Donda Songwriting Credits by Kanye West

Donda is the tenth studio album by Kanye West, released in August 2021 on GOOD Music/Def Jam Records, named after West's late mother Donda West, who died in November 2007, following a production process that lasted several years, generated three highly publicized listening events at major stadiums (including a period when West was living inside the Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta), and was eventually released without West's reported consent to the release process. West wrote the majority of the lyrical content; the album features over 24 tracks and a runtime exceeding 108 minutes on the standard edition, with an ensemble of collaborators including Jay-Z, The Weeknd, Kid Cudi, Lil Baby, Travis Scott, Pop Smoke (posthumously), and others across a production that synthesizes gospel, trap, experimental electronic music, and orchestral elements drawn from his Sunday Service work. 'Hurricane' (with The Weeknd and Lil Baby) and 'Jail' (with Jay-Z) were the principal commercial tracks; Jay-Z's verse on 'Jail', featuring the line 'Hoover Dam, I'm out here free', represented the most-discussed rap verse of 2021 in critical circles. Donda debuted at number one on the Billboard 200 with 309,000 first-week units and has been certified platinum in the United States. The album's extended gestation and stadium-premiere strategy generated as much critical discussion as the music itself, with the listening events functioning as cultural events rather than conventional album previews.