We are once again stuck waiting for Kanye West to release an album that may or may not see the light of day. Most Kanye fans are used to him announcing albums prematurely (i.e. Turbo Grafx 16) but with DONDA, it was an unusual process, even for him. Two weeks ago, the rapper announced he would be hosting a launch party at Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta. And while Def Jam confirmed that to be true, we eventually found out that “Ye needed a few extra weeks to work on it.


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A second listening evening was organized on Thursday with the promise that DONDA would be on streaming services Friday at midnight. Of course, that didn’t happen, but fans enjoyed the revamped version of the album which included several new songs. “In fact, it looked like he was screaming into the phone. It could’ve been part of the show very well, but it turned out that he really had some relevant topics to discuss with Mike Dean.

Mike Dean took to Twitter this morning where he revealed he was the one on the phone with Kanye West on Thursday. Apparently Dean got an ear about the mix.

A fan tweeted a photo of Kanye screaming over the phone with the caption: “Make sure Mike Dean is locked in this room. We’re not done yet!” Dean replied: “He was actually calling me because of a mixing error !! Lol.”.

Watch our June interview with Mike Dean here.