UPDATE: Kanye West's long-overdue
Donda (
G.O.O.D./Def Jam) went live on streaming services and at
iTunes Sunday morning at around 8:15am ET.
It arrived after four official public listening sessions featuring different versions of songs and several release-date changes. The official release includes appearances by
JAY-Z,
The Weeknd,
Lil Baby,
Travis Scott,
Lil Durk,
Lil Yachty,
Playboi Carti,
Kid Cudi,
Chris Brown,
Pop Smoke,
Roddy Ricch,
Ty Dolla $ign,
Jay Electronica and
Swizz Beatz, among several others.
The album shot to #1 at
iTunes.
On Friday, we reported that the label had changed the album’s release date to 9/3 on Thursday. But the next day,
Drake announced the same date for his own long-awaited album,
Certified Lover Boy (
OVO/Republic).
West had delivered the album once before but immediately took it back.
One reason for the delay might be found in an Instagram post he put up early Sunday.
