Kanye West hosts ‘DONDA 2’ listening party in LA

Kanye West is bringing his new album to life, with the help of a few superstar friends.

Kanye West has shared four tracks from ‘Donda 2’ via his own Stem Player.The rapper and producer, now legally known as Ye, has uploaded four tracks – ‘Security’, ‘Pablo’, ‘Open Road’ and ‘We Did It Kid’.Writing in a tweet which has since been deleted, West wrote: “Thank you producers, first four Donda 2 tracks live, Security’, ‘Pablo’, ‘Open Road’ and ‘We Did It Kid’.”He gave no indication as to when any further tracks will be released from the record.THANK YOU PRODUCERSFIRST FOUR DONDA 2 TRACKS LIVESECURITY, PABLO, OPEN ROAD, WE DID IT KIDGO TO https://t.co/81me2iWKLsCONNECT YOUR STEMPLAYERCLICK GET DONDA 2STAND BY FOR MORE pic.twitter.com/URMvdGtaCQ— STEM PLAYER (@stemplayer) February 23, 2022It comes after West held a listening party for his forthcoming new album and a live event in Miami, last night.Fans were played around 45 minutes of music, including both previously-unreleased tracks such as ‘Flowers’ and recent collaborations like ‘Eazy’ with The Game along with Pusha T‘s latest single ‘Diet Coke’, with Pusha appearing onstage alongside Ye as it played.Other unreleased tracks West played featured the likes of Migos and Jack Harlow, both of whom also appeared beside Ye as their respective contributions played.Following an appearance from Ye’s Sunday Service Choir, the event moved to a live performance, with the him performing multiple songs from ‘Donda’ – including ‘Hurricane’, ‘Off the Grid’ (featuring Fivio Foreign and Playboy Carti) and ‘Jail 2’.For the latter, Ye was joined by the track’s controversial featured artists: Marilyn Manson, who is facing multiple allegations and lawsuits accusing him of sexual assault, which he has denied, and DaBaby, who faced backlash last year after making homophobic comments

Oh, what a tangled web Ye weaves…

Chris Willman Music WriterCoincidentally or not, Kanye West’s livestream and theatrical simulcast of his “Donda Experience” event Tuesday night seemed to make some use of a staging conceit that Adele had recently nixed for her scotched Las Vegas residency. The latter singer had reportedly balked at a design that would have had appear to be in or floating atop the middle of a large pool.

Kanye «Ye» West sampled a portion of ex Kim Kardashian's monologue during his listening event at LoanDepot Park in Miami, Florida, on Tuesday. «I married the best rapper of all time. Not only that, he's the richest Black man in America,» Kim says in the sampled monologue from last October.

Welcome to 23 Feb 2022, the day after the first scheduled release date for Kanye West’s ‘Donda 2’ album. I say “first” because – of course, obviously, and I apologise for stating the fucking obvious – ‘Donda 2’ did not come out yesterday.

Kanye «Ye» West might not be a fan of all of Kim Kardashian's monologue, but he did sample a portion of it on Tuesday night for his listening event in Miami at the LoanDepot Park. At one point, his famous ex is heard declaring, «I married the best rapper of all time. Not only that, he's the richest Black man in America.

Rapper Kanye West included audio from Kamala Harris in his latest performance, in an apparent attempt to mock the vice president as she and President Biden face low approval ratings amid high inflation, a border crisis, a disastrous Afghanistan withdrawal, and the current Ukraine crisis. Harris's voice was heard in West's Donda 2 experience Tuesday night in Miami. "We did it, we did it, Joe," ran the voiceover, as dancers in black marched in a circle through water around West and a church.  The audio comes from a video Harris posted on Twitter on Nov.

Kanye West is holding a live performance at LoanDepot Park in Miami, Florida.The rapper, now legally known as Ye, announced the performance earlier this month with an image on social media that showed a house on stilts, engulfed in flames. The structure resembled the rapper’s childhood home, a recreation of which heavily featured during his third and final listening party for the original ‘Donda’ last year at Chicago’s Soldier Field stadium.Per a press release, the ‘Donda Experience’ event will feature a combination of music, art and fashion, with performances and “additional special guests”.

Since announcing that his new album ‘Donda 2’ will only be available via his own Stem Player, Kanye West reckons that he’s sold more than $2 million worth of the devices.Initially that sounds like quite a lot of money. Though that’s equates to sales of around 8000 devices.

Kanye West is gearing up for the release of his new album, Donda 2--but not everyone will be able to hear it.On Thursday, February 17, the musician announced that the sequel to his 2021 album Donda will be releasing exclusively on his own Stem Player device, which costs $200. That means fans who use Apple Music, Tidal, or Spotify are out of luck, unless they purchase (or have already purchased) Ye’s device.He broke the news on Instagram, writing in his caption, “Donda 2 will only be available on my own platform, the Stem Player. Not on Apple Amazon Spotify or YouTube.”“Today artists get just 12% of the money the industry makes,” the rapper explained.

Kanye West has said that his upcoming album Donda 2 will only be available to listen to via his Stem Player device.

Kanye West has revealed that the only way to listen to his forthcoming album ‘Donda 2’ will be via his own Stem Player, a device that was first released in conjunction with ‘Donda’ last year that allowed users to remix the album’s songs using stems of vocals, drums, bass, samples and more.In an Instagram post shared today (February 18), West shared footage of an unreleased song playing off the device. In the caption, the rapper said that ‘Donda 2’ would be available exclusively through the platform, saying it would not appear on Apple, Amazon, Spotify or YouTube.“Today artists get just 12% of the money the industry makes.

Netflix Wednesday. The hip-hop star breaks down his mental-health struggles since the 2007 death of his beloved mother Donda West in “Act III: Awakening” — the third episode of the three-part documentary, which will begin streaming on March 2.

Kanye West has regularly connected his personal life to his music and other work throughout his career. While he’s performed tons of songs that reference friendships, his kids, and past romantic partners, one person who’s been a constant from day one is his mom Donda West. He’s been referencing his mama from his first album, well into his most recent record Donda in 2021. With the expected release of Donda 2, it’s clear Ye will keep paying tribute to his mom, who died in 2007 for years to come. Find out everything you need to know about Donda here.

Kanye West has announced details of a new listening party in Miami for his forthcoming new album ‘DONDA 2’ on the album’s prospective release date.Earlier this week (February 9), it was reported that West, who is now legally known as Ye, had held a private listening party for the ‘DONDA’ sequel in Los Angeles. The likes of Drake, Travis Scott and Yung Lean were also said to have been in attendance on the night, with Ye sharing an image overnight taken by Samuel Alemayhu which showed him with the three aforementioned artists and Baby Keem.Taking to Instagram last night (February 12), West shared a photo of a house on stilts wreathed in flames, seemingly related to the structure resembling the house he grew up in that he built inside Chicago’s Soldier Field stadium ahead of his planned ‘DONDA’ listening party last summer, while he also set himself ablaze in a recent music video.According to the post, the ‘DONDA 2’ listening party will take place at LoanDepot Park in Miami, Florida on February 22 (2/2/22), the prospective release date for the new album.

Kanye West has said Kid Cudi will not appear on ‘Donda 2’ over his friendship with SNL comedian Pete Davidson.The rapper is currently working on the follow-up to his latest album, which was released last August.West posted a handwritten note to Instagram earlier today (February 12) sharing the news with his fans. “Just so everyone knows Cudi will not be on Donda because he’s friends with you know who,” it read.