Producer BoogzDaBeast revealed that even though hundreds of songs were recorded during the sessions for the first Donda album, the tracks recorded for Donda 2 were all new songs made after the announcement of the Donda 2 listening event. Most publications took this as an announcement of the album's release date, though it went unreleased on the date. He had worked with Future in the past, featuring on his single ' I Won' (2014). Victor later told the magazine that it is 'coming sooner than you think', explaining: 'The procession is starting and it's not stopping.' On January 27, 2022, West captioned an Instagram photo of his childhood home in flames with a date of February 22 along with the title Donda 2, also mentioning fellow rapper Future will serve the role of executive producer. In an interview with Complex on January 3, 2022, Victor Victor Worldwide CEO Steven Victor exclusively told the website that West had begun working on a sequel to his tenth studio album Donda (2021), entitled Donda 2. Because of its exclusive Stem Player release, Donda 2 became the most pirated album worldwide in February 2022 with emulators of the device shared online, and Billboard deemed the album ineligible for its albums charts citing precedented 'bundling' rules the album did not debut on other record charts of the world either. Some were more negative towards West's vocals, though a few critics complimented certain elements of the production.

Donda 2 received mixed reviews from music critics, who criticized its subject matter, song structures, and lack of identifiable concept. West held 'Kanye West: Donda Experience Performance', an accompanying performance, showcasing songs from the first iteration, at LoanDepot Park on February 22, 2022, selling out 47 IMAX theaters across the United States. It was preceded by the singles ' Eazy' and ' City of Gods', released in January and February 2022, respectively both of them charted inside the top 50 of the US Billboard Hot 100. West began the recording and production of the album in early January 2022, continuing into the next month. It was exclusively released on the Stem Player, with four songs made available on February 23, 2022, and additional songs later included in updates, the first of which were added the following day. Donda 2 is the eleventh studio album by American rapper Kanye West.

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