o pior de todos, parabéns ótimo pra ouvir no volume zero igual a KK fez. Expand
  48. Aug 30, 2021
    0
    se for pra lançar album ruim como esse é melhor se aposentar kanye lixowest
  49. Aug 30, 2021
    0
    Not worth the wait. Nothing compared to Kanye’s previous albums. I guess he misses his wife though
  50. Aug 30, 2021
    0
    Dull album, just noise going arround controversy. The Weeknd saved this album with "Hurricane".
  51. Aug 30, 2021
    0
    This is pure garbage. Taylor did better. I can’t listen to it without feeling sick. Kim Kardashian did well listening this **** with no volume.
  52. Aug 30, 2021
    0
    More hype than quality since TLOP, and with Marilyn Manson and DaBaby I just can’t.
  53. Aug 30, 2021
    0
    This is pretty bad. I honestly don't know how someone could hear this and give it a positive score. It's repetitive and gets boring quick. It reeks of ego, like Kanye is trying too hard and overcompensating because he has no fresh sounds or interesting takes left.
  54. Aug 30, 2021
    0
    Me di la oportunidad de escucharlo pero esta súper aburrido kanye de verdad haces pura basura ya retírate mejor
  55. Aug 30, 2021
    0
    Terrible. What a disappointment.. after all this wait. This might actually be the worse album I’ve ever heard.
  56. Aug 30, 2021
    0
    Super overrated and he supports abusers and homophobic people. I recommend to not listen to it
  57. Aug 30, 2021
    0
    Way too long! Many of the songs aren’t necessary for the album. Definitely was not worth the wait. In the end, there are a handful of picks off of the album that are okay, however the sheer number of songs that it is made up of is entirely too many. 0 out of 10 for me.
  58. Aug 30, 2021
    0
    this album was truly disappointing, it seems like everyone on the internet had been hyping it up to be so much more than it turned out, i really feel for kanye and i don’t know what’s going on with him right now but i hope he finds help. this album i feel like needed to be made but was horribly executed and did not require the multiple wipings of all the posts on kanye’s instagram, thethis album was truly disappointing, it seems like everyone on the internet had been hyping it up to be so much more than it turned out, i really feel for kanye and i don’t know what’s going on with him right now but i hope he finds help. this album i feel like needed to be made but was horribly executed and did not require the multiple wipings of all the posts on kanye’s instagram, the cult like listening parties, and certainly not the tone deaf post on kanye’s instagram stating universal released his album without him giving the ok Expand
  59. Aug 30, 2021
    0
    this album is so soo bad i was waiting for something really really special and I that’s what we got this is just disappointing, I was really waiting for something more, and the fact that Manson....
  60. Aug 30, 2021
    0
    the type of album id expect from one of those soundcloud kids, not kanye. he’s just tryna follow trends for streams and the execution was horrible
  61. Aug 30, 2021
    0
    wakala his worst album im boredd zzzzzz
    kanye wezzzzzt
    anyways drake is better than him, xoxoxo
  62. Aug 30, 2021
    0
    "If enough people say it others will follow and believe it too" Kanye West brings nothing new to the table but because of his marketing, most people seem keen to believe he is a genius when he is nothing of that sort. DONDA is a total failure musically speaking, so much so that the only way to make this album worth talking about is to have a bunch of morally and ethically questionable"If enough people say it others will follow and believe it too" Kanye West brings nothing new to the table but because of his marketing, most people seem keen to believe he is a genius when he is nothing of that sort. DONDA is a total failure musically speaking, so much so that the only way to make this album worth talking about is to have a bunch of morally and ethically questionable people in it. Long gone are the days where Kanye West cared more about the music rather than staying relevant. Would DONDA really be what it is if it wasn't for Kanye's antics and controversies? No, the answer is no. DONDA is mediocre at best and in a few months no one will remember a single song from this album. It's also sort of sad that the one album named after his mother, is the one that shows how empty and self centered Kanye West is. DONDA is an album meant to entertain but not musically speaking and that is how Mr. West decided the album to be. 27 songs and not a single song worth listening more than once. DONDA is defenitely the most overrated album of recent years. Hopefully next time West decides to put an album he thinks about the music rather than his marketing strategy to make people believe through mere spectacle that his album is worth listening to. Do yourself a favor and skip every single song on this album and instead stream My Beautiful Twisted Dark Fantasy. Expand
  63. Aug 30, 2021
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. adding sexual abusers and homophobes to your album and era is a new low. a sad attempt from a faded star. check yourself. Expand
  64. Aug 31, 2021
    0
    Terrible. Compared to his previous albums, this is just a mess of boring beats and nonsensical lyrics
  65. Aug 31, 2021
    0
    Ugh... donda is nasty!! Drake cud do better... we are waiting till he come...hes gonna beat u up my lil boi
  66. Aug 31, 2021
    0
    We all love seeing men getting away with nasty conduct and then drops gospel album, 0/10
  67. Aug 31, 2021
    0
    Repetitive, inconclusive, inconsistent, bad production, this album is al problems
  68. Aug 31, 2021
    0
    a piece of **** him ,he just collab with the worst people at the music industry
  69. Aug 31, 2021
    0
    man… that’s embarrassing anyways
    i wish you would come back, wish i'd never hung up the phone like i did. i wish you knew that i'd never forget you as long as i'd live. i miss you too much to be mad anymore.
  70. Aug 31, 2021
    0
    This is not THE album. A lot of hype for this? I do not understand what is going on in Kanye's head. Every track it's just like "ok" or "next". I do not think I will heard this album ever again.
  71. Aug 31, 2021
    0
    I was expecting a very good album after he promoted it as the album of the century. I was expecting "My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy" part two. I got a "Jesus Is King" bad prequel.
  72. Aug 31, 2021
    0
    He is supporting abusers, and giving them a platform. He is supporting abusers, and giving them a platform.
  73. Aug 31, 2021
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view.
  74. Aug 31, 2021
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. should have been nicer to taylor swift “this is why we can’t have nice thing” Expand
  75. Aug 31, 2021
    0
    Dont listen to this album, the songs are just not good, and the production is cheap
  76. Aug 31, 2021
    0
    horrible album complete trash trash trash trash trash trash trash trash trash
  77. Aug 31, 2021
    0
    garbage as always, nothing new, he is an homophobic and abuser supporter, piece of **** just like his albuns, kanye west? more like kanye waste of time
  78. Aug 31, 2021
    0
    trash trash trash trash trash trash trash trash trash trash trash trash trash trash trash trash
  79. Aug 31, 2021
    0
    This album was a full gimmicky experience, a man who believes everything is all about him and him solely. The music does not match the propaganda being portrayed. This is GOD Awful
  80. Aug 31, 2021
    0
    this album was so so so boring. not to mention the night before it released kanye was proudly standing with an alleged abuser and an open homophobe.
  81. Aug 31, 2021
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. awful Expand
  82. Aug 31, 2021
    0
    trash, a truly terrible album. the old kanye is long gone. people are just gonna keep enabling him at this point
  83. Aug 31, 2021
    0
    the same as always that listennks before only in an unfinished version with powerful lyrics and a repetitive and boring beat
  84. Aug 31, 2021
    0
    lyrics with very low depth, and tiring and grueling instrumentals. I like the others album but this one is a failure
  85. Sep 4, 2021
    0
    Kanye this is what happens when you work with abusers, homophobes and rapists. Karma exists!!!
  86. Aug 31, 2021
    0
    It is very bad where you see it
    This ablum, while quirky, is repetitive, lazy, and another job exactly as bad as the previous one. It's just a lazy cash grab that just fails to enforce the edgy character Kanye tries to push, Kanye changed the music in the past, but in the present he's a schizophrenic old man reflecting on his troubles in his projects. That álbum features questionable
    It is very bad where you see it
    This ablum, while quirky, is repetitive, lazy, and another job exactly as bad as the previous one. It's just a lazy cash grab that just fails to enforce the edgy character Kanye tries to push, Kanye changed the music in the past, but in the present he's a schizophrenic old man reflecting on his troubles in his projects. That álbum features questionable lyrics and a ending sequence of songs that seem useless.
    It is simply poorly planned, poorly done and the only people who can enjoy it without seeming vomiting are those who are obsessed with Kanye and all his work, it does not seem good in the least, at the end of it all I think it could be better and it could having a good opportunity but coupled with waiting and the little work behind it, also reflects a serious decline in this man's work
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  87. Aug 31, 2021
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. it really is a ridiculous album, null instrumentals and terrible songs, horror Expand
  88. Sep 1, 2021
    0
    I’ve been a massive Kanye fan in the past but this project is awful. He used to be the GOAT but he’s just strange now. Not to mention working with a rapist and a homophobe. Gross
  89. Sep 1, 2021
    0
    Grotesque music . I heard it before it was released and I was disgusted. One of the main reason why I divorced him
  90. 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 ****
  91. Sep 1, 2021
    0
    i really don't like it, the vocals and the lyrics doesn't make any sense, really.
  92. Sep 1, 2021
    0
    An album with so many great ideas but lack of care and rush prevents it from reaching any of the potential it reaches for. Disappointing because this album could’ve been one of his best in years. Songs like Believe What I Say & Come To Life show he’s still has it in him but lacks the focus or perfectionism he once had to pull it all together.
  93. Sep 2, 2021
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Es el peor album de su carrera, lo irónico es que la gran mayoría de sus votaciones positivas del público son fans del repudiado Marilyn Manson, del homofóbico de DaBaby y que Kanye no tiene el apoyo en USA ni para llegar Presidente ni tampoco para un album básico y pésimo como DONDA. Expand
  94. Sep 2, 2021
    0
    Um álbum sem nexo, é como se tivesse incompleto, falta algo, Kenye deixou muito a desejar. Foi decepcionante.
  95. Sep 2, 2021
    0
    Terrible! Just another banal álbum. He said his the biggest rapper from his generation,
  96. Sep 2, 2021
    0
    Horrible, increíble que se pueda hacer un álbum tan malo. Kanye West va en picada.
  97. 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.
  98. Sep 3, 2021
    0
    27 songs and not a single hit. It sounds like an almost 2 hr long excuse made into an album
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Mixed or average reviews - based on 19 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 5 out of 19
  2. Negative: 1 out of 19
  1. 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.
  2. Sep 2, 2021
    60
    Donda isn't without its highlights, but taken as a whole, it's both confused and confusing.
  3. 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.