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Dondahas a new deluxe version.
On Sunday night,Kanye Westsurprise-released a lengthier version of his albumDonda, featuring several new songs, including “Remote Control pt. 2” withYoung ThugandKid Cudiand “Life of the Party” withAndre 3000and IRKO.
Along with the new features, the refreshed version includes songs “Up From the Ashes,” “Never Abandon Your Family” and a new part of “Keep My Spirit Alive.”
“Life of the Party” — which originally featured a diss toward Drake in an unreleased, leaked version — features a new, diss-less versefrom West, 44. Andre 3000, 46, previously addressed the song in a statement in September.
At the time, Andre had said the track he “received and wrote to didn’t have the diss verse,” adding that “it’s unfortunate that it was released in this way and two artists that I love are going back and forth.”
Last week, West said that it was time to put their feud “to rest.”
As for “Remote Control pt. 2,” the track features a new verse from Kid Cudi. The new version of the album is 32 tracks, reaching 2 hours and 11 minutes, becoming West’s longest album to date.
After Manson joined West onstage at a Chicago listening party of the album in August, a source told PEOPLE that heembraces the backlash.
“He knows that having controversial figures around will be provocative and will get people to talking,” the source said at the time. “He also knows that people are talking about it today when they wouldn’t have been otherwise.”
A spokesperson for Manson also said that Manson would “continue to conceptually collaborate with Ye on theDONDAproject.” (Manson also appeared alongside West at a recent Sunday Service.)
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“Throughout his career, Marilyn Manson has collaborated with innovative and legendary artists across all musical genres, and Ye is no exception,” a spokesperson for Mansontold PEOPLEearlier this month.
The release ofDonda’s extended version comes several weeks after he said in an interview withDrink Champsthat he wants to “be together” withKim Kardashian, who filed for divorce earlier this year.
Referring to Kardashian West as his “wife” — " ‘cause she’s still my wife, ain’t no paperwork" — at one point in the conversation, West then spoke about the reality star’sSaturday Night Livehosting gig last month, where she joked that she divorced West because of his “personality.”
“That ain’t no joke to me,” West added. “My kids want their parents to stay together. I want … us to be together.”
source: people.com
