West’s albums, especially in the latter part of his career, are sort of like Dr. Kanye West Welcomes Accused Rapist Marilyn Manson to 'Donda' Listening Party Kanye West Finally Releases 'Donda' to Streaming Services Watch Kanye West's Dramatic Music Video for 'Come to Life' While this argument is almost never persuasive in absolute terms (though one spoken interlude from a guest makes a compelling case), Donda is more considered and musically coherent than anything West has made in the past half-decade, and perhaps longer. Donda, West’s 10th album, argues not that the artist can be redeemed by God or his ancestors, but that his life’s project has always been about growing closer to them: that every trip to Sway or to the TMZ offices has been a step toward heaven, a stripping away of whatever is dishonest or artificial in his life. (That apology tour worked: Dark Fantasy made him a demigod to many critics.) This is not that. He has referred more than once to My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy, his overstuffed opus from 2010, as a mea culpa for the interruption of Taylor Swift’s acceptance speech at the VMAs the year before. In the past, West has copped to making records as apologies. It is not lost on him that his public behavior - his meetings with Donald Trump, his comments in tabloid and radio interviews, his divorce - has alienated large swaths of his audience at the same time that it has kept him relevant. West remains one of the world’s most famous musicians, though his music, per se, has not really driven this fame for at least five years. It also baits the listener to step outside of the text itself. Taken together, this first three-and-a-half minute stretch of Donda is the kind of tonally complex, musically adventurous suite that made West one of the most adored artists of this century.
Kanye West’s new album opens with an extended chant of his dead mother’s name, which gives way to an exuberant, drumless track with lyrics about being arrested and taken to jail.
"DONDA By Kanye West" Listening Event At Mercedes Benz Stadium In Atlanta, GA - Credit: Kevin Mazur/Getty Images
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