Kanye West, sorry, Ye has released the extended edition of his tenth studio album Donda, treating listeners to two hours and eleven minutes of an album that was initially already an hour and forty-eight minutes. Apparently, he had more to say.
Donda (Deluxe) finds the official release of “Life of the Party”, which was leaked by Drake in the midst of their Donda vs Certified Lover Boy back and forth. The original was supposedly removed from the initial album release due to Andre 3000’s explicit verse. Still, none of the songs on the album are marked as being explicit.
There’s also a slate of new tracks, including “Up From the Ashes,” “Never Abandon Your Family,” “Remote Control 2” with Young Thug, and a new feature from Kid Cudi that didn’t make it onto the original for one reason or another.
West tacked on part two renditions of “Ok Ok,” “Junya,” “Jail,” and “Keep My Spirit Alive” to the end of the tracklist as well.
“Life of the Party” is now the only Donda track with a credited feature in its title — the rest of the album’s appearances are a guessing game, or a round of roulette, depending on how you think of it. Have fun.
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in London, joined by IDLES and Kojey Radical. He later collaborated with Fred Again.. on the electronic track “Lights Burn Dimmer,” which incorporates and reshapes elements from Jamie’s 2023 song “Hippodrome.”
During a conversation with Radio 1 presenter Jack Saunders on Wednesday, Aug. 19, Jamie called the collaboration a “big deal” for him. “That song, when I wrote it, I hadn’t realised until I heard Fred’s version how much hope was in the lyrics. I felt quite emotional when I heard Fred’s version, and his spin on it. That was really helpful for me, as I wrote that song at quite a difficult time in my life. To see it turned into a more euphoric thing was really quite lovely.”
Jamie will offer an early taste of the new album during a small, exclusive performance at Scala in London on Thursday, Aug. 20. The concert will be his first headline appearance since playing to 40,000 people at Finsbury Park, although he made a short guest appearance with Fred Again.. in February during the producer’s USB002 tour run at Alexandra Palace.
After breaking through in 2007 with the Mercury Prize nominated Panic Prevention, Jamie went on to release another four studio records, with each reaching the top 10 of the Official U.K. Albums Chart. He has also appeared at Glastonbury Festival on several occasions, including his widely praised headline performance on the Woodsies Stage in 2022.
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