
What’s your favorite song off Donda?īaker: “Off the Grid.” Though I’ll always love hearing from Lauryn Hill in any way, shape, or form and so “Believe What I Say” is up there too. and that’s why I’m starting this SubStack.” 2. Dropping a mediocre two-hour album on a Sunday definitely fits that trend. Justin Sayles : It’s long, overproduced, and way too Jesus-y, but it’s his best since at least The Life of Pablo, which says more about the state of Kanye than the quality of Donda.ĭan Comer : Donda is Kanye’s most listenable album since My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy, and it’s not particularly close.Īndrew Gruttadaro : Everything Kanye West has done over the past few years has felt like a series of fealty tests-just a man antagonizing people to see whether they’ll stick around. Is it even possible to assess the music separate from all the noise surrounding it? This is what I’ve got: Hopping between various Kanye sounds of the past decade, Ye fails to evolve or self-edit, but the songs are mostly good. Matt James : I am completely exhausted by both Kanye and the Donda rollout. Travis Scott” -Charles HolmesĪric Jenkins : No one man should have all that power (to release a two-hour-long album). I’ll spare you.Ĭharles Holmes : “ Devil Kanye my opp.

Justin Charity : There’s a rotting overabundance of tweet-like commentary about this album.
