It feels sloppy to listen to. Like he realized after recording everything that he said "no more cursing" and told the editors to just go back and mute it. An okay message in concept that was executed with zero integrity. Every time there was a mute, it pulled me out of the song, which is too bad.
@@S0LACE222 But why have the mute at all? If you don't want swearing in your music, don't record it anyway just to mute it later. Why would I (or anyone, really) prefer to listen to a song that has the lyrics drop out every time someone swears? Like saying you prefer the radio edit lmao. If it's the same song with a wider vocabulary then there's no need for mutes in the first place and the song is better for it. Plus, imagine listening to a full album and every song has great flow, solid lyrics, good instrumental, backing, yada yada. But every time there's a mute, it breaks suspension of disbelief. It makes it feel like a product first, music second.
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@@amiccus_ hes saying that if an album this good can be considered the worst in his discography it shows that he has a consistently amazing discography
@@eich95 Ohhhh, alright. I get what he means now. I still think this album is incredibly dull and a bit pretentious, but if you enjoyed it, then that's also cool.
It will grow on him for sure. I hated it first listen too. But second, that shit slapped. Edit: Bruh, I fully take this back. First time, I was listening on not the best earbuds. Second, with shitty speakers which didn't reveal how shitty the bass is. I listened a third time, and a few after that... The saw wave-ish bass sounds horrible golly
Thank god you released the video. I missed the last half of the stream. Btw some studio should hire you. The animation at the start is Certified Hood Classic material.
The reason that every song after Junya feels more on topic/ethereal like you were saying is because it starts to enter that shift in the narrative. The album listening parties essentially laid out the concept. Listening party #1: Kanye is wearing all red, wandering alone through a barren stage the size of a football field. The songs are unfinished with terrible sound quality (probably not intentionally) but it represents his depiction of Hell within the Divine Comedy. Kanye is in Hell for his sins, his guilt, etc. The last song played at this event was "Jail", in which he sings about his priors (sins, trauma). After the listening party, Kanye posts a pic of his room at MBS which looks exactly like a Jail cell. Listening party #2: Kanye has laid out the contents of his "jail cell" on stage and took away the walls for the whole world to see. He pantomimes and goes through the motions of the creative process as the album, which is sounding much more finished, plays around him. This event is his depiction of Purgatory, or his jail. The last song played at this one is "No Child Left Behind" as Kanye ascends to the ceiling of MBS, representing his entry to heaven and exit from Purgatory. Listening party #3: This show starts with Jail as the first song, symbolizing that it picks up after he just left Purgatory. The setting is a replica of his childhood home, or his own personal Heaven (thus completing the settings of the Divine Comedy: Hell, Purgatory, and Heaven). This show ends with "Come To Life", in which Kanye sings that he's finally free - a sharp juxtaposition from "Jail", insinuating that he's gained closure and has left his sins and trauma behind in the ashes of the fire he burned in. The released album does the same in a similar fashion. It starts off with Jail, and the immediately following songs (God breathed, Off the grid, Praise God, etc) all have darker, edgier, muddied production with less mention of religion than the second half - perhaps representing his life before turning to God. The production gets less darker as we move on, with the first truly religious song 24 appearing as well. At exactly midway through the album, the halfway point of track 14 (which is the 13th song out of 26 - Donda chant not included), the beat drops on "Heaven and Hell" and the choir comes into an otherwise empty production, possibly representing the change in Kanye's life before/after finding God. Empty and desolate vs full of sound and surrounded by warmth. After that song, the album is more gospel focused (Jesus Lord, New Again, Lord I need you, etc), and reaches a climax with "Come To Life". Might be worth mentioning that Heaven and Hell also uses ascending (Heaven) and descending (Hell) notes as well. Overall, the album is essentially an auditory journey of following Kanye in his path to his religious awakening. Sure there are things I can't explain (Gabgolab sample, tell the vision, collabing with shitty people) but this is just my perspective on it.
@J J You might think that but Kanye has shown multiple times that he can make art as layered as this. MBDTF, Yeezus, and TLOP all had hidden stories in them. There is a 0 percent chance that all of this was just random with no meaning behind it if we've seen him do it before.
@@nodnarb987 because it's nice to see that Kanye has a sense of humor and notices the memes that people do about him and the album, not everything has to be serious al the time
I was really worried this was gonna be another bland ass gospel album with no experimentation and no risks but this man brought back the experimental vibes from Yeezus, I am so glad Yeezus rose again
Oh man, I don't remember when was the last time I watched any of Your videos but U seem to be in much better place, at least U show a lot more energy Love Your content❤
On the heartbeat thing because I see confusion: The "dying heartbeat" aspect is a slight stretch, however, sounding like a heartbeat in general does have validity. This is due to the iambic pentameter esc quality of it: Donda being pronouncd DON-duh, resembling a DUN-dun effect, which is often used in Shakespeare's work. (It obviously doesn't have the 10 syllable ABAB, CDCD, aspect of it.)
Am I supposed to count the beats to know? My issue with that concept was that it was given raw, with no context. Its registers as a lady just saying a name to a weird cadence for awkwardly long. It needed SOMETHING around it to make that sound interesting and drive home its purpose. Its asking me to read in, but it doesnt give you any intrigue to really make you wanna. Its the wrong kind of "What was that about?"
Bro ur one of the most entertaining reactors out there keep doin what ur doing ❤️ Also just a wild suggestion that I know you’ll love if you wanna get into some new drill, try the Australian group Onefour. Promise you won’t be disappointed!
The reason people hate on this album is because there too impatient to listen to a nearly 2 hour Album with long songs. I agree, it’s long but people decide to hate on it because it’s not typical rap which is what people seem to expect. It’s a whole new sound and it’s not all typical rap
If Donda had less filler, more time in the oven and a better flow, it could be a classic. He has so much potential but it's all over the place and very sloppy at times. But then there's huge high moments. It's weird.
super respectable reaction Brad :) You didnt troll this and call it super mid like many people on socials are currently, and instead made great critique. Great work :) Also Believe what I say, new again, and Hurricane are the best songs on this album imho.
I honestly feel Kanye's mental health and drama has negatively affected his music. After MBDTF he did an incredible album but it was already not ahead anymore. It was playing catch up with what others already innovated. After that, it felt like a mess. He managed to do some great albums in 2018 and then it went off the rails again. Nobody who's been old enough to be around since he started, can honestly say his music hasn't declined. I still enjoy a lot of it and hold out hope for an insane classic again, one day, but so far since 2010-13 we haven't had one. Great albums in 2018. Up there. But not quite. And again, it simply declined again. Sloppy songs, albums not connecting like they used to, styles all over the place, it's like he doesn't care anymore and just is letting his mental health deteriorate. I'm sad to see. I really do hope he finds peace. True peace from within and not the outside world.
I disagree. His music would've gotten really plane and boring if he stayed in the same mental state that he was when he made College dropout or Graduation, as great as those albums were. It's that wide spectrum of emotions and characteristics (or insanity symptoms if that's what you wanna call it) that make albums like MBDTF, Kids see ghosts, TLOP, Ye or Donda so great, at least to me.
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Pete Davidson reviewing Kanye albums is so fucking funny
did pete dirty with that comment
nah brads cute@@itisshlerman3079
classic dirty pete@@itisshlerman3079
Kanye saying the n-word then censoring after is literally the most Kanye shit ever
It feels sloppy to listen to. Like he realized after recording everything that he said "no more cursing" and told the editors to just go back and mute it. An okay message in concept that was executed with zero integrity. Every time there was a mute, it pulled me out of the song, which is too bad.
the most kanye **** ever
@@polygonheadman851 ahhh very clever
@@giantidiot31 it’s that serious wtf?💀 it didn’t affect anything it’s 0.5 seconds
@@S0LACE222 But why have the mute at all? If you don't want swearing in your music, don't record it anyway just to mute it later. Why would I (or anyone, really) prefer to listen to a song that has the lyrics drop out every time someone swears? Like saying you prefer the radio edit lmao. If it's the same song with a wider vocabulary then there's no need for mutes in the first place and the song is better for it.
Plus, imagine listening to a full album and every song has great flow, solid lyrics, good instrumental, backing, yada yada. But every time there's a mute, it breaks suspension of disbelief. It makes it feel like a product first, music second.
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the globglobglabgalab feat is the best one and everyone who thinks it's bad it's wrong
shout out dunkey
@@cawashka our prophet
It's the closest thing to swearing you'll get from Kanye
Dude went hard.
600th like
Can’t believe you gave Dondas death a red headphone. Yeezy yeezy 😔
Dang
Dang
Let's be real though, everyone starting this from track 2 after the first listen
Dang
Spread
"She should have been more rhythmatic in the way she passed away" jesus christ
I unsubscribed as soon as he said that
@@jobbytop I subscribed as soon as he said that
@@medlakey6969W bot 😂
Did he actually say that
that's like a fake fantano joke comment but bro actually said it
Im 2 and a half minutes in and Bradley is already insulting the way Kanye's mother passed away.
This is gonna be a classic reaction.
brad just wanted to say you got a truly unique and great sense of humour, your vids always cheer me up. Much love fella
The fact that people are saying this is Kanye’s worst album (which I disagree with) just goes to show how consistently excellent he is.
So... it's good because the reviews are mixed? Not sure I follow your logic here.
@@amiccus_ hes saying that if an album this good can be considered the worst in his discography it shows that he has a consistently amazing discography
They miss the old kanye
I think I’m jaded because of the annoying rollout or something but most of this album pisses me off so much
@@eich95 Ohhhh, alright. I get what he means now. I still think this album is incredibly dull and a bit pretentious, but if you enjoyed it, then that's also cool.
Fun Fact: Junya had a MUCHHH better bass in the original listening party version.
It literally made the stadium seats rumble
It made my organs hurt lmao
@@bbcroc its cancer
This ones gonna be a certified Brad classic
I haven’t seen many critics be so articulate in their likes and dislikes. Subbing for sure.
Ik, brad is awesome
Life has been real shit lately and your videos are one of the few things I still look forward to. Thanks man.
Same
Junya has got to be one of my favorite tracks on this, hurts me that you don’t like it
It will grow on him for sure. I hated it first listen too. But second, that shit slapped.
Edit: Bruh, I fully take this back. First time, I was listening on not the best earbuds. Second, with shitty speakers which didn't reveal how shitty the bass is. I listened a third time, and a few after that... The saw wave-ish bass sounds horrible golly
FOR FIVE SUMMERS
Same with praise god
@@dabricio 4 5 SUMMERS
@@bulletfastspeed That shit ain't grown on me headass
Thank god you released the video. I missed the last half of the stream. Btw some studio should hire you. The animation at the start is Certified Hood Classic material.
The reason that every song after Junya feels more on topic/ethereal like you were saying is because it starts to enter that shift in the narrative. The album listening parties essentially laid out the concept.
Listening party #1: Kanye is wearing all red, wandering alone through a barren stage the size of a football field. The songs are unfinished with terrible sound quality (probably not intentionally) but it represents his depiction of Hell within the Divine Comedy. Kanye is in Hell for his sins, his guilt, etc. The last song played at this event was "Jail", in which he sings about his priors (sins, trauma).
After the listening party, Kanye posts a pic of his room at MBS which looks exactly like a Jail cell.
Listening party #2: Kanye has laid out the contents of his "jail cell" on stage and took away the walls for the whole world to see. He pantomimes and goes through the motions of the creative process as the album, which is sounding much more finished, plays around him. This event is his depiction of Purgatory, or his jail. The last song played at this one is "No Child Left Behind" as Kanye ascends to the ceiling of MBS, representing his entry to heaven and exit from Purgatory.
Listening party #3: This show starts with Jail as the first song, symbolizing that it picks up after he just left Purgatory. The setting is a replica of his childhood home, or his own personal Heaven (thus completing the settings of the Divine Comedy: Hell, Purgatory, and Heaven). This show ends with "Come To Life", in which Kanye sings that he's finally free - a sharp juxtaposition from "Jail", insinuating that he's gained closure and has left his sins and trauma behind in the ashes of the fire he burned in.
The released album does the same in a similar fashion. It starts off with Jail, and the immediately following songs (God breathed, Off the grid, Praise God, etc) all have darker, edgier, muddied production with less mention of religion than the second half - perhaps representing his life before turning to God. The production gets less darker as we move on, with the first truly religious song 24 appearing as well. At exactly midway through the album, the halfway point of track 14 (which is the 13th song out of 26 - Donda chant not included), the beat drops on "Heaven and Hell" and the choir comes into an otherwise empty production, possibly representing the change in Kanye's life before/after finding God. Empty and desolate vs full of sound and surrounded by warmth. After that song, the album is more gospel focused (Jesus Lord, New Again, Lord I need you, etc), and reaches a climax with "Come To Life". Might be worth mentioning that Heaven and Hell also uses ascending (Heaven) and descending (Hell) notes as well.
Overall, the album is essentially an auditory journey of following Kanye in his path to his religious awakening. Sure there are things I can't explain (Gabgolab sample, tell the vision, collabing with shitty people) but this is just my perspective on it.
Excellent analysis, fully agree with all of this
@J J You might think that but Kanye has shown multiple times that he can make art as layered as this. MBDTF, Yeezus, and TLOP all had hidden stories in them. There is a 0 percent chance that all of this was just random with no meaning behind it if we've seen him do it before.
bro post this on reddit, it needs to reach a wider audience 😂
I always knew religion was boring because the second half of this draaaaaags. Great analysis
@J J doubt
She should've been more rhythmatic when she passed away 😭
Ok. THE ENDING OF REMOTE CONTROL IS THE BEST PART OF THE SONG
I’m convinced anyone that thinks this has to be joking, i really can’t understand how it’s good
@@nodnarb987 because it's nice to see that Kanye has a sense of humor and notices the memes that people do about him and the album, not everything has to be serious al the time
@@gulermo this ^ ✋😤
Loved watching the stream Brad! I greatly appreciated your insight and loved how funny you were on stream.
the intro is amazing
holy fuck i had never seen that south park scene b4 that was too accurate im cryingggggg
The Globgogabgalab had the best feature on this one hands down 🔥
Brad i've loved your channel since the MCR reactions, keep it up you're literally one of the best
Bro, no joke, I literally just got an AJR ad during your reaction to "Believe what I say." So odd.
I was really worried this was gonna be another bland ass gospel album with no experimentation and no risks but this man brought back the experimental vibes from Yeezus, I am so glad Yeezus rose again
Brad's shirt is pure DRIP 🤑
PD:
Hope Brad (and everyone reading this) is doing great ❤️
good looking out, hope you are well
As a new viewer, why is Pete Davidson listening to kanye, and confessing his true feelings.
You’re quickly becoming my favorite music critic channel. Keep it up man
9:09 This is one of Brad's funniest moments ever, what the fuck lmao
that shit was not funny ☠️
Not really funny at all
fr 😭
You're on a roll, Bradley! I'm loving every one of your latest videos
Damn that shirt is flawless
don’t trust a shirt that’s flawless
Now you just look like Tyler Joseph's long lost brother. Cool to see you taking inspiration from your favourite artist.
oh my gosh he's wearing Tyler's shirt we really did get him
“I turned on Donda Chant and my frown just… appeared” - my friend
Donda chant is soty
DONDA DONDA DONDA DONDA DONDA DONDA DONDA DONDA
Oh man, I don't remember when was the last time I watched any of Your videos but U seem to be in much better place, at least U show a lot more energy
Love Your content❤
On the heartbeat thing because I see confusion:
The "dying heartbeat" aspect is a slight stretch, however, sounding like a heartbeat in general does have validity.
This is due to the iambic pentameter esc quality of it: Donda being pronouncd DON-duh, resembling a DUN-dun effect, which is often used in Shakespeare's work.
(It obviously doesn't have the 10 syllable ABAB, CDCD, aspect of it.)
Hows it a stretch? They say donda 59 times same as his mothers dying heart beat
Am I supposed to count the beats to know?
My issue with that concept was that it was given raw, with no context. Its registers as a lady just saying a name to a weird cadence for awkwardly long. It needed SOMETHING around it to make that sound interesting and drive home its purpose. Its asking me to read in, but it doesnt give you any intrigue to really make you wanna. Its the wrong kind of "What was that about?"
I love how this is a religious album and Brad does some of the most unholy shit possible.
Brad's done miracles on me
junya is underappreciated
Fr what’s with the hate? It’s a fun track
Kanye makes his own radio edits
Bro ur one of the most entertaining reactors out there keep doin what ur doing ❤️ Also just a wild suggestion that I know you’ll love if you wanna get into some new drill, try the Australian group Onefour. Promise you won’t be disappointed!
You trippinnnn, Jonah is amazing
Love the shirt, Bradley
This man said least excited 😩😩, that aside loved the video man. Always appreciate the effort in your shit
The reason people hate on this album is because there too impatient to listen to a nearly 2 hour Album with long songs. I agree, it’s long but people decide to hate on it because it’s not typical rap which is what people seem to expect. It’s a whole new sound and it’s not all typical rap
More likely because most of it is shite. And I say that as someone who likes a lot of Kanye’s stuff.
@@samwilson2046 fr
lost it at that south park rap pull omg hahahaha
Nah I’m crying at your reaction to God breathed and it’s one of my favs
The editing fucking killed me lol
Fire video btw donda > drake discography
The album was solid just messy
Makes sense it was forced out
So it's messy yes I agree
Jonah is so good im sad u didnt like :( the hook hits me so hard i cant not smile while listening to it its like catharsis overload
O Brad surfando no hype de Donda kkkkkkkkkk aí sim meu patrão
brasil sil sil
Uh
damn that south park reference is on point
Brad out here dropping some fire raps today 🔥🔥🔥
PUT YOUR HANDS IN THE AIR IF YOU DONT WEAR UNDERWEAR. YEA BITCH ITS ME KANYE TO THE WEST
WE GONNA BE OK
WE GONNA BE OK
JONAH IS A BEAUTIFUL SONG MY DUDE :'( lol nice review
If Donda had less filler, more time in the oven and a better flow, it could be a classic. He has so much potential but it's all over the place and very sloppy at times. But then there's huge high moments. It's weird.
your videos are fine wine, Brad
super respectable reaction Brad :) You didnt troll this and call it super mid like many people on socials are currently, and instead made great critique. Great work :) Also Believe what I say, new again, and Hurricane are the best songs on this album imho.
Great video as usual! I’m excited for part 2
Best music review channel ever
This is like pablo 2
“Discount lil yachty”
“Actually pretty good yachty verse”
man hope you get more recomended
Bradsterclass back at it again
Can't believe everybody sleepin on that Rib line.
I think Brad had the best reaction to remote control lol
You gotta listen to Heaven to a tortured mind by yves tumor. Heavily underrated bru
Watched the stream and been waiting for your full review for so damn long less go
Self checkout type beat and brown note bass got me 😂😂
I agree, believe what i say is the best song
The praise god beat drop is one of my all time favorites
Fax
I enjoyed this video so much❤️
im gonna subscribe and upvote even tho JUNYA is the hardest shit ever
The best Intro ever made
REMOTE CONTROL AN UNDERRATED CLASSIC
that intro is gold
Yo, that's Tyler's SAI shirt, right? Nice
Brads reaction to off the grid was literally the same as mine
bro you got a condenser mic right there and the diaphraghm capsule aint ponting at your mouth
Don't mind me I'm just here for the shy away drip
I love when Kanye said its Kanying time and Kanyed all over the place.
I missed you brad
I’m trying to focus on your reaction Bradley but my mind keeps saying ✨Tyler Joseph✨
It’s here.
it is
Tf happened to Pete Davaidson
you're a prophet
Brad, you should rename your channel to Donda taste in music
I didn't know you were that young. At first I thought you were at least 25.
Liking the hair genuinely
the globglogabgalab feature was the best feature on the album
I’m so sad I missed this stream man ;(
THE SHIRT!!!!!
Off the grid is an amazing song one of my favourite Kanye songs ever
The junya 808 hard af dk what you talk about
Where did you get that shirt brad?? Been looking for that for a while now
Looks like a Dan Flash’s
Moon, Jail, Hurricane. Gorgeous
I honestly feel Kanye's mental health and drama has negatively affected his music. After MBDTF he did an incredible album but it was already not ahead anymore. It was playing catch up with what others already innovated. After that, it felt like a mess. He managed to do some great albums in 2018 and then it went off the rails again.
Nobody who's been old enough to be around since he started, can honestly say his music hasn't declined. I still enjoy a lot of it and hold out hope for an insane classic again, one day, but so far since 2010-13 we haven't had one. Great albums in 2018. Up there. But not quite. And again, it simply declined again.
Sloppy songs, albums not connecting like they used to, styles all over the place, it's like he doesn't care anymore and just is letting his mental health deteriorate. I'm sad to see. I really do hope he finds peace. True peace from within and not the outside world.
I disagree. His music would've gotten really plane and boring if he stayed in the same mental state that he was when he made College dropout or Graduation, as great as those albums were. It's that wide spectrum of emotions and characteristics (or insanity symptoms if that's what you wanna call it) that make albums like MBDTF, Kids see ghosts, TLOP, Ye or Donda so great, at least to me.
You were 10 when Forever came out? Damn I’m getting old. I mean I was only 15 so not a huge difference, but still.
6 for me bruh
Still was aware of its magnitude tho
KSI on Donda shit i gotta listen to this