Yeezus was the last album that was released on the cd at the release date, and it is an awesome album.
TLOP was the first in the digital era and Kanye couldn't decide on the tracklist till the very last moment and even questioned his choices on some songs (e.g Wolves).
With Ye there are the same problems, everything is rushed.
JIK was really worked on, had a concept, but Kanye decided to rerecord it with Dr Dre and I think that's why we lost LA Monster, UFTA, and Glory.
Now, he can scrap Donda one day before the release date and he won't have any problems.

So digital distibution really messed up everything up, and I think it played even bigger role then Kanye's rumoured uninvolvement with his own music as he works on fashion etc.

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You know Kanye always worked on his albums until the very last day? You do know College Dropout was re-released a few times with a different mastering? This has nothing to do with the death of the cd

I didn't know about that, but still he had to submit everything like month in advance in order for CDs to be made.

you know ye and jik were released on cds right?

You misunderstood my point, digital is bad, because he doesn't have to settle down on one variant of the album one month in advance.
Ye and JIK were released on physical but much later.

This is fax. Only reason ppl argue w this is to convince themselves that ye and JIK (and tlop in certain respects) weren’t disappointing

He used to make changes to the tracks the week they were supposed to release tho

No I argue with this because it's not true lol

Kanye has wanted to kill the cd for a whole decade because he must like the free flow of releasing things digitally

It’s like not holding a procrastinator to a deadline... they’re just gonna push things further and further

I don’t think it’s the sole reason for ye’s inability to not make a rushed album these days but it’s one of them

On first day? Were the albums on store on release day?

Totally agree that the digital era has altered Kanye's thinking when it comes to album releases. Yes, he always worked up until deadline and blew deadlines and made numerous changes, but there is a certain freedom he discovered in the digital drop that messed with or coincided with a lack of focus.