Donda is here – but Kanye West says Universal Music released the album without getting his green light.
West took to Instagram to post a message to fans on August 29. “Universal put my album out without my approval and they blocked Jail 2 from being on the album,” the message reads. The rapper hasn’t elaborated on the statement, but it’s clear he didn’t intend for it to be out yet.
The song “Jail, Pt. 2” that features DaBaby, Francis and the Lights and Marilyn Manson was missing from the release initially, but not for the reasons Kanye West claims.
West released some text messages, claiming DaBaby’s team was holding up the release. “On another note, DaBaby manager isn’t clearing ‘Jail’ so we won’t be able to upload unless we take him off; what’s your thoughts,” reads one text.
Arnold Taylor, founder of South Coast Music Group and the record label for DaBaby spoke up on Instagram to clear the air. He says the texts Kanye West shared about him failing to approve DaBaby’s verse before Donda released are false.
“This is cap, I woke up this morning to this social media bullshit. I never got a call or email from Kanye West, I just received it today and cleared it in two seconds. Why wouldn’t I want a hit song out when #SCMG is all about the growth and culture of hip hop and my artist. To all of the media blogs and outlets don’t believe everything you see in a post,” Taylor continues.
Last year during an appearance on the Joe Rogan podcast, Kanye says he would love to buy Universal.
“I’m going to buy Universal,” West told Rogan. “I was thinking about buying my masters [but] I realized that was too small of a thought. I’m going to buy Universal. It’s only a $33 billion organization. I’m one of the greatest product producers that ever existed,” the rapper continues.
“I was $53 million in debt four years ago. Now it’s proven that I’m the new Michael Jordan of products. They are using me as this artist who has attracted other artists. Also, I used them. I got famous. I made some money, I got to tour.”
Kanye West’s tenth studio album Donda is now available on streaming services. It has racked up over 100 million streams on Spotify alone, making it the second-biggest album debut of all time.
Kanye fell and landed on his donda years ago, creating mental instability that is evident to all.
Why is Kanye West crying over a “Dababy” verse not being released on Donda? Didn’t he recently voice his disapproval of Dababy’s “Homophobic Rant?” Then why would he want Dababy’s kind of “energy” (which includes murdering a young black male and hitting a black woman in the face as he walked through a club) on an album named after his mother when she dedicated her life to ensuring that Kanye received “Equality” and “Human Rights” during his plight to fame and success.” This is why I don’t buy into all that “religious” talk Kanye’s been adding to his music lately–like Dababy and Jesus have the same moral and ethical stance. GTFOH! If he put Dababy on his album, I’m going to ask Apple if I can get a refu nd for Kanye West’s “Donda” due to “spiritual fraud.”
Kanye should think about buying DigitalMusicNews.