After months of speculation, three live streams, bootlegged lo-fi iterations and a stadium stay, Kanye West has finally dropped his 10th studio album DONDA on 29th August, four days earlier than the reported date of 3rd September. 

Named after his late mother Donda West, the highly-anticipated productin spans 27 tracks and grand totals a listening time of 1 hour and 48 minutes. It features the likes of Jay-Z, Playboi Carti, Lil Baby, Young Thug, Gasaffelstein, Travis Scott, Ty Dolla $ign, Marilyn Manson, and DaBaby.

Earlier today, West posted a series of text conversations on his personal Instagram denoting a reason as to the possible delay of the album. The conversation depicts a back and fourth with DaBaby's manager on a verse that was ostensibly not cleared for feature track 'Jail', the second track in the album's line-up.

This comes after DaBaby and Manson were allegedly 'cancelled' at West's latest album streaming event. 

 

 

 

 

 

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Predictably, fans started to react in mass excitement and panic to the surprise drop, taking to social media where the rapper is currently trending on several platforms worldwide.

Kanye West and Twitter waking us up with the Donda release at 5AM pic.twitter.com/Am6ysJUPaL

— Tashdeed Faruk (@TF_898) August 29, 2021

Kanye has blessed us on a Sunday with the album of the year! #DONDA pic.twitter.com/CUzyziHYiY

— Lauren💕 (@sadsnoopdog) August 29, 2021

 

 

 

 

 

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