With yet another deadline for Kanye West’s long-awaited LP
Donda come and gone, the world is, once again, forced to give the rapper another extension. Not that we have much say in the matter. West, who is known in part for blowing past deadlines like so much bleach shot onto a t-shirt, will now release the record next week on August 6, per Pitchfork. Presumably, if college rules apply, teachers will deduct one point from his overall score for each day that the record is late.
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Donda actually, kind of, sort of premiered last week. A listening party for the album at the Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta, where fans could both listen to the return of the Throne and pay $40 for a hot dog, simultaneously streamed on Apple Music, giving fans the opportunity to eat hot dogs over the sink for much less money. TMZ reports that the album stream broke records for Apple, with more than 3.3 million people tuning in to watch Kanye stand in the middle of a stadium with a stocking on his head. While the album received praise online—well, after Kanye’s two-hour delay ended—, the rapper decided that it was time to go all