‘Donda’ Does What It’s Supposed to Do

Kanye West’s new album is far from flawless, but it delivers on its mission nonetheless

Paul Cantor
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3 min readSep 1, 2021

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Kanye West released his 10th solo studio album, Donda, on Sunday, August 29. It had been teased for weeks, with each listening event — two inside Atlanta’s Georgia Dome and one inside his hometown Chicago’s Soldier Field — building hype for what felt like…

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