Kanye West was expected to deliver his 10th studio album Donda at midnight EST on Friday (July 23), but that magical hour came and went without any new uploads to Ye’s DSPs. But for anyone familiar with Kanye’s album rollouts, this truly isn’t surprising and almost expected at this point.
In 2018, when Kanye held a listening party for ye at his Wyoming ranch, several journalists, DJs and producers — including Def Jam Recordings co-founder and frequent Kanye collaborator Rick Rubin, Eminem’s manager and Def Jam Chairman/CEO Paul Rosenberg and Charlamagne Tha God — were forced to sit around a campfire and listening to the crackling of burning wood after the event failed to start on time.
Then after releasing “Wash Us In The Blood” with Travis Scott, Kanye promised Donda (previously called Donda: With Child) would arrive in July 2020.
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But that announcement appeared to bury another Kanye album allegedly called God’s Country, but neither of them ever materialized. Instead, Kanye dropped “Nah Nah Nah” and the “Nah Nah Nah (Remix)” before launching his failed presidential campaign.
As the hours ticked by and Donda didn’t arrive, the frustration with the whole thing was palpable on social media.
Check out some of the reactions below.
CON ARTIST. YALL GOT GOT AGAIN
do you have money right? I’m taken it
right now* i couldn’t spell because of you
This is exactly why meek said CAP under that’s guys post who was sick riding Ye’s album. It was clear hats what he meant but you idiots took it him saying cap about his album being good…
You’re mad asf because Kanye is the goat LOL.
This is genuinely painful for me to say but.. what has happened to this site? I’ve been visiting every day more or less since like 06/07, back when the site was green! I am amazed you have posted an article about Kanye west’s album NOT dropping… but haven’t posted anything about the Lupe/Royce/Mickey beef. I get that you have sold out and want the money, but I discovered rappers like Micky Factz through this site. Now you can’t even report on the hottest/best beef in years? I am amazed. I thought this site was finished after you started posting about Nicki’s sales after she was bodied but Remy, but this is a new low. I am honestly gutted. Hip hop is officially dead in my eyes.
Lol. Lupin and Royce have beef? Didn’t they host a podcast together? No one cares. It is 2021. Still, I am with Lupe if they have beef. Royce a lunatic, Lupe alright
I was trippin about that too. How can they not even mention Royce and Lupe? That’s sad.
Hip Hop is dead because a site hasn’t reported on a beef? What? Since when was Hop Hop about websites?
Should we be honoured by his lateness?
They say good thingd come to those who wait, so imma be at least an hour late
Credit and advance me on DONA DNA two
It will probably be ready in a week…just wants some hype before official release, not that big of a deal
Its delayed because it sucks, his last album same happened, tries to fix it but its still gonna suck, kanye doesn’t have the music in him anymore guess he ran out of steam (and samples).
who cares. It’ll be average at best. Kanye, like Jay-Z, treats music like a hobby now and it shows
Anyone annoyed or surprised by this is a bigger clown than Kanye.
Ok let him atleast drop one instrumental for any song
Ya’ll got GOT BAAAAAAAAADDDD