Donda
by Kanye West
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6.5

Generally favorable reviews- based on 3155 Ratings

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  3. Negative: 924 out of 3155
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  1. Davib
    Aug 29, 2021
    10
    valeu a pena toda espera e ansiedade por esse novo álbum do kanye. não temos aqui nenhuma música parecida com seus grandes sucessos anteriores, como "stronger" e "power", mas temos 27 músicas equivalentes à toda a carreira do ye. São música muito bem feitas e pensadas, com destaque especial para "Jesus lord", "heaven and hell" e "Jail". Valeu a pena ouvir vom atenção essa grande obra devaleu a pena toda espera e ansiedade por esse novo álbum do kanye. não temos aqui nenhuma música parecida com seus grandes sucessos anteriores, como "stronger" e "power", mas temos 27 músicas equivalentes à toda a carreira do ye. São música muito bem feitas e pensadas, com destaque especial para "Jesus lord", "heaven and hell" e "Jail". Valeu a pena ouvir vom atenção essa grande obra de arte. Donda é o álbum do ano até o momento!… Expand
  2. liamxsean
    Sep 3, 2021
    10
    Every song was different. I never felt bored listening to this project. The verses and features were amazing and the symbolism/messages were insane.. if i could rate it 100/10 i would do so.
  3. DylanR723
    Aug 31, 2021
    10
    Such a beautiful, long, amazing album. I love the length, and I don’t think there’s a single skip. One of his best yet.
  4. LaVaskes
    Aug 30, 2021
    10
    Incredible experience of multiple ganres in one package there are some not that great song but when they hit they hit hard
  5. Ethanade
    Aug 30, 2021
    10
    The music is great, what you think about the artist is completely different to the music itself. **** Marylin Manson tho dk why he’s on this at all tbh.
  6. kaiquebrabo
    Sep 9, 2021
    10
    This album, for real.
    Have something to heat your heart, i never listened to anything like this. It’s simple perfect.
  7. Hiddenx
    Aug 29, 2021
    10
    Great album and I love Jesus is king too so I need these songs for my souls I love god and myself ❤️
  8. Creedinho
    Aug 31, 2021
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Album of the year also **** all the taylor stans giving zero lol its a ten out of 10… Expand
  9. Jelleeh
    Aug 30, 2021
    10
    Kanye does it again, another classic under his belt with an amazing and fun rollout.
  10. Looool
    Aug 30, 2021
    10
    Unbelievable, could possibly be his best album. I thought the length would be a problem but it made it even better
  11. Thomasyeezy
    Aug 31, 2021
    10
    I've been waiting for so long to listen to this album and now that it's finally here I'm sooo happy. Honestly this is Kanye's most sonically beautiful album. Off the grid is SUCH A BANGER MY GAWD.
  12. Jasminforyou
    Aug 29, 2021
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Jail and hurricane are literally the best!!!! **** Taylor and her desperate ass "supporting" Halsey now when her album dropped like 5 days ago and wants her fans to buy and stream it to block ye but he's still going to win.… Expand
  13. deme_zap
    Aug 30, 2021
    10
    INCREIBLE ALBUM ES MUY APASIONADO Y SI LO ESCUCHAS DE BUENA MANERA, LO SENTIRAS CON EL CORAZÓN 10/10
  14. 3mers0n
    Aug 29, 2021
    10
    DONDA > MBDTF, KSG, CLB, UTOPIA, CULTURE 3, BT3, MONTERO, KD2, THE OFF SEASON, AND CALL ME IF YOU GET LOST COMBINED
  15. Sherika
    Aug 29, 2021
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. This exceeded my exception. Definitely not tik tok music… Expand
  16. Neoapex
    Aug 30, 2021
    10
    Mó mitada do Kanye mano pelo amor de deus ele é o maior da geração sem duvida nenhuma
  17. SaintPablo32
    Aug 30, 2021
    10
    Flawless. Only flaws are "tracks" Tell The Vision, and the Pt. 2s. I do not count these tracks since Tell The Vision is an interlude and the Pt. 2s and merely bonus tracks. Other than that this album takes you through many of Kanye's songs with bangers/sad songs. All the features did their thing. And Kanye spits some of his best lyrics in a while and has some of his best singing.
  18. Tcoch28
    Aug 30, 2021
    10
    Kanye is the greatest artist of all time and honestly saying anything that contradicts that point makes you sound like you don't care about black people.
  19. Jerstew
    Aug 29, 2021
    10
    Masterful cohesive mess, emotional journey, possibly his most artistically viable work.
  20. quantd120
    Aug 31, 2021
    10
    Donda is album of the life, a great tribute to his late mother
    Those haters didn’t even listen to the album and those critics just downvoted this just because of Manson
  21. Akshayakn6
    Sep 1, 2021
    10
    Just amazing and pure art. Metacritic is pure bs. Lol. Everyone knows Metacritic hate kanye. Do better, meta.
  22. AllanAstro
    Aug 30, 2021
    10
    From beginning to end, Donda is everything we have waited for, simply put, leaks we heard and loved, make their place on DONDA with a refined form. Including a variety of songs that were never heard before (as albums should be presented)
  23. AsapYe
    Aug 29, 2021
    10
    Really good, a bit too long but great features. Great lyrics, rushed production but it still hits hard.
  24. andrevborba
    Aug 30, 2021
    10
    I simple don't have words to describe how important is that album. Kanye made, in my opinion, his best album of the last years. It's powerful, amazing feats, great melody, an construction really beautiful.

    But for some brainless, this is trash because it's "not the old kanye" I can only see a new kanye, and the most artistic moment of his entire career. And if you give this 0 because of    I simple don't have words to describe how important is that album. Kanye made, in my opinion, his best album of the last years. It's powerful, amazing feats, great melody, an construction really beautiful.

    But for some brainless, this is trash because it's "not the old kanye"

    I can only see a new kanye, and the most artistic moment of his entire career. And if you give this 0 because of DaBaby or Manson, please, do a favor, go sleep, go get a job, just not come to give some bad rating with this trash argument    … Expand
  25. caurinox1
    Aug 30, 2021
    10
    Donda é como ir á igreja - sendo você cristão, ateu, religioso ou o qualquer outra coisa que você seja- aos domingos.
    Vou explicar: Kanye West representa aqui a pessoa que vai a igreja. Ele tem mil problemas, ele está se divorciando, vai ficar um pouco mais longe dos filhos. Ele perdeu a mãe, ele sofre com isso. Ele não tem mais a mãe aqui pra dar colo a ele quando ele precisar e isso    Donda é como ir á igreja - sendo você cristão, ateu, religioso ou o qualquer outra coisa que você seja- aos domingos.
    Vou explicar: Kanye West representa aqui a pessoa que vai a igreja. Ele tem mil problemas, ele está se divorciando, vai ficar um pouco mais longe dos filhos. Ele perdeu a mãe, ele sofre com isso. Ele não tem mais a mãe aqui pra dar colo a ele quando ele precisar e isso machuca. Kanye teve uma infância difícil, tem cicatrizes, tem dores e tem lembranças dos tempos em que tudo era difícil. Mas as coisas estão melhores? Algumas sim, outras não mudaram e parecem até imutáveis. E os conhecidos dele? Também tem dores, também tem problemas, também tem perdas. E ele os absorve. Nós absorvemos as angústias alheias também quando o angustiado é alguém por quem temos apreço. E agora ele tem as dores e questões dele e as dores e questões de, sei la, mais 5 pessoas. Isso tudo enfrentando um divórcio, pensando nos filhos, na mãe, nos problemas que estão ao redor dele. São muitas coisas.. mas estamos na igreja. Quando tudo parece não ter sentido, quando tudo parece nos levar para a ponte mais alta da cidade que nos convida para dar fim em tudo alguém estará lá para nos salvar? Não nos salvar, tipo, impedindo que nos joguemos da ponte. Pergunto se alguém, de fato, estará lá para nos salvar? Para salvar ele?
    Deus está, pelo menos em teoria. Nossos antepassados e os antepassados dos nossos antepassados já tinham o costume de se agarrar na fé quando precisavam de um Salvador que não se encontrava entre os homens. Esse salvador é Deus? Quem sabe se ele existe? Mas se não chamar por ele, por quem ele irá chamar? Quem é que vai nos salvar?
    Um domingo na igreja é um dia em família. É pra ser um dia feliz, um dia de cantar junto ao coral, de ser grato por estar com quem mais amamos, por mais que alguns ambientes religiosos sejam extremamente tóxicos, o que aquilo e aquele significa pra ele é maior do que isso. E o momento de estar na igreja aos domingos é o acalanto para uma alma que sofre por mil motivos. Uma alma negra, de um homem negro, de alguém que tem tudo e todos contra si, de quem é invalidado e atacado a todos os momentos, de quem está constantemente vendo sua cabeça sendo oferecida a pseudo-justiceiros que pensam estar numa posição segura para fazer julgamentos. Eles realmente julgam, mesmo que sua vida não seja exemplo para nada e nem para ninguém. E eles não se vêem lá, eles não se vêem em Donda. O que eles vêem é um homem negro que é um alvo fácil, o que eles vem é alguém que eles podem atacar gratuitamente, afinal quem irá defende-lo depois de tudo? Quem vai salva-lo?
    Essa bagagem que levamos para a igreja costuma pesar, ye sabe disso.
    Perturbado com a própria perturbação e a perturbação do perturbado, Kanye faz nascer o álbum Donda..

    Uma visita à igreja aos domingos.    … Expand
  26. Camsteve
    Jul 23, 2021
    10
    Insanely good music. Kanye West is GOAT. The sky is blue. Every song is at least an 8.5 (with 5 of them 10 imo). His best album i dare say, even better than MBDTF. When people listen to it they’ll go mad, great features who all do equally well and sing sick verses/lyrics. Kanye West is a genius, he creates beautiful songs that blend in well and transition into one another, compellingInsanely good music. Kanye West is GOAT. The sky is blue. Every song is at least an 8.5 (with 5 of them 10 imo). His best album i dare say, even better than MBDTF. When people listen to it they’ll go mad, great features who all do equally well and sing sick verses/lyrics. Kanye West is a genius, he creates beautiful songs that blend in well and transition into one another, compelling storytelling, the type that hooks a listener and makes them not get old of it, The best song is 100% Kanye West’s best song OAT (bold statement i know) I’d say they’re all in his top 30, a few in his top 10 and 5.
    999999999/10    … Expand
  27. golfer
    Aug 29, 2021
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. 7/24Review: Being that this album is not officially release yet metacritic can do what they see fit with this review. If I'm being brutally honest this is Kanye's worse album. Thank god he's delaying this, as it seems thrown together quite frankly. The only tracks I could get behind was No Child Left Behind and Don Trolliver's feature in MOON. At some points the infamous leaked versions of Donda seemed to be an improvement. For example, the changes to Hurricane, that was leaked back in 2019, seemed to do nothing but take away from the song and muddy the production. Kanye needs to start taking his meds again. Not good. 3/10

    8/29 Review Official Release: My god has it improved so drastically. It's a completely new experience and while the alt versions of songs feel just unnecessary and it's certainly not his best work, it's a beautiful, well-put-together album. 9/10, but I'm gonna put 10/10 just in an attempt to counter the 0/10 reviews that are basing their review off of Kanye's character and not the album.    … Expand
  28. kenzosan
    Sep 1, 2021
    10
    One of my favorite Kanye albums, deep and touching lyrics, TLOP is my favorite Kanye album taking into account all the sound of the album, Donda managed to have more striking lyrics
  29. nmiron
    Aug 29, 2021
    10
    4:5 SUMMERS 4:5 SUMMERS 4:5 SUMMERS 4:5 SUMMERS 4:5 SUMMERS 4:5 SUMMERS 4:5 SUMMERS 4:5 SUMMERS
  30. blackcelebratio
    Aug 29, 2021
    10
    What a beautiful album! Very thought provoking, chilling, emotional, spiritual. Top 3 Kanye!
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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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