This is lowkey insane man. To put these type of numbers up, after all the things he’s done - not tryna put the dude on a pedestal but his grip on the culture is wildNot bad for 5 days of work. Also, sold out 2 arena shows, he made that 20 million in 24hrs. We don’t even know the merch sales or box office from the 2 listening parties. CRAZY/WILD/SUCCESSFUL WEEK! Only Ye lol.
Cool accomplishment. I always wondered how it would look for a mainstream artist to go indy. Now if he did this before burning down his image and positive standing in the biz, what would that look like?....RUN IT BACK!
In this analogy the bugs are the major labels/companies and numerous contracts where others owned part of or made money off his ****.
. It completely slaps damn near all the way through, song for song. First Kanye project I’ve enjoyed in many years. At least since TLOP (I ignored all the Donda stuff). He sprinkled a lot of “old Kanye” in this album IMO which is why I find it enjoyable. It’s a true testament to his artistic talent and undeniable creativity that even when I’m completely disappointed in him and his cringy public antics and political statements, he pulls me back in with the music. I may disagree with a lot of what he says and supports but just like R. Kelly, I will always appreciate the music for what it is and just have to separate the man from the melody I guess. “King” is favorite off the album.
Reluctantly finally broke down and dissected the album for about a week now. I’ve been so exhausted and disappointed with Ye and his embarrassing public self implosion episodes that I’ve just been avoiding him altogether. It’s just hard/sad to watch one of (if not) your favorite musicians ruin his image in public. All that said, the album is nuts
Idk why I just never got into Donda. I do know by that time he was definitely in his full blown MAGA hat/ “slavery was a choice” era, though. And it only got worse from there. All of that made me tune out completely for a while. I was super hesitant to even entertain this album but did so just to see how it sounded sonically and can honestly say this is a solid project from him.
he came out and visited Trump in 2016 I believe, the MAGA hat was sometime before Ye, which came out in 2018, but yeah man I get it.
Donda lacks direction. Vultures is definitely more cohesive. But Donda has much higher highs...Vultures is a steady ride throughout.
I mean both things can be true: he wanted out of those contracts and thought further burning down his brand was the way to do so.
I agree but Donda 2 needed A LOT of work though.
