Kanye West - Donda Album Review 

“all these songs sound the same” “one song sounds like dark fantasy, the next sounds like yeezus” i don’t get y’all lol

They can’t be serious about saying the pop smoke track was good there’s no way

Ken enjoying "Tell the Vision" while being someone who dislikes almost everything Kanye do is so surreal. I can't believe that's the song he actually liked, hell I don't even think Kanye fans liked that song

Tell the Vision was one of Ken’s faves?? Yeah man I don’t think Kanye is the problem here bro he really needs to reassess his ears

Ken really put Tell the Vision on his favorites.

The fact that they didn't even mention Come to life but said that the pop smoke interlude was fire legit makes me have so many mixed feelings about there opinion, but i respect it...

Oh yeah we definitely getting a “ DEHH reacts to Donda Review Feedback”

Y’all can’t hear Kanye on Jesus lord and say his lyrics mean nothing…. SMH…

damn, this review is the hot mess they think donda is

Oh hell nah. How are yall gonna do a 40 minute review of this album without mentioning COME TO LIFE?

Can't believe Modest Media's the only one who liked Moon. That song is perfect imo

Keep My Spirit Alive doesn't sound like a Griselda song because it is not a Griselda song, it's a Kanye song. Jonah doesn't sound like a Lil Durk song either

I’m a little confused. They said the features were lack luster, but like a pop smoke track, that sounded unfinished, when the full version is out… I don’t get it

I’m prepared for a very long rant from Ken right now

Beezy stayin true to his word😭

Tell the Vision is the worst track imo. Not only does it sound incomplete, I’m not trying to hear a dead man saying “We Made It” over and over

I can’t believe Ken prefers the blatantly unfinished and badly mixed Tell the Vision over No Child Left Behind, crazy.

I think it’s funny how many times you guys said the album sounds the same on every song when you guys listen to all of the Griselda stuff and say how great it is when every single one of their albums sounds the same. I’m not saying I don’t like their stuff because I am a big fan but that’s kind of a funny comment

I've never disagreed with DEHH more than I have with this album

you guys enjoyed "Tell the Vision" that was possibly the worst track Kanye has ever put out

The selfie line isn’t even Kanye myke

The audacity of ken to question kanyes ability when he literally just reviewed abstract mindstates new album, lovedddd the production and now the audacity that hes saying kanye cant produce????? He produced that album front to back

Jay's verse sounded a bit awkward to me on first listen because of his flow choice, but man I totally disagree with that being a bad verse. "On my cell, in my cell tonight / Don't have to see you to touch you / This is what braille look like, it's on sight". And the opening part: "Hol' up, Donda, I'm with your baby when I touch back road / Told him, "Stop all of that red cap, we goin' home" / Not me with all of these sins, castin' stones". Jay went in with a thematically fitting verse.

contradictions… “all the same” but “lots of variation” 😂

Saying "Jesus Lord" was Jay Electronica's song when Kanye has one of his best verses in years talking about the passing of his mother was so disrespectful... Love the content but man...

No mention of “Come To Life” nor “Lord I Need You”. Am I the only one who loves vulnerable Ye?

19:05 Hold up now. Jay Elec definitely killed it and had the best verse (arguably of the entire album), but Kanye absolutely killed that verse. He rapped about grieving his mother's death and I love how he transitioned into a tragic story about a guy who lost his brother and wanted revenge. His verse was incredibly emotional and introspective.

i think ya’ll needed to let this one marinate a bit more. ye definitely wasn’t rapping rapping on every track, but to say he didn’t have any standout verses is flat out wrong to me. you just glossed over his verse on jesus lord, one of his best verses since MBDTF era, and went straight to talking about jay e

'Jail sounds like every other song' Feefo r u serious rn?

Man Im kinda disappointed in this review, negative or positive I always like watching your reviews cause even if I disagree with the takes you always bring up good arguments but here I just feel like y’all didn’t even talk about half the album and it seems like y’all didn’t really care to listen to it more than once, like I don’t understand how if y’all are fans of old Kanye you don’t talk about Come to Life?, y’all only mentioned Kanye’s bad verses when there were a few really good ones sprinkled around the album, I understand this new wave of hip hop might not be your cup of tea but I just feel this review lacked substance.

Donda gets better with each listen imo. Your favourite tracks you love more and the weaker tracks become a lot more tolerable

The beats sound the same!?!?!?!? How does Jail, sound like Remote Control, what does Moon compare to? Or Off The Grid??? The song with Lauryn Hill? Does God Breathed sound like any of the other songs? Hurricane??? They are making stuff up. I don't feel like they were paying attention to the album after making a statement like that. " the album sounds like one beat that he kept chopping up and altering slightly? " Seriously!

I have very high respect for you guys and love listening to your reviews, the conversational aspect makes it really entertaining and insightful, whether or not I agree with your opinions. However, this review felt lazy and like none of you wanted to be here. You all seem to have listend to the album only once (some of your comments straight up say so), misatribute songtitles to the wrong songs (which track did you think Pop Smoke was on exactly?), you all don't talk about the highlights (not 'my personal' highlights, but there seems to be consenus amongst listeners like how Jesus Lord is fire and you just kind of skimmed it). You also did not talk about context or even seemed to have done any kind of research. Just sort of listened to it once in the background or in the car and went in for the review. If you don't want to review the album, just don't review it. I can respect that. But this was not the level we've come to expect. I've seen better (I mean more thorough, not higher scoring) reviews for Donda from people that are way less into the culture and are usually not nearly as articulate as you all are. Love your channel, really enjoy your work, but I feel like this should have been a more thoughtful review, or you should've skipped it.

So nobody gon talk about Roddy on Pure Souls?

Have we listened to the same album? yall didn't mention one the best songs Ye has ever done; Come to life. You even dedicated a whole part for the pop smoke song when there was songs that are more important to discuss instead (24, Pure Souls) i understand its long so you had to choose which ones you really wanted to talk about but still. I wish you actually reviewed Donda the album and not just talk about the current state of Kanye West, the artist. Ken adding Tell the Vision to his favorites was really funny.... lmao it was soo weird and unexpected

Man this whole review is wild. From Feefo saying that Pop Smoke track was fantastic to Myke saying Moon was mid, they couldn`t have just have one good take? No mention of Come to Life? Oh and Ken is unironically the Broke-Fi-Broke hater character from Late Registration.

The Weeknd's feature on Hurricane was amazing

The one dude asking why Kanye ain‘t putting Chicago artists on when Rooga is featured on the album is just laughable.

Fefo is the first person I’ve heard enjoy that pop smoke song

So first Myke says all the songs sound different and it’s jarring. Then later says all the songs sound the same. Then come to find out some of you listened to it literally one time, and Ken said he finished it on the way to the review. You listened to a nearly 2 hour album one time and expect to digest and understand it? Of course it all sounds the same to you. Laughable.

Niggas acting like "Kids See Ghosts" wasn't 3 years ago. Of course Ye still has great music left in him! Lol.

Kinda contradicting saying “Off the Grid” is Fivio song but “Keep My Spirit Alive” isn’t Griselda’s song

Didnt even put any effort into this review at all, whats the point

Bezzy at home still crying about something ye said 5 years ago

Now I know Mike is tripping, Westside swore once and Conway didn't swear at all on their track. That's why theirs stood out for me, Kanye been saying no swears and they actually understood the assignment.

"A lot of the songs sounded the same". This statement alone makes me want to discard Myke's whole opinion. What were you listening to for real?

I can't believe they liked the pop smoke song, the vocals were so bad

Jesus Lord is definitely not just Jay Elec’s song - Kanye’s verse is both an impressive storytelling moment and a moving expression of his thoughts and feelings on his mom’s passing. I encourage y’all to give it another listen.

"It's nothing here, just a bunch of dope beats and kanye just messing around" ?? I'm paraphrasing, but.. Idk man, I feel like kanye been a lot more personal and vulnerable since TLOP, I get if you don't like the music but to say there's no substance?? Ahhhh idk about that one

I have no problem with them not liking the album, music is subjective. My only thing is, Ken did not enter this album with an open mind and it's pretty clear his personal hate for Kanye intruded any partial analysis that might have been added to a review. Ken doesn't mention anything in terms of instrumental, mixing, lyrical content (I'm not counting a few silly bars/punchlines), theme or the overall sonics. Big fan of DEHH but the critique of DONDA being put together and lazy just isn't substantial. There was clearly effort.

I don’t agree that kanye didn’t have a cohesive thought on this I don’t get how yall seem to think a lot of these cuts sound the same The pop smoke joint is literally the worst song on the album yall buggin You guys are overexaggerating Kanye’s bars being bad on this, the bars yall listed are literally some of the most quotable lines Dead the narrative that this album was just a bunch of dope features, Ye held his own on every track

I personally love the album. At worst, I can see people getting turned off by the first 3 tracks for various reasons (the first song is a chant, the beat doesn’t build in Jail, the third song sounds like a Yeezus leftover with too long of an outro), which might give them a bad taste going forward. But Off the Grid and Hurricane should get you right back on track and set you in for the rest of the album. Like how can you listen to the album and not vibe to more than half the songs, especially since the features pretty much all give career-level performances over solid production.

had to turn off the review after feefo said every track sounded like jail. man what?

I see this album as the answer to the question The Life of Pablo asks. That album was all about picking Which/One and in the end he picked the side of God and as a product of that we got Donda instead of Yahndi.

Nah y’all are wrong....Donda AOTY

I love DEHH but they missed the mark completely

Come To Life is such a beautiful song

Worst takes you have ever come out with imo. Comments show it's clear we all liked the album way more than u guys but that ain't an issue u don't have to like it. The reasons that you gave as to why u didn't like it tho were either lazy, incoherent, or weird gripes that ignored all the positives and most importantly good sounding songs, verses and musical choices on the album. Like wtf even is the tell the vision take y'all had, that shit sounded awful objectively it's poorly mixed as in it literally sounds off, the beat is bad and pops verse sounds awful it's low and clipping . Still like your channel Obvs but y'all buggin hard.

Damn bruh, none of y’all liked this? This was fire

I had to dislike the video for saying Tell the Vision was a great song. That´s it for me, niggas was listening Donda in mute definetly.

Sounds like they didn’t play the album enough as they didn’t really rate the sleeper songs as moon, 24, heaven and hell, no child left behind and come to life.

I cannot believe Ken said "what the fuck is that" when talking about no child left behind smh...

I been rocking with DEHH for damn near a decade at this point, I love y'all and you've introduced me to so many dope artists. With that being said, this has to be one of the reviews I disagreed with the most. I'm not even a Kanye fan like that, but this album had some incredible, incredible highs. For sure it had some lows, and it was bloated and all over the place, but some of these songs are some of the best of Kanye's career. I can't believe y'all ain't even mention Come to Life. That was pure art. Moon - another incredible track. And no props for Kanye's verse on Jesus Lord? I really hope you guys go back and listen to this a few more times. Some of these tracks are real growers, and I actually think the album has been very underrated by the masses desperate to give an opinion straight away.

Not gonna lie this review sounded lazy and biased. Donda is not the best album in the world but it did have a lot of highs and very little lows. It sounds as if they only listed to it one time. And I thought this was a very credible review channel

I love dehh but it was clear that only feefo (even though he didn't like it very much) actually listened to the album, the others listened to background music once or twice. To say that tell the vision is the best song on the album is just disappointing.

I thought Donda was solid idc what nobody say I think it’s better than Drake’s album CLB in my opinion

Damn we disagree on everything with this album. Y’all praise the weak points and shit on the high points

I really hope they see these comments and understand a majority of people really enjoy this album. And it’s not because we’re all brainwashed Ye stans, it’s genuinely a great piece of work.

In 5 years , everyone is going to love this album

24, Believe What I Say, Come To Life, Heaven and Hell, Jesus Lord and No Child Left Behind are among his best songs ever to me

I have no idea what Myke means when he says all the songs sound the same. Like it literally couldn't be further from reality.

Looks like we’ll be getting a part 2 or bonus discussion about this album from the crew lmao

The comments are so heated on this one lol I guess it’s to be expected whenever someone criticizes Kanye

This is a great album. I really don’t understand their critiques of the songs

this video wont age well

Ken said he wasn’t paying attention while listening and only listened once and has the audacity to say there’s only 2 good songs

I know you guys are older, but man... these some piping hot takes lmaoo

Buncha old heads

they said all the songs sounded the same then complained that they sounded different?

While I think this is nowhere near classic, I do believe this is a good album. It's still bloated like all double-disc albums, and to me, it's more impressive that Kanye can reinvent himself constantly over and over again. When it comes his personal views, that doesn't matter to me because I like Kanye West for his art and always will.

this review really made me question if i was a kanye stan or if the album was good. imo the album is eye opening and amazing and i’m not religious but it gives me a nostalgic feeling of going to church when i was younger and it makes me wanna go change the person i am for the better.

I feel like this was one of the most “just our opinion” reviews that we’ve ever done. I really don’t get all of the hate, out of touch, lack luster review, etc comments lol. We were respectful for the most part of what we liked and didn’t like about the album…but hey, thanks for watching I guess. 🤷🏾‍♂️

As a huge DEHH fan, I never say this. But I truly believe this was a bad review. It’s one thing to not like it but some of the things they said to me seemed like a lazy analysis, such as saying that all the songs sound the same...I feel like this is how I would feel if I reviewed this album the first day. The more I listen to it the better it got. Because it’s 27 songs my guess is y’all didn’t give it enough of a listen like y’all tend to do for other projects that are shorter.

These Old heads are still in the 2000s

I’ve been watching DEHH for 7 years now, the last review I disagreed with this much was their rodeo review. I don’t think this album is bad, it’s a good album. There’s at least 10-12 songs I think are really good. Did not like the Pop Smoke and Chris Brown song at all. They didn’t like Moon? Jail, Off the Grid, Praise God, Hurricane, Jonah, Believe What I Say, 24, Moon, Jesus Lord, Keep My Spirit Alive, Come to Life and No Child Left Behind were good songs. Obviously it’s their opinion and I respect that I’m just surprised at the songs they did like. I think this is a 7/10 album with the potential to be a 9/10 with some trimming and more mixing.

The issue isn't whether you like it or not; there's plenty of people who dislike the album, that's fine. The issue is the quality of the review; very lazily and poorly done, your audience can tell that you didn't want to review the album, so why review it? Better to say "we're not going to review the album, because we don't fuck with Ye". It's not up to the standards that you guys usually put out for reviews

Look I love you guys but you were just objectively wrong, you came in trying to dislike it and compare it to his old works

This review is a rough one. You can't review a Kanye album this fast. It won't age well.

No matter how the guys feel I respect it. For me I LOVE this album, it's weird, personal, and I feel it gives me more insight into how Kanye feels about his faith and love for his mother. This felt like a darker twisted version of TLOP. Starting off melancholy in some songs, dark on others and progressively getting more positive and lighter. Yes it's messy, self indulgent, and odd ball in the usual Kanye fashion, but personally it is one of my favorite albums from him. 808s walked so songs like "Come To Life" could run. Off The Grid, Jonah, Believe What I say, 24, and Heaven and Hell are other tracks I really loved.

People stan over this album so hard when it's like a 5 at best

y’all some haters this was a very strong album, solid 8.5/10 if not a 9/10

These the only mfers on the internet that actually like tell the vision 😂😂💀

Ken went in wanting to hate it. He’s gonna hate it regardless.

I actually think most of the tracks are pretty dope so the length doesn't bug me. 24 and Come to Life are incredible. For me it's about an 8.5/10.

I don't think Ken is aware that Messi is a person, he sounds so personally offended by the fact that Ye 'rhymed messy with messy'.

He literally put up and coming rapper vory on most of the album yall tripping saying he isn’t putting people on

Why are these guys debating whether Kanye writes his own stuff or not when you can easily just scroll down the lyrics of any Kanye song and see 8 names on the credits.

This review is awful. Needle Drop, Complex Ambition, Shawn Cee etc all actually let themselves be invested in the album and processed it enough to have valid opinions. You all went into it mad at Kanye over him being used for clout by an evil politician, and have let this affect your judgment of the absolute fire music on this album. This will be one of your most popular videos because of the popularity of the album, but the complete lack of effort by you collectively is going to drive people away. As a long time watcher I feel let down by this.

Oh man I can’t wait to watch this. I personally like the album. It’s not the greatest thing ever, nor do I think it was worth the wait, but I still find it to be a good album. It’s very long though. Donda > CLB

The fact that Myke at one point said " All of the songs sound the same" Then a few minutes later said "they sound like kanye at different points in his career" shows me this Album had no chance with him unless it wasn't a God-inspired album. And I have no idea why anyone brought up bars on a kanye album. We've been listening to this guy for years and he has never been a lyricist, we remember his catchy hooks, his unique production, and the way he brings out the best in Artist. (minus Nas 😆) Hell even Nicki Minaj. Kanye's bag has always been his production. Granted his bars have gotten horrendously worse post MBDTF. This album was meticulous and heartfelt especially songs like 'moon', '24' & 'come to life'. This made me a Kanye fan all over again. (However, Everyone is entitled to thier opinions, all love fellas)