Trying to gather the latest news ITT, concisely. Please just post news ITT, minimal discussion/spam so people can easily keep up!

@Antidote

Credit to @Connor

ktt2.com/yes-donda-2-steven-vic-tells-complex-32508873

This is going to be more in-depth. When Ye sxn is spamming 200 pages an hour in the main thread and the OP is not being updated anymore, there won't be any news left to get out of that mess.

An example:
ktt2.com/kanye-west-donda-latest-news-32488841

Regardless, thank you for your contribution.

twas the best thread for OG Donda. Thanks Danny!

this thread was a lifesaver for Donda 1

Producer

Quavo supporting. Feature?

First page?

Any idea on what this particular post is?

Ye promoting Quavo's new song

Mike Dean

Digital Nas interview rollingstone.com/music/music-features/kanye-west-donda-2-producer-1291869

Highlights in relation to the album:

"Ye has given him two notes so far: to sound “more monk-like” and to “simplify” the tracks."

"Without offering song titles, Nas says he’s particularly excited about one track Ye recorded with the album’s executive producer, Future. “That’s just phenomenal,” he says. He also says Ye has been collaborating with some of the producers who worked on his 2013 Yeezus album, a few familiar names from the original Donda, and one special guest that blew Nas away: “Travis Scott pulled up and played beats for Ye,” he says, beaming."

"It’s also the vibe he’s been tapping into for the tracks he’s been writing for Donda 2 — Ye’s first sequel album, due out Feb. 22. Ye has given him two notes so far: to sound “more monk-like” and to “simplify” the tracks."

"Ye also gave Nas some specific requests for how Donda 2 should feel. Nas pulls out his phone to make sure he captures the instructions he got correctly. “These are the directives for the album: ‘If it cannot be played at a funeral, childbirth, graduation, a wedding, it will not be on our record,'” he says. “We learned a lot from Donda 1. We learned what hit. We learned what was sticking. So we took from there. It has to be able to be played at four major moments in people’s lives. That’s crazy, right?”

Without offering song titles, Nas says he’s particularly excited about one track Ye recorded with the album’s executive producer, Future. “That’s just phenomenal,” he says. He also says Ye has been collaborating with some of the producers who worked on his 2013 Yeezus album, a few familiar names from the original Donda, and one special guest that blew Nas away: “Travis Scott pulled up and played beats for Ye,” he says, beaming.

Where would we be without @Antidote, I hope we’ll never find out

Both Donda albums have been a learning experience for Nas, who describes his relationship with Ye as an apprenticeship. He originally presented the rapper with a folder of 150 beats; West freestyled over approximately 60 of them. By the time Donda was nearing release, Nas thought four of those tracks would make the track list, but only “Junya” and “Remote Control” made it. “So out of those 60 freestyles, to know that only two made the cut? That made me realize like, ‘Oh, OK. This is one of those playing fields where a lot of thought went into this track list,'” he says. “What I took from ‘Remote Control,’ ‘Junya,’ and even writing on ‘Hurricane,’ it’s like, ‘Take your time with what you make, don’t try to rush into it.'”

Laughing at whoever said Donda tracklist was thrown together and bloated

I think the other 2 were dreaming and let go?

This s*** never coming

aint coming anytime soon lol. knew this was the case. expect it to drop summer 2022 or in the fall