DONDA is the newest track from prominent Chicago artist Kanye West.
Kanye West debuts a massive 27 track album with various hidden messages and such throughout the track, his first major product since The Life of Pablo in 2016. DONDA is an unique experience that feels like a mess that has direct meaning.
The features on this album are great on this album. From Fivio's drill bars to Don Toliver's harmonic and levitating voice on Moon, the features on this track are strong and help this track. Kanye himself sounds raw and emotion and while having some corny bars, Kanye also has some of the best reflections and themes on this album that I have seen Kanye do in a while.
Kanye does some deep reflections on Jesus Lord, the first time we see Kanye truly explore his mothers passing in a deep and emotion way with harmonic and beautiful pianos
The first half of the leg consists of Kanye being trapped, with the beats symbolizing darkness, with Jail, the lead tracks, dark guitars and chanting by Kanye. Kanye feels trapped in the current world he is in, with great symbolisms and such. The peaks of Donda are some of the best music Kanye has put out in years now. And then the back half feels more open, free, and is more beautiful, symbolizing Kanye becoming more religious and in touch with his life with some great piano and synth keys
While this project has it's ultimate highs, it also has a lot of inconsistencies and problems that come with 27 song project. The part 2's don't do much for the entire album and just feel redundant and unneeded, with the features as well being less quality. There are also times where the intros and conclusions drag on longer than needed and some songs just feel boring and time fillers. At times, the track can feel like a cluttered mess versus a cluttered painting, which can be off putting
Despite these flaws, this one of Kanye's best albums he has put out in the Kim Kardashian era. With a general focus that feels like a continuous painting, beautiful vocals, some of the most intimate Kanye moments, this album is a sign of hope for Kanye that Kanye can resume to the ways of making amazing music
8.7/10
