Donda is actually growing on me with each listen and is becoming one of my favorite ye albums. It doesn't even feel like 1hr 48 minutes. It feels like 45min
what’s crazy is that he was correct about praise god. The baby keem verse was never supposed to be on the song, he just sent that in as a reference track and kanye liked it so he kept it in.
i can’t explain how much donda grew on me. this era was so beautiful, best rollout since pablo and it feels like he united people from different generations to be on this project. and how could a mentally sane human stay composed to “come to life”
Before donda i wasn't a kanye fan, i just listened to some unrealesed yandhi songs but when i heard the no child left behind snippet i knew that he's gonna be my favourite artist. Donda's genuinely beautiful man everything about it is beautiful. Time moves way too fast
never thought id miss the days where Melon just reviewed music but here I am, looking at past Melon vids, missing the days where he'd just review the music.
Also so many moments in this that indicate that he forces himself to hate vultures lmao. (Fo example: Made it very clear here that he did not think of JIK as "trash" (and he calls it trash on Vultures not-review)
@@KidCudiGlazer look at his vultures review. It’s so laughable he even said it was unreviewable and it was so obvious he clearly liked some of the songs but forced himself to hate it 😂
Aside from New Again, Remote Control and Tell The Vision, every single song off of this album is still in my rotation. And for those that remember, he severely altered Remote Control. The Atlanta concert version of that song is way better than the official album version. IMO this album is still a solid 9/10, it’s aging unbelievably well. Especially after how bad Donda 2 was, I feel like Donda is going to be appreciated much more because of how much his effort showed. Off The Grid, Jesus Lord, Come To Life, Believe What I Say, 24, etc. Some of the best songs he’s ever made are on this album.
9... BRUH, u trippin HARD. This album, without Kanye's fame, would be thrown in the dumpster (ESP bc of the cringy af, self-censoring and weird heart beat mom thing... can u imagine being so in your own head, you think that was a good opener?). At BEST this would be an oddity, where ppl say "for a Christian rap artist," this is kinda dope.
Vinyl records are made with that crackle you hear in pure souls on purpose. Kanye is probably mimicking it as it makes records sound more old fashioned
Would have been one of his best records if some of the tracks where cut out and some others were a bit more refined I think. idk its a bit unfortunate but whatever
Fantano misunderstood the Rothschild bar. Jay is calling himself the monk that visited the rothschilds because he dated one, and comparing himself to Thelonious Monk being close with a Rothschild named Pannonica.
@@ren9332 personally just the solo work of his Yeezus>808s>College Dropout>>Late regkastion> My Betufall tiwted dark fantasty>Life of Pablo>>Graduation>Donda>>Ye>>Donda 2>Jesus is king
Kanye is the best musician at mastering in literally the history of the world by far, although mastering hasnt existed for that long. but whether its part of the story (with the dying heartbeat at the beginning and then her going through to heaven at the beginning of hurricane etc) or whether its just ,musical/ architecture based it makes absolutely no sense to listen to this album out loud. do you even know what mastering is?
album would’ve been a 10 if every track had a bed squeak
Yo this right here
Honestly nevermind
Honestly this would've been goated with it. Actually never mind that's a bad idea
ye couldn't put it on donda 2 bc kim left 😞
Fr no 🧢
This album would have been a 10 if kanye was talking about killing Fantano and then how he cured his depression
Lol
Bro 💀💀💀
logic reference???????!?!??!??!!?
Wrong 2018 Kanye album cluzzo
Donda is actually growing on me with each listen and is becoming one of my favorite ye albums. It doesn't even feel like 1hr 48 minutes. It feels like 45min
its the opposite for me sadly
@@edrdorojas not sad at all actually
It's mad it to my Top 5 favorite Ye albums.
To me it seems like 1:19:29 long
@@edrdorojas off the grid
Someone in chat really said “Joe Rogan’s verse goes hard”
Does it not??? 🙄
It was better before the bleeps
Where wich song
@@zendariun101 💀💀💀
@@slanted4me off the grid 🤔 jail 🧐 God breathed ?
Sorry melon, we all already saw it on that other channel before it got taken down
I didn’t...
@@kav4137 yes, you did. Didn't you see the "all" in the comment?
@@kav4137 i cant find it anymore
@@MetaNoir73 forgive him, he’s slow
Duplee lol
Already loved this album when it dropped but god damn it’s already a classic in my eyes. Perfect night time album - in every sense of the word
yeah the cover gives that night time feeling
This album is amazing if you listen to it in a pitch black room at night
@@2urthernotice Yeah like I can't put my finger on it but it really does
@@themoviecritic1092I think the best way to describe it is the album feels very nocturnal
Nah
How did we get from this to Vultures 2 😭
It was the Nitrous
If you don’t see Vultures as a part of Kanyes discography they’re good
Honestly vultures 2 has been growing on me, exact opposite of vultures 1.
There is no excuse for his laziness though
n people was already saying that they missed the old kanye 😭😭😭
they're miserable now
@@TigereyeJedi sad
this was so much more fun than how he reviews his music now
Listening to Moon after all the shit that's happened since this album released genuinely makes me wanna cry
Fr 😢
😢
Cry? Wtf
@@mr.dirtydannnnn ?
@@lexio9913kanye died 😭🙏
what’s crazy is that he was correct about praise god. The baby keem verse was never supposed to be on the song, he just sent that in as a reference track and kanye liked it so he kept it in.
source?
wdym he is “correct”? music is subjective, i think Keem’s verse is catchy asf.
Keem was fyee
Idc his verse fire
@@user-oq3in5pz3dme too but the lyrics are lazy, similar to a reference track before an artist really tries to shape up a verse
i can’t explain how much donda grew on me. this era was so beautiful, best rollout since pablo and it feels like he united people from different generations to be on this project. and how could a mentally sane human stay composed to “come to life”
Before donda i wasn't a kanye fan, i just listened to some unrealesed yandhi songs but when i heard the no child left behind snippet i knew that he's gonna be my favourite artist. Donda's genuinely beautiful man everything about it is beautiful. Time moves way too fast
rollout was ass bro what
@@revkan did u just say that the donda rollout was trash? 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭 My guy just stick to ken and lone
@@CuttingGrass___ brother the rollout was so long😂
Such an overhated album
@@granolaassasinJIK wishes it would be as good as Donda. Donda is a better JIK
@@granolaassasinI want the drugs you are on
@@granolaassasinboooooo
The fact that you talked through the beat drop in Kanye’s verse on off the grid is a travesty
Donda chant is definitely one of if not the saddest Kanye song.
yeah. When u first listen u think its a funny troll song but when u look into it.. 😢
Can you explain what you find sad about that track?
@@ashy_slashy_ Donda chant was basically his mother's last heart beats
these new kanye fans braindead as hell
@@ashy_slashy_it was his mothers final heartbeats
I'm up to 'Belive What I Say' in the album and that song is the third song i've ever cried too.
What were those instances to me it was moon and keep my spirit alive
For me it's Come to Life that brings me close to tears.
Damn I really forgot about how much I liked (most of) these songs. Defo will go for a relisten
Album would’ve been a 10 if the album was called kids see donda
To pimp a Donda
College Donda
9/10 Should have won best album at the Grammy's
totally agree
I mean, it's awesome how he uses the 808's and that cristhian type music but CMIYGL production was AMAZING
@@mr.chiminojovenazopepo8624 it's both goat albums and ye will win it with he drop it this year
@@mr.chiminojovenazopepo86242 years later I can have athe opinion after listening to both albums many times, donda is better
@@_luvo too much filler
Fantano: "Song sounds a little dry"
Chat: "It was dry af"
We need a jay z album to come out man
keep that mid
@@beaualIoevv L
No we don't
Fr
actually dont tho lol
Dunkey is truly the greatest. Nice to hear the love for Dunkey
nope
True, have you heard vi's rap by him? He has like 30 songs he's a true rapid rhymer
Yo, anyone notice that turningthetables subbed at 30:06
Lol
Who?
who cares lmao
@@bobataco210fyn
Absolutely amazing editing
1:16:37 this NOT aged well
never thought id miss the days where Melon just reviewed music but here I am, looking at past Melon vids, missing the days where he'd just review the music.
Also so many moments in this that indicate that he forces himself to hate vultures lmao. (Fo example: Made it very clear here that he did not think of JIK as "trash" (and he calls it trash on Vultures not-review)
He stills reviews music Wdym
@@KidCudiGlazerhe brings politics and is soo biased it’s ridiculous 😂
@@tongueout7315 when did he bring politics into music reviews?
@@KidCudiGlazer look at his vultures review. It’s so laughable he even said it was unreviewable and it was so obvious he clearly liked some of the songs but forced himself to hate it 😂
Fantano listening to a song one time is like me listening to it two times if that makes sense
Aside from New Again, Remote Control and Tell The Vision, every single song off of this album is still in my rotation. And for those that remember, he severely altered Remote Control. The Atlanta concert version of that song is way better than the official album version. IMO this album is still a solid 9/10, it’s aging unbelievably well. Especially after how bad Donda 2 was, I feel like Donda is going to be appreciated much more because of how much his effort showed. Off The Grid, Jesus Lord, Come To Life, Believe What I Say, 24, etc. Some of the best songs he’s ever made are on this album.
Big L
New Again is the best on the album bro
@@true_Pixel Atlanta concert version is way better. No idea why he changed his verse.
New again is really that shit. Tweakin
9... BRUH, u trippin HARD. This album, without Kanye's fame, would be thrown in the dumpster (ESP bc of the cringy af, self-censoring and weird heart beat mom thing... can u imagine being so in your own head, you think that was a good opener?). At BEST this would be an oddity, where ppl say "for a Christian rap artist," this is kinda dope.
@@briankeys5941 ikr imagine loving your own mom lol fuckin nerd🤓
Album of Life.
This album is so boring. It's not funny at all. Kanye's best albums are funny
@@joeymack4622 bro said boring xD
@@joeymack4622 find god
God doesn't exist, you're wasting your time believing in something that's not real
@@joeymack4622 find God
"is this the one with chris brown in it?"
the song, immediately:
"and i repent for everything that imma do again!!"
Come to life masterpiece
for real. the album could be 26 repeats of lift yourself so long as it has come to life
That and 24
Logic in my backyard, I think I see Anthony.
Looking at the chat when he asked what the worst features were proves not everyone deserves ears
Come to life solos runaway and you’re not changing my mind (The voices are loud)
Based
False, come to life isnt top 50 kanye smh
This is one of the best chruch albums i heard
If this was named Come Home Ye Misses You Donda it would’ve gotten a 0,7
Moon being in the Deluxe version just goes to show you how much of an important track that is for Ye and its obvious why.
Last song 10/10 best track on the album . lol
Yo that bonus track is lit tho
Overall this vid was fun to watch id give it a 8.5/10
you mean strong 8 to a light 9
@@olufpaden3352 this sounded so hostile for some reason
@@gioblankk i dont even remember writing this comment xD i have no idea why i wrote it
at around 30:10 turning the tables followed fantano
Turning the tables lore
He would've gave it a 10 if it was To Pimp A Kid Watching Ghost
HE GAVE KSG A 10 LOL
This album unappreciated
Great viewing experience when there is a cut every 0.5 seconds :D
fr
Honestly the best you can do to avoid copyright. That (reaction) shit don’t work no more, I don’t think it ever did with the music industry
this album would have been a 10 if the album was called To Pimp Donda
Vinyl records are made with that crackle you hear in pure souls on purpose. Kanye is probably mimicking it as it makes records sound more old fashioned
Needledrop chat is pozzed as hell
No joke I bump Tell the Vision. Not from Donda the version on Pop Smoke's album
1:16:37 it's so weird hear this nowdays
They ruined what they had going on for them
🤣🤣🤣🤣
That’s giving me nostalgia
Would have been one of his best records if some of the tracks where cut out and some others were a bit more refined I think. idk its a bit unfortunate but whatever
The guitar riff is engraved in my mind now
Which one
Nigga which one
@@ismailsayyed5596the one where you're gay
You only gave donda a 7 because ladonda is the real 10
i put my ear next to my speaker at full volume, i am part deaf now but can confirm there is a very slight crackle sound on pure souls.
videogamedunkey changing the world
The ghostly gospel vocals on 24 are actually KayCyy's from another version of 24 from Spirits over the Horizon era...
Two of these words are in the bible
among us in the bible
@@wspann1967 Now that's Christ-like
Bro what happened to this unbiased approach...
He got way too political
fr
He seems like s much more likable person here
Let’s be honest donda is miles ahead of vultures and has better replay value lmao
Can’t be serious right lmao? What happened to Kanye making music without shoving antisemitic bs down our throats
1:16:35 Me in 2025 watching this after Vultures 1 and 2 released 😭💀
Lmao not chat breaks because Ariana Grande is (maybe) mumbling on the background.
Which song she on
@@Thegoat-de2ny 36:46 donda. She's not on the song, woman sounds like her on the background
@@Ann0ne1 imagine thats true ariana grande doing background vocals
@@Ann0ne1 its her on the song i saw her in the feature list back when the album released 🤦🏽♀️
That random cut at 40:52💀
Finally back up ty
Baby keem managed to say absolutely nothing and sound fire🔥
TAME IMPALA 🗣🗣🗣
I think this album is what JIK was supposed to be.
Album would’ve been a 10 if the cover was a white square
dude are we in the matrix
Yus queen
No we are the matrix itself
They’re about to feed us to the metaverse
@@GeorgeTheRapper2meanwhile I’m here just tryna pen a verse
I wish melon could lean into Kanye’s intentional dad jokes more
Donda is so beautiful bro
Like genuinely, everything about it is beautiful. The rollout, the songs everything. Memories man
100
Aged like fine wine
Fantano misunderstood the Rothschild bar. Jay is calling himself the monk that visited the rothschilds because he dated one, and comparing himself to Thelonious Monk being close with a Rothschild named Pannonica.
fun fact: fantanos daughter is named donda
Ok ok pt2 is way better. Good opinion fantano
Keem went so hard. That verse is so iconic.
9:18 he actually accidentally ruined one of the hardest flows into a drop
Watching this made me realize that I was listening to Donda pt 2 the entire time lmao
New music Saturdays 💀
Dunkey is the best feature on donda fr 💯
in his solo discography id say it ranks # 8 spot overall
whats your kanye akbum ranking?
@@ren9332 personally just the solo work of his Yeezus>808s>College Dropout>>Late regkastion> My Betufall tiwted dark fantasty>Life of Pablo>>Graduation>Donda>>Ye>>Donda 2>Jesus is king
@@wojosquad4680 L
@@joshpenn1 look dude i have crazy opinions on his albums, man i love the ones i love and meh the ones i meh
@@wojosquad4680 yeah it’s pretty unique lol I do respect the 808s love tho 👍
The part 2s you can honestly skip
Make melon 2021 again
way too many cuts during the part where you're listening
copyright bro
Tune into the live streams if u wanna watch the full things
Tbh I kinda miss the Chris Brown version of New Again
Donda my favourite album
11:53 he rhymed rentals with judgmental but ok
who said he didn’t
trying to remember a time when people still liked kanye is like trying to imagine hitler hanging out in his art class. literally.
what
@@bricktrooperproductions 😭😭
I mean nothing about his music has changed, it's still amazing
Its not that deep bruh
he still has most of his fans
@@evvrsince it’s not that deep, he’s just a nazi and all of his remaining fans are nazi apologists 😭
I already love Donda but I swear if it was explicit.... man
53:17 “yea to me that’s just a waste on the record”😂
What is Anthony referring to when he says “twap”?
TLOP? "The Life of Pablo" album by Ye
When does he listen to life of the party
Its on the deluxe
At around 46:32 someone in the chat says “Free Tay K” 💀
Kanye is the best musician at mastering in literally the history of the world by far, although mastering hasnt existed for that long. but whether its part of the story (with the dying heartbeat at the beginning and then her going through to heaven at the beginning of hurricane etc) or whether its just ,musical/ architecture based it makes absolutely no sense to listen to this album out loud. do you even know what mastering is?
What, the fuck, are you talking about?
@@omniscientkind871 exactly lol
Thats the shrooms talking lmao. Must be
Kinda had me in the first half ngl
Is that last bit why the full verse of the glibgolabgolag (I can't say this, let alone spell it) appears on remote control pt2?
Glabgolabgalab
melon da 🧢 no 🐐
I never thought that Jay Electronica rothschilds bar was gonna mean anything 💀
Tyler did not play the keys on Come to life idk why everyone thinks that
I think he had a vocal
Why is it out of order?
Not the deluxe version
@@d.a.dproductions9121oh
Durring "Off the grid" everyone started hosting Melon with 1 viewer each time
"vocally scissoring"
the Highs are high but the lows are low so overall a very middling record
why all those cuts 😭
Copyright
Nothing beats listening to Donda with Melon
Why are you just now posting this?