However, the Chicago superstar hosted a lavish listening event in Miami for DONDA 2 on Tuesday but Twitter observed a number of technical difficulties which prompted a flurry of responses on the social media network.
CLOSE Source: Johnny Nunez / Getty Ye, FKA Kanye West teased for weeks that his highly anticipated follow-up to the DONDA album would be available on Feb. 22, but the time came and went without a proper drop. However, the Chicago superstar hosted a lavish listening event in Miami for DONDA 2 on Tuesday but Twitter observed a number of technical difficulties which prompted a flurry of responses on the social media network. The event was another big production number of Ye, full of all the theatrics weve come to expect from the visionary producer and entertainer. While the album isnt available via Yes Steam Player device as of this writing, much of Yes in-the-moment style of presentation was evident across the album as it opened with a soundbite from his estranged wife Kim Kardashian. Ye also sampled Vice President Kamala Harris viral We Did It, Joe phone call to President Joe Biden after it was announced the running mates would ascend to the White House. The album also has a posthumous verse from XXXTentacion, and Travis Scott reemerged to the live stage for the track Pablo. The event was live streamed via Amazon Musics Twitch channel but it wasnt without its issues. Fivio Foreign one of the featured guests, seemingly had issues hearing himself during the performance and there were other glitches with Yes sound. During one moment in the set, Ye tossed his microphone at the soundboard engineers running audio for the event. Yes primary mode of communication these days has been Instagram, and theres no footage of last nights performance on the page. Instead, Ye flooded the page with images of what appears to be a collaboration between Balenciaga and GAP. On Twitter, the reactions to DONDA 2s live stream are in and weve got them listed out below. Read more