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Since his tweet announcing a 2024 run for presidency on November 4, 2020, West went radio silent for the entirety of the album's promotion not saying anything on social media and wearing a full face mask in public. The rapper asserted that these efforts were obstructed by his signed contracts, succeeding this by tweeting multiple images that supposedly showed the contracts.
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In September 2020, West sent out a series of tweets about his relationship with Universal Music, mostly addressing his desire to buy his master recordings back from them. Ultimately, the album missed its planned release date. In the following days, West continued to post track listings, only to subsequently delete them. West announced a release date of July 24, 2020, and posted a track listing for the album. The album had its name briefly changed to Donda: With Child, which was later reversed. On July 21, 2020, West confirmed the album title had been changed to Donda in honor of his mother, after whom he had also named his creative company. In October 2021, the Stem Player was issued, allowing users to remix the songs and adding new ones, while a deluxe edition was released on November 14.ĭuring a conversation with French fashion designer Michèle Lamy in an Instagram Live stream on May 25, 2020, American cinematographer Arthur Jafa revealed that he was working on video material with West for a single from his forthcoming album, titled God's Country. The appearances from DaBaby and Marilyn Manson created controversy amongst audiences as a result of their separate allegations of homophobia and sexual abuse. The album has been certified platinum in the United States by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), alongside being awarded the certification and a gold one in Canada and New Zealand by Music Canada (MC) and Recorded Music NZ (RMNZ), respectively. It reached the summit in 18 other regions, including Australia, France, and United Kingdom, becoming West's first number-one album in the second country. It stood as West's tenth consecutive chart-topper on the US Billboard 200, tying the record set by Eminem. Regardless, Donda was named by several publications as one of the best albums of 2021, and became a nominee for both Album of the Year and Best Rap Album at the 64th Grammy Awards, while " Jail" and " Hurricane" both won for Best Rap Song and Best Melodic Rap Performance, respectively.ĭonda initially scored the most first-day streams for an album in 2021 on both Apple Music and Spotify. Some noted an improvement from West's previous work and praised the composition, though numerous reviewers criticized the long runtime. The album polarized music critics, particularly for its cohesiveness. " Hurricane" was released as the lead single in September 2021, and was followed by both " Believe What I Say" and " Off the Grid" in November. Upon its release, Kanye West accused Universal Music Group of having released Donda without his approval, which the label denied. Themes explored include religion, Kanye's divorce from Kim Kardashian, and his mother Donda West, the album's namesake whom the release is dedicated to. It is both minimalist and maximalist, with darker lyrical content and a reduced use of drums in comparison to West's prior efforts. The album's style has been described variously as hip hop, gospel, progressive rap, and pop, and incorporates elements of trap and drill. The initial version of Donda was initially set for release in July 2020, under the title of God's Country, but experienced multiple delays and continuous alterations to tracks and the tracklist prior to its final release. West, BoogzDaBeast, Dem Jointz, Mike Dean, and Ojivolta primarily helmed its production.

It features guest vocals from the Sunday Service Choir, Jay-Z, The Weeknd, Playboi Carti, Lil Baby, Travis Scott, Lil Durk, Kid Cudi, DaBaby, Pop Smoke, Fivio Foreign, and Marilyn Manson, among various others vocals from Chris Brown were also included prior to the album being updated.

West recorded much of the material at multiple locations in the summer of 2021, including Bighorn Mountain Ranch in Wyoming and Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta. Donda is the tenth studio album by American rapper Kanye West, released through GOOD Music on August 29, 2021, with distribution handled by Def Jam Recordings, his last release with the label.
