Ye Collaborates With André 3000 On Donda Deluxe

What is better than Kanye West’s Donda album? Naturally, the Donda deluxe edition, featuring Hip-Hop heavy hitters like André 3000. Ye shakes things up by completely rearranging the album’s original tracks and also mixing in 5 bonus tracks.

The return of André 3000 to music

“Life Of The Party”/Kanye West ft. André 3000 & IRKO on Donda (Deluxe)

“Life Of The Party,” which features André and IRKO, is easily the most talked-about feature as Mr. 3000 has been the music M.I.A for over 15 years. His musical return has brought a solid piece of history to the forefront.

“Life Of The Party” was originally a diss track to Canadian rapper Drake. However, the unreleased song was leaked. In an interview with People in September, André shared, “I was inspired by his idea to make a musical tribute to his mom. It felt appropriate to me to support the Donda concept by referencing my own mother, who passed away in 2013.”

Further clarifying his intentions with the track, he told Variety, “We both share that loss. I thought it was a beautiful choice to make a clean album, but, unfortunately, I didn’t know that was the plan before I wrote and recorded my verse.” Luckily, Certified Lover Boy did not ruin the track’s release with his sneaky leak.

Perfecting Donda

Donda made headlines for many reasons. The most dramatic being for Ye removing verses from the album by artists like Chris Brown and also Soulja Boy.

Despite its place on the Donda original, this track was scrapped. André also made it clear that he is on neither side of the Drake and Ye controversy but hopes to work with both artists in a way that would “inspire” him. He also shared, “Hopefully, I can work with Kendrick on his album. I’d love to work with Lil’ Baby, Tyler, and Jay-Z. I respect them all.”

Mr. 3000’s verse gives that classic André flow his fans love and crave. In contrast, this verse may be André’s most personal verse to date.

Hey, Miss Donda
You run into my mama, please tell her I said, “Say something”
I’m startin’ to believe ain’t no such thing as Heaven’s trumpets
No after-over, this is it, done
If there’s a Heaven, you would think they’d let ya speak to your son

Donda (Deluxe)

The new edition, which dropped Sunday, has over 2 hours of listening time. That’s over 20 extra minutes of astounding music from the best hip hop has to offer. Before its release, there have been several public previews, two public airings at Atlanta’s Mercedes Benz Stadium and one at Chicago’s Soldier Field.

Donda was released on August 29th, after weeks of imperfections. A streak of listening parties proved that Ye was on to something great. Donda also recently reached 1 billion streams on Spotify and became Ye’s most-streamed album.

Check out more on Ye’s album release here.

Written by Antoinette Ford