Kanye West’s second Donda listening party was hosted at the Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta on Thursday night (August 5), hours before the album was expected to arrive. Par for the course, the event didn’t begin on time but once it did, those in attendance militantly put their white lights up.
Dressed in a black Balenciaga spiked jacket, full-face mask and black pants, Kanye took centerstage in the blacked-out arena next to a single twin bed with a white sheet, set of weights and two pairs of shoes as dozens of people shrouded in black walked circles around him.
At one point, Ye started doing push-ups as the 24-track album played before stripping his jacket off to expose his “DONDA” vest.
Donda came with a small army of notable guests, including JAY-Z, Kid Cudi, The Weeknd, Roddy Ricch, Travis Scott, Lil Baby, Playboi Carti, Lil Yachty, Fivio Foreign, Don Toliver, Young Thug, Westside Gunn, Conway The Machine, Jay Electronica and The LOX (fresh off their Verzuz), among others.
The JAY-Z feature was one of the most talked about following the first Donda listening party. Even though Kanye and Hov have collaborated numerous times, most notably on 2011’s Watch The Throne, their friendship had been strained over the years.
In 2017, JAY-Z appeared on the Rap Radar podcast and explained Ye’s infamous rant during a Sacramento concert is what pushed him over the edge.
“We’ve gotten past bigger issues, but you brought my family into it,” he said at the time. “Now that’s a problem with me. That’s a real, real problem. He know it’s a problem ’cause me and him would have been talked about it. We would have been resolved our issues, but he know he crossed the line.
Kanye West & JAY-Z Reunite On 'Donda' Album + Their Fans Lose It
“I know him. He knows. He knows … I know he knows because we’ve never let this much space go between one of our disagreements and we’ve had many. That’s part of who we are. That’s what I liked about him. He’s an honest person. He’s open and he’ll just say things and he’s wrong a lot of times, but we’ll confront it.”
Now with that firmly behind them, fans are already talking about a possible Watch The Throne 2. For now, Donda is expected to arrive any minute and fans are holding on to hope hope it will actually drop this time.
Aaaaaand it didn’t drop just like I predicted cuz he scared of nas
Nah son
As iTunes claims August 9th. We will see.
10/10 he has got all these banger guests like pop smoke, fivio, etc. But on soulful wack beats. This guy a clown bigger than IT.
I would love it if Ye acted like a grown man for once and gave us the release date and stick to it but on the other hand that is why I love the motherfucker cause he do not give a fuck about anybody. It is what it is. At least we got Abstract Mindstate album today.
I don’t care if I have to wait a little bit more. If he don’t drop, it’s not like we ain’t got enough music to pass the day. It’s just his creative process… he has done this on all his albums for the past 2 decades.
Plus I can understand him not wanting to put out an album that’s not perfect after JIK… and, after all is named after his mother so it might make very emotional.
Just make sure he makes a fire album. It already sounds way better now than two weeks ago.
Lets give this guy a break for once.
People just have a problem because of the freakshow he delivers around the release. Just get the album done and put it out. But as stupid as people are, this promo bullshit is going to work.
Yep because name another madman billionaire with as much influence in culture who has enough money burn on mysterious promo events almost every year while at the same time selling very comfy shoes.
Kanye is a circus clown now
Nas has been irrelevant for a long ass time. Why would kanye be afraid of him?
Like most geniuses, kanye needs time to perfect his masterpiece. Nas doesn’t give a fuck about quality even when he got bodied by Jay z
Fuck you
Shut up
You YMCMB haters are fucking idiots. Because I’m an accountant for Cash Money Records, I spend a lot of time with Birdman. He told me that in 96, Biggie was looking to get out of his contract with Bad Boy so he could sign with Cash Money. If Cash Money is right for Biggie, then it’s clearly the top record label. Unfortunately, Jay-Z and Diddy found out about Biggie’s upcoming departure and had him shot. Also, Birdman as always a role model for Pac. Most of you don’t know this, but the song Hit Em Up was originally supposed to be Split Em Up, a song where Pac brags about fucking Faith, leading to her breakup with BIG. But Birdman explained to Pac that real gangsta’s talking about killing people, so that’s how Hit Em Up took on such a violent tone. YMCMB for life. We got the game by the clit.
how is birdman with lil’ wayne these days.
Lol
Lol. You got it confused. Nas absolutely destroyed Jay Z. Nas once again will get album of the year. You young guys dont understand shit about hip hop!!!!!
Lmao, yeah ‘Gay-Z and Cock a Fella’ was some amazing, timeless writing that only the seasoned vets of hip hop would be able to grasp.
Shut up, boomer.
You just mad your fav rapper got sonned and you still live in mommys basement
When you end with a Kardashian after goes to ? should of called this album DUNGA ??
Is this dude a rapper or a fashion model? I swear he wants to be Andre 3000 so bad but he doesn’t have half the talent. What a phaggot… Like .. seriously…. Go away dude