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  1. Aug 29, 2021
    5
    A bloated, incohesive, overhyped album with around 2-3 very good songs, comparing this to his older works genuinely hurts.
  2. Aug 29, 2021
    10
    Very Beautiful album. Very good production, expected from Mr West. Only thing i would say is if he left out a few songs and kept maybe 15 of the good songs. I would say it would be top 5 kanye. Other that that it's great, and love it.
  3. Aug 29, 2021
    7
    Kanye's fighting his own discography at this point. Its not Dark Fantasy, Its not 808's but it has elements of both and any critic can find flaws in this album. It's still good music within the 27 songs, but it's still 27 songs.
  4. Sep 5, 2021
    10
    Album of the year!!! every song has something special, excellent balance between collabs everything actually worked pretty well lots of great songs in this album !
    Make up your own Mind!
  5. Aug 29, 2021
    10
    Kanye west made a such magical piece of art work , something to carry for your entire life ❤
  6. 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.
  7. Aug 30, 2021
    0
    El álbum termina siendo genérico y similar a su ultimo proyecto, con intros o diálogos no tan correctos.
  8. Aug 31, 2021
    1
    no good album, everything see it again. No relevant, super lazy. Is not his best album
  9. Aug 31, 2021
    6
    This album is like a new journey for Kanye. It kinda has a gospel vibe, but far from being a hit on the radio.
  10. 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
  11. 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
  12. Sep 1, 2021
    0
    i really don't like it, the vocals and the lyrics doesn't make any sense, really.
  13. Aug 29, 2021
    0
    Production was amazing. Features were great. Ye's lyrics were a little weak but fit with the album's sound. I was impressed by the album. Not perfect, but I don't think the negative reviews are warranted.
  14. Aug 30, 2021
    0
    Horrible and disappointing. This is the worst album that has ever been released.
  15. Aug 30, 2021
    10
    Incredible album that no other artist would be capable of creating. A mix of all his previous albums combined
  16. Aug 29, 2021
    0
    Flat production, almost all track sounds similar. Disappointing after long wait
  17. Aug 30, 2021
    0
    Definitely Kayne proves that women in the music industry do a much better job, DONDA doesn't go beyond the basics of the album, it lacks everything, and the fact that she has put so many songs on it makes it terrible.
  18. 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
  19. Aug 29, 2021
    7
    It really grew on me after listening to it again I will give it a 7 this time
  20. Aug 29, 2021
    10
    From the concept to the delivery, Donda is a roller coaster of emotions from an artist that dedicated his whole life to one important person, trying as much as he can to reach his mother. This is not just a Kanye album, is a generation of hip hop trying to reach with Kanye a common good.
  21. Aug 29, 2021
    10
    Dont find it too long anymore, cant say one song that i disslike on the album. Is it just me but kanyes singing voice is for the first time really nice on this album?!
  22. Aug 30, 2021
    0
    Works with sexual abusers and homophobes. Shames other people for his misfortunes and behaves like a spoilt child
  23. Aug 29, 2021
    0
    Another album that really shows us that Kanye should have retired in 2009, What was once a promising artist, today only sins of repetitive and conflicting.
  24. Aug 30, 2021
    0
    Un álbum sin sentido, con sonidos totalmente diferentes que hacen que no sea cohesivo. La canción del opening es una completa asquerosidad, y que no haya quitado a DaBaby da asco. EL PEOR ÁLBUM DEL AÑO
  25. 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
  26. 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
  27. 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
  28. Aug 30, 2021
    0
    Dababy??? Marilyn Manson??? this is unforgivable. you don't give visibility to horrible people like that unless you're an **** like them. there's no way to defend **** like that
  29. Sep 3, 2021
    3
    A bloated mess like the man himself. There was a time where Kanye couldn't miss, but you're lucky if you find 20 good minutes in this 108 minute slog of a release. Sometimes less is more, and these days we could stand to have less Kanye.
  30. Sep 1, 2021
    9
    The rollout was predictably messy, the sequencing of the tracks could be better (I think he had more of this right during the first two listening parties), and yes, there could be a few tracks cut (Tell the Vision), but considering the length of the album and some of Kanye's lows in recent years, this is an incredible collection of songs, production, features, and ideas.

    As a Kanye fan
    The rollout was predictably messy, the sequencing of the tracks could be better (I think he had more of this right during the first two listening parties), and yes, there could be a few tracks cut (Tell the Vision), but considering the length of the album and some of Kanye's lows in recent years, this is an incredible collection of songs, production, features, and ideas.

    As a Kanye fan from the beginning, I'd easily put Jail, Off The Grid, Hurricane, Praise God, Believe What I Say, Moon, Heaven and Hell, Jesus Lord, New Again, Pure Souls, Come to Life, Ok Ok pt 2, and Jesus Lord pt 2 in the top half of tracks all-time list with some of them going even higher.

    Considering Kanye's standing with the public overall in the past few years (and speaking personally), I understand it being hard to sometimes separate the man's words and actions from the music, but it definitely feels like the divisive reviews of this album have far less to do with the actual music here and more to do with peoples' current feelings on the man himself. That's fair I suppose to some degree, but I feel like with time the consensus on the music and album itself will only grow in estimation.
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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.