Ye, formerly known as Kanye West, added five new songs to DONDA, bringing the total track-count of his 10th studio album to 32, with a listening time of two hours and 11 minutes.
Ye adds five new songs to DONDA
From the perspective of the record business, in the streaming era this is a smart financial play. DONDA is, possibly, one of the most-streamed albums of 2021 and thus, increasing the album’s duration to eclipse the two-hour mark only helps his revenue gained from millions of fans and algorithmic playlists rotating the project.
Artistically, a deluxe was Ye’s opportunity to make well-contemplated changes to a masterpiece. On this version of DONDA, Andre 3000’s critically-acclaimed verse finally appears on Life of the Party, after much controversy.
Kid Cudi’s jolting harms made Remote Control pt.2 a pleasurable reinvention of the original song and KayCyy also impressed on Keep My Spirit Alive pt.2.
New songs from Ye on DONDA‘s Deluxe include Up From The Ashes and Never Abandon Your Family.
The 32-track deluxe album released on Sunday 14 November 2021 on every digital streaming platform.
Are Kanye West and Kim Kardashian divorced?
Questions have lingered on about the status of Ye’s relationship with his estranged wife Kim Kardashian. The Kardashian sister made her Saturday Night Live (SNL) debut in October 2021, joking about the reason behind her decision to file for divorce.
I married the best rapper of all time. Not only that, he’s the richest black man in America. A talented, legit genius who gave me four incredible kids. So, when I divorced him, you have to know, it came down to just one thing — his personality,” she said.
The SNL audience chuckled at the jab but for Ye, it was a plan purported by figures in Kardashian’s ear.
In an explosive two-part Drink Champs podcast interview, Ye made it clear that as far as he knew, he is still married to the mother of his children.
“I ain’t never even seen the papers, we’re not even divorced…That ain’t no joke to me. My kids want their parents to stay together. I want us to be together,” he told N.O.R.E and DJ EFN.
Kardashian, while careful not to expose the current status of her relationship with the billionaire fashion garmento, has showing Ye public support and even featured in one of his sold-out live art exhibitions of DONDA.