Kanye West Hosts Exclusive Listening Party for New Album

A first look at the new rumored Kanye West album

Exclusive industry personnel, church members and lucky fans joined Kanye West last night at a church in Las Vegas, NV for a special look at his rumored new album.

DONDA, the album name and cover art released by Kanye back in June 2020, is rumored to feature Baby Keem, Westside Gunn, Lil Baby, Travis Scott, Pusha T and more.

Kanye released he album name and cover art back in June 2020. Baby Keem, Westside Gunn, Lil Baby, Travis Scott, Pusha T and more will likely feature on DONDA.

With no phones allowed, invited fans reveal songs from the alleged tracklist

The listening party started off humbly with four young prodigies playing piano in the center of the church. The instrumental featured audio from Kanye’s late mother, Donda, who sadly passed away back in 2007 after an unexpected death.

The mood transitions with an interlude, as there are many in the album. One of which simply features the word “DONDA” repeated over and over by an unidentified woman.

Turning up the hype in the room, the second and third songs played sent listeners into a frenzy. Song number two features Kanye and Pusha T rapping back and forth on an up-beat production. While song three features Lil Baby on a party track.

Here is a snippet of the Baby Keem song on Kanye West’s new album 😯 pic.twitter.com/FbqXbgyk3A

— STRAPPED! (@STRAPPEDEXTRAS6) July 19, 2021

Fans say some songs are slow and some are trap, some songs can be played at church and some in the club

Although most of the songs were centered around God, fortunate attendees say there is much variety in his sound. 

Fans and church-members alike, raved at the beats that accompanied the gospel songs.

“I know God breathed on this,” Kanye raps on one track featuring a banging beat that you wouldn’t typically expect from a gospel song. (via @NigelDPresents on Twitter.)

Sources on Twitter who were in attendance laughed at Kanye for rushing to turn the music down when profanities, like the “b-word” and “n-word”, popped out in his music while being in a church.

Meanwhile, celebrity sources like Justin LA Boy, praised Kanye, claiming that his production is “light-years ahead of its time, and the bars sound like he’s broke and hungry, trying to get signed again.”

Kanye pauses the music for a short moment to speak. This gives fans time to speculate who the “neighbor” is he mentions. Some believe it’s rapper Drake and his ex-wife, Kim Kardashian. 

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Because Kanye had a long list of songs on the laptop he was playing from, it is unclear which songs will actually appear on the final album. 

However, rumors circulate that at least two new songs will air with the premiere of a Beats Headphone and/or Nike commercial in support of Sha’Carri Richardson during Game 6 of the NBA finals on Tuesday. The two commercials played at the beginning of the listening party on Sunday.

Overall, Kanye’s new album is about having faith in God and overcoming adversity. He speaks on personal struggles, as well as struggles others face. The rumored album is said to have positive messages that you can turn up to.

Written by Alena “Lay Low” Williams | IG: @lenalayl0w | Twitter: @lenalaylow