I like this take

god breathed grew on me exponentially since release

Trust me, if you heard the original JIK demo, you'd love it even more

Feel like the people hating this aren't really interested in atmospheric or cinematic music and they just want something that bops. Kanye can definitely still do that (Off The Grid, Heaven And Hell) but he used to be someone who cared a lot about merging those different styles together. As he's gotten older, his music has started to drift more towards the former than the latter.

I think this is a good thing

You can’t say this and not post the link fam

the typical expetancy for a drop

that 4 second part is the best song on the album

Lyrically it’s crazy uplifting tho

I understand about the feel of it tho, it’s somber for sure

also

bilibili.com/video/BV1gE411F75Q?p=5

Listening to the final mix of donda it felt like dark, sad, dytopian sci-fi anime

What in the name of spoonman

Sounds like that and a cry out for his mom for guidance

The christian aspect seems secondary

This is shopped, right?

I think the black theme represents the void

That demo was some ass

OP you should make a list with all the silence part, there are quite a lot

Heaven and Hell:
''DEVIL, LAY DOWN, DEVIL, LAY DOWN....''

Donda:
''What did I teach him, and why KanYE AIN'T SCARED''
notice how the silence starts after YE and not at 'Kan'

The silence in the Hurricane hook

Let me check it in my Apple Airpads Pro Max Big Ears Edition

Yes totally. Sonically it’s the opposite of Graduation which feels amalgamous in its sound

thats how I interpret it, it's less a tribute to DONDA but mores about DONDA guiding him to redemption

I think it's because the songs are also made for that stem player

Exactly, the album involves Donda way more than people give it credit for: coping with her loss, the heaven/hell theme, the massive amount of features(which I see as a way of Kanye supporting and putting light on other artists the way his mom helped him in his music career when he was young, like renting a whole studio just so he could make one song). This is as related to Donda West as it could be

Yeah the album sounds like darkness, even the upbeat songs.

Good point OP. I thought the mixing of the album was off but thats just the sound of the album, its very 'lonely' feeling.