Kanye West’s Donda sequel is officially around the corner. Just weeks after Pusha T’s manager Steven Victor revealed work on the album had begun, Kanye has announced its release date.
On Thursday (January 27), the Chicago rap icon took to Instagram to confirm Donda 2 is dropping on February 22. What’s more, the album is being executive produced by Future.
“DONDA2 COMING 2 22 22 EXECUTIVE PRODUCED BY FUTURE,” Ye wrote along with an image of a billboard styled as a burning house, a nod to the replica of his childhood home he set alight during his Donda listening session in Chicago last summer.
Further details surrounding Donda 2 remain scarce, but Kanye West has teased a collaboration with Memphis rap star Moneybagg Yo, requesting his vocals for a song via text earlier this month.
Ye has also been spotted in the studio with the likes of Pusha T, A$AP Rocky, The Game, Big Sean, Fivio Foreign, Hit-Boy, Scarface, DJ Khaled, will.i.am and NFL star Antonio Brown in recent weeks.
Future’s involvement in the album was hinted at by Kanye’s new girlfriend Julia Fox earlier this month when she revealed the G.O.O.D. Music founder and Atlanta trapper have been working on “fucking insane” music.
The pair previously linked up on “I Won” in 2014, while Kanye hijacked Future’s Rolling Loud California set in December 2021 and freestyled over “Fuck Up Some Commas.”
Donda 2‘s February release will come less than six months after the arrival of the first installment last August, marking the quickest album turnaround of Kanye West’s career. The project will debut the same day as Ye’s newly-announced Yeezy x Skid Row Fashion Week collaboration, which aims to help tackle the homelessness crisis in Los Angeles.
Ye’s 10th studio release, Donda debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 after achieving 309,000 album-equivalent units in a truncated opening week and has since been certified platinum. The sprawling, 27-song effort boasted appearances from the likes of JAY-Z, Lil Baby, Playboi Carti, Kid Cudi, The Weeknd, Pop Smoke, Lil Durk and Young Thug, as well as controversial cameos from DaBaby and Marilyn Manson.
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A deluxe edition featuring three additional tracks — including the André 3000-assisted “Life of the Party” — followed in November 2021.
Donda‘s rollout campaign was marked by three stadium-status listening sessions across Atlanta and Chicago, although it remains to be seen if Kanye has similar theatrics up his sleeve for the forthcoming sequel.
Revisit Donda below.
I love kanye, I really liked Donda. However, everybody knows this isn’t dropping when it is supposed to. Lots of people will be here complaining though, which is standard for comments/social media posts. Donda had too many songs but luckily we live in a world where you can edit playlists easily and if you dont want to hear those songs you dont even have to press “skip”. Those 20+ on the deluxe turn into a solid 18-20 track playlist and you keep it moving. Hate him or love him, hip hop is better when he is doing his thing.
“Hip Hop”
You need a history lesson if you don’t believe Kanye is hip hop. He has produced some of the best music for your favorite rappers (as well as himself).
Translation: It’s going to suck ass
Guarantee you it will not come out on that date
Donda 2 isn’t needed, but let’s see if it does him any good or if this one is good or better than the last.
I rather listen to The South Park Orchestra sing a Live album version of GayFish than ever listen to Donda 1,2 or any version.
Those South Park Orchestra songs are superdope.
1. It will not drop on this date.
2. It doesn’t matter when it drops, it will be w@nk.
3. F()ck off Kanye, you d!ckhead.
So all the garbage tracks that didn’t make Donda, which was garbage… hmm can’t wait.
On Donda I only liked 8 out of the billion songs on that bloated tracklist. Something tells me Kanye is dropping again to push Pushas album back because Kanye knows it will be 1000x better and get more props.
I’d be surprised if Pusha sells 75k first week. The cut he leaked from some UK party last week made me yawn and it’s safe to assume these days he gets pushed by Ye rather than selling it.
So what this Donda 2 album is to vent about his wife & in laws!! I’ll pass!!
yay. kardashians fucked up his image.
Naw, I think him being a GayFish did that. The Kardashians only just gave him a bigger fish tank to float in a multiply for a while.
Y’all sound like some haters!!