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6.5

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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.
Metascore
53

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.