Album Rating: 3.0

yeezus aged very well



its a masterpiece compared to this

Album Rating: 4.0

ok ok is seriously one of the best songs hes made. just a fucking rush.

feel like there was so much potential to write a really fascinating review here and instead it reads like a ten minute "kanye's crayyyyyy gimme ur comments"

someone get milo or jotw on this or something idk

Album Rating: 2.5

honestly like 5-6 albums with horrible art in a row for kanye

Agreed, but there's no way this is the official cover art. In its current form this feels like a rough draft.

Album Rating: 3.0

The og album art was so beautiful, that rainbow one or whatever

yea hoping Universal finally releasing this is gonna motivate Kanye to finalize a track list and trim the fat

Album Rating: 3.0

"feel like there was so much potential to write a really fascinating review here and instead it reads like a ten minute 'kanye's crayyyyyy gimme ur comments'"



yeah writing a kneejerk review to an album like this feels kinda reductive, tho after how abysmal his last one was I can hardly blame anyone who cast this off after one or two listens. I still think there's more to this one but need time to p r o c e s s

Album Rating: 3.0

I miss the Louise Bourgeois artwork

Lets pretend he went With the black artwork as a nod to the upcoming anniversary of The Black Album

Album Rating: 2.0

This album's concepts of Jesus and God feels like Kanye skimmed through the New Testament and told everyone he's religious

Great review!

Album Rating: 3.5

feel like there was so much potential to write a really fascinating review here and instead it reads like a ten minute "kanye's crayyyyyy gimme ur comments"

Album Rating: 3.0

I'm getting more into this, it's like a build a burger album. I found TLOP a bit too dull to really tinker with, but with Donda I did feel the urge to listen to the whole thing a few times and discard the filler. Now it's a question of sequencing what's left. Sort of conceptually matches the Donda player lol...



This is where I am so far, sort of a strong 3.5 / weak 4:



God Breathed

Ok Ok

Jail

Jesus Lord

Hurricane

Lord I Need You

Jonah

Donda

Moon

Believe What I Say

Come to Life

Album Rating: 4.5

It's definitely an overview review designed to (perhaps temporarily) fill a void as one staffer backed out for moral reasons, not meant to plunge into the deepest meanings of the album. I'd certainly welcome that from anyone, failed contributor or otherwise. Someone else on staff may even eventually write something, and I'm sure Milo or Jotw would do a bang-up job.



I actually really enjoy a small subsection of this to the point that I'm listening to Donda on repeat, but even though I want to think of this as my hip-hop AOTY it simply falls short 63% of the time. This is my preferred tracklist: https://www.sputnikmusic.com/blog/2021/08/30/reimagining-albums-3-kanye-wests-donda/

"one staffer backed out for moral reasons"

*eyes roll off my head*

"I'd certainly welcome that from anyone, failed contributor or otherwise."

olrite you slimeball. you got me. consider your slapdash review excused

Album Rating: 4.5

I cast a line among the staffers to see if there would be any takers to do a deeper dive on this.

If you include contribs, I may just take you up on that

A none-meme review of this seems like an impossible task

Album Rating: 4.5

It's not impossible, I think you just have to have a clear vision of how all 27 tracks work together. For me I love certain songs and the rest bore me.

No reason a contrib couldn't review this too, the more the merrier. I can't guarantee the flag if Milo/Jotw decides to hop on the train too, though.