Kanye West FINALLY releases new album Donda as fans rush to hail it ‘one of the greatest pieces of art of all time’

Kanye West finally released his new album Donda on streaming services on Sunday, more than one year after it was first announced.

The 44-year-old rapper’s manager Bu Thiam confirmed that the record had dropped on social media, posting a screengrab of one of the album’s 26 tracks alongside the caption: ‘Listening now Donda.’

Fans rushed to Twitter in the wake of its release to declare it ‘one of the greatest pieces of art of all time’.

Another added: ‘DONDA dropped I have officially left my body,’ while a third penned: ‘DONDA is album of the decade so far.’ A fourth person tweeted: ‘You heard it hear first folks, donda is fine!’ [sic] as a fifth noted: ‘Okay Donda is actually pretty fire.’

Donda’s album artwork is a simple black square and the record racks up an impressive 108 minutes. Artists including The Weeknd, Jay-Z, Young Thug, Travis Scott, and Kid Cudi feature on the album.

The record – named after Kanye’s late mother Donda West, who died in 2007 at the age of 58 – follows three high-profile listening parties held through July in both Chicago and Atlanta.

Ye’s tenth studio album was first rumored to be released in July 2020 and named Donda: With Child, but he continually pushed the work back, and at one point tweeted he wasn’t releasing any new music ’till I’m done with my contract with Sony and Universal.’

At one point, Kanye sparked another feud with Drake and released his address to Instagram followers, seemingly in a bid to draw fans away from Aubrey’s upcoming work, Certified Lover Boy.

Fans noticed Ariana Grande’s powerful vocals on the тιтle track, which also features Pusha T and Tony Williams, and credits producers BoogzDaBeast, FNZ and Ojivolta.