If anyone is looking for a KZfaq playlist link to the Ruff Cut, it’s in the description and below as well! I’m working on a Ruffer Cut with some of the deluxe tracks worked in, I’ll update with that link when it’s ready 💽 kzfaq.info/sun/PLVeQS88B9bQ_FUIkijYEuo2w3vanXj1Qv

even though this is his first long-form video on a single artist & their work, i think we can all agree the beard is the star of the show.

“George Bush does not care about Black people” is still a very valid take.

I loved the 10 minutes review.

"I'm saying that Kanye doesnt know how to sequence an album? No" "I'm saying that I can sequence it better? Yes-"

This is great

Ruff... please share whatever and whenever you feel like talking about things you're are passionate about. I hate this cliche phrase, but this video was indeed a breath of fresh air. It's just you expressing yourself about something we can see you clearly thought about. No fluff, no over the top intros or fake mannerisms, no... "character exaggerations". Do you know what I mean? There are those photos which people pose for, every little detail is a fake posture to get "just the right picture", they add filters, they edit the whole thing... And then there are those photos we take, not exactly planned, the person may even pose for it but it's a pose conveying who they are, not only what they look like and want to look like. Those are the photos which capture a moment, an essence of something. Natural. Genuine. And those are usually the ones we really love and connect to. The internet needs more content like this. With unique style and taste related to real people being themselves through their artistic take and perspective. Anyways, typed to much. Hope to see more 10sec or see 10min videos, I'll be here either way.

Wish the vid was longer! Great analysis and I agree with the idea that everyone should attempt their own tracklist for the album, it can be quite fun actually to make ur own compilation.

Donda came out right around the messy end of a relationship and a psych wward stay for me. The album had me on "Jail" from "Single life aint so bad", and never let go. DONDA is one of Ye's best musical statements ever, and it's TPAB levels of personal for me.

10 minutes damn only kanye can do this

This beard is getting intense.

I think this album is going to age incredibly well within Ye’s discog, in a few years I can see it cracking top 3 Ye albums for many people.

Lovin da beard

probably the most exciting, odd, artistic, chaotic album rollout ever. absolutley loved everything about the doda experience. ye is my favorite artist for a reason

I personally interpret the black cover not as a “make your own album cover,” but as a phone screen. Yeezus was a open casket funeral for CDs, it was a cd album JIK was an old school gospel record, it was a vinyl Donda is an album for the playlist generation, it’s a phone screen, which kind of goes to your point of play with it yourself I completely agree with your analysis otherwise

2:15 oh bro, Donda timeline goes back to the beginning of 2020 😩😩

When you said that watching Kanye on SNL was the moment you "got" hip hop/rap, I had the same moment. I bought Yeezus based off that performance, listened to it when I got home and then it all kind of made sense. I opened up to much more hip hop/rap after that, going back through the golden ages and trying to stay current. Kanye and Kendrick did that for me, Kendrick's performance the following year also blew my mind. The reason I signed up for Spotify was to hear TLOP since it wasn't going to be a physical album and that was crazy to hear when it first dropped. Plenty of people give me shit for digging Kanye just because they don't like him as a person, granted I may not care for Kanye's personal life that he projects to the entire world but he makes some amazing art and that's what pulls me back. I gave Donda one full listen when it was released and I haven't gone back to it since, I need to go back to it and give it another chance.

cool

Loooved this shit, absolutely would love to see more of these deeper dives. 🔥🔥🔥 The way you tied the idea of the "living album" to the Donda stem player is something i had never thought of before but goddamn it makes total sense. To add to the pool of theories and I remember one going around in between LP2 and LP3 about each LP representing each plane of existence in the afterlife, LP1 is hell, LP2 is purgatory, and LP3 would be paradise/heaven. Most of those theories long died out before LP3 but considering Kanye's entire relationship with his mom and LP3 centering around his childhood home, maybe they were onto something. 🤷‍♂️

Really enjoyed this video. Truthfully didn’t know how it’d pan out compared to your 10 second reviews, but surprise surprise, you’re just good at making videos. Keep it up bro excited to see where you go

I was at the second listening party in Atlanta. Extremely moving, interesting, and fun experience. Love how the rollout is equally as thematic and meaningful as the album: the black fashion, the mask, the prison like environments, the criminals (DaBaby and Manson). One could even highlight the Free Hoover concert as “in theme” with Donda due to the forgiving of Drake and the prison reform message.

Man, its so cool to see a longer review from you. Would love to see more going forward!

This is the best reviews of any album I’ve ever listened to. You’ve distilled what’s been my feeling about the album in an eloquent, funny, and succinct manner. Hats off bro.

Your version is actually sick, plus I love the themes.

Love this deep dive much much much more than the 10 second reviews, great hearing your thoughts in long-form!

Love your videos, great to see a full one. Wanted to say your choice for the cover art pulled me in on the thumbnail

i am glad you posted this, i was thinking the same thing about Donda being a part of Ye’s ‘living-work’ and this made a lot of that click.

i've been missing you daily short videos; getting a 10-minute analysis that i totally agree with and gave me more to talk about really made me feel like we're in holidays thanks ruff

Love this man - the Donda rollout was truly special.

this was a fantastic video, I love this style! Would love to see more of these videos sprinkled in every now and then about more of your favorite albums!

Your ruff cuts inspired me to make my own cuts on other artists’ albums (including Donda of course). Making these cuts are so fun and rewarding because you make it based on YOUR own preference which is better sometimes.

Thank you so much for the Ruff Cut, I'm three tracks in and I feel like you really brought this album to life. Oh and the longform video when you feel like it is such a treat, Thanks Ruffffff

I think the reason I love Donda so much is because I got to see it take shape. At the end of the day, I didn’t care what sequence it was in, I just cared that I could listen to these songs that I got to see Kanye work on over time. It was such a cool experience and one I will never forget.

Really enjoy hearing your thoughts and feelings in a longer format like this, especially with the edits. Would love for more of this kind of stuff with other albums that've been on your mind.

I've tried really hard to enjoy and appreciate this album this year, and throughout this video I was kinda getting down on myself for not being able to appreciate it how you did. But then you threw in the line at the end, making sure that we found an album that resonated with us this year. This year was great for music, and I am super grateful for the numerous albums that came out this year that have become some of my favorites of all time.

Just an incredible, rich and perfectly paced video. Thanks Ruff x

Ruff....pls make more of these. Your electric editing style and tbh analysis is much appreciated

Would like more of these longer videos, love it

I am so pleasantly surprised by this video. I didn't know you before but your video style is really refreshing and nice.

this was a wonderfully executed video, I really enjoyed hearing your perspective on not just the album but the rollout. Fantastic video, and I'm excited to hear what other albums you enjoyed this year.

Love this, can't wait to hear your version

more of this format please! i obviously love the concise 10 second reviews but the occasions deep dive would be more than welcome :)

Keep these videos coming, you have really interesting thoughts on music. I loved Donda too, gonna listen to it once again rn bc of this video lol and I agree with you as music stans we can look back on a great musical year👏🏽

This is it. You have reached a peak I didn’t think was possible. Love your videos. Keep it up.

almost 100k subs !! you killed the longer-form video I’m excited for more. thanks for makin a great music year even more fun mr. criminal, i wish you all the success in the world

Thanks for doing this. Loved your perspective!

Your sequencing is sick! I'm loving your version of Donda

Love the long form critique. This is great man!

Please do more long-form video like this cause I really enjoyed it :)

loved this video Ruff, defintely enjoyable to see you go more in depth into subjects, keep it up my man!

Just listened to your sequence and loved it. Songs flowed into each other really nicely, quite different from mine but it’s cool listening to the album from someone else’s perspective

I appreciate your work man, keep it up!

What a great video! You are definitely the best person I've discovered on the internet this year. Your passion is genuinely interesting and entertaining. The editing, ideas and stories shared in this video are awesome. Loved all the stuff you put out this year so, again, thank you! Hopefully you can keep it coming!!

This was great man. Writing, editing, and it was so much more dynamic than most “reviews”.

Please continue doing these longer videos, this is great

I appreciate that you're video is still on brand 10, lol, 10 seconds, not today, now it's 10 MINUTES! Can't wait for the 10 hour video

Honestly I loved seeing you make you own version, because that's exactly what I ended up doing. I even put a cover on it as well. And when I listen to the version of Donda that I sequenced and cut tracks out of, honestly it'd probably be my favorite of the year too.

Damn, never thought of the album in this DIY way, it really does create a more personal relationship with the music. Great video man

Love the way you talk about music! Great video thank you

I was not expecting a ten minute review from THE Ruff Criminal, but I am so glad to see. This is such a cool passion project to see you put out and I'm glad to say I watched the entire thing. You did a great job at summarizing the DONDA rollout and you captured a good moment of hip hop history here. Love the conclusions of Kanye wanting his fans to mess with the album.

Love the short videos but if u gonna keep making videos like this I will also enjoy as much if not more than the 10 seconds

Glad that Donda was one of your top albums. Loved this video, definitely fresh to see you talk more about your opinion. Still keep the 10 seconds going, but I wouldn't mind 10 minute sprinkles when its really passionate and meaningful to you. Absolutely loved it!!!

this was incredibly heartfelt and honestly a perspective ive not seen but the zamn meme fucking sent me

I really like this format it’s my first time getting your channel recommended and was definitely worth watching. Keep It Up

Just when I thought I’d seen it all about Donda. The long review was awesome! Would love to see more of them

Thank you Tfue! Didn't know you were this invested into music but keep going dude

love this format also

Anthony Fantano has been real quite since this came out

Fantastic long-form review. Kept my attention the whole time

Thank you Ruff for the effort. Love it

Donda was a hella personal album for me as well, and I'm so glad you went in depth with it. Great stuff dude.

dude I love this, this is great

i like the style, this video has so much personality its amazing

Just listened to the 3 tracks you said to from your cut if we didn’t enjoy it. It was quite good I must say. Gonna listen to the full thing now, thanks for the new take!

Loved hearing you talk more in depth. This was like 60 videos worth of videos in 1 video.

Do more of these !this was really entertaining

This was a really good, well produced video. I don't even really like Donda that much, but if this video is a taste of what's to come for your longer reviews, I'll listen to them all.

Perfect title format btw.. "I want to talk about ______" is catchy, and eye-grabbing, also simple. Nice :)

What I always love about your channel is how even though it started out as a bit of a meme with the 10 second format, the lack of depth or discussion within the videos made people talk about the albums more than a formal review that often times are approached as if there’s an objectively correct answer. It’s very communal. Though this video is longer, it still accomplishes the same thing. This is what I wish music discussion was more like. It’s very cool hearing you talk about the album like this. As for Donda, a lot of what you said about the sequencing, track selection, and other tiny changes also applied to me as well. I thought the album was sequenced horribly, is way too long, and I also have a bunch of specific critiques for individual songs. Without getting into the specifics, I thought I’d share what my track list would be. SIDE A 1. Donda Chant 2. 24 3. South Carolina 4. Ok Ok 5. Praise God 6. Off The Grid SIDE B 1. Jonah 2. Keep My Spirit Alive 3. Never Abandon Your Family 4. Hurricane 5. Moon SIDE C 1. Life of The Party 2. Pure Souls 3. Jesus Lord SIDE D 1. God Breathed 2. Heaven and Hell 3. Believe What I Say 4. Jail 5. Come To Life 6. No Child Left Behind

ik you are known for mainly making short form stuff but god this was a good video, looking forward to more of these types of videos

This is definitely one of those albums that may not be fully appreciated upon release but over time will be more and more looked up upon.

Lmaoooo omg absolute 10/10 video. I did something similar to this but more strictly focused on the tracklist of the final album we got, so im so happy to see you go through the whole timeline of the Donda experience cause it was something else and deserves that praise

hey Ruff, absolutely LOVED hearing your thoughts about the album! even though I'd consider ye my favourite artist of all time as well, it felt like I just asked a friend at the bar 'hey, why do you like that DONDA album so much?' and then heard about Kanye and the rollout for the very first time - felt very unscripted and straight from the heart. would love to see you talk about more stuff you like for longer than 10 seconds!

This year combined with this rollout and this album are truly special and will always be in my heart

Great video, you should definetly keep making these longer form videos!

This was an good watch. I'd like to see more longer videos mixed in with the short ones.

You are absurdly well-spoken sir. I also was really impacted by Donda along with it’s rollout and I agree that this album was a real standout moment culturally of 2021.

I promptly made my own version of donda after hearing about yours, I had so much fun picking out the specific order for tracks, but ultimately I kept the same tracks you kept but put them in a different order.

Felt less like a review and more like a short podcast, a very personal and in dept approach. I enjoyed it and will be listening to donda with your review in mind.

I really enjoyed this. Great stuff

Really enjoyed this video, Ruff. More long videos will be appreciated

I like this. Straight to the point and easy to follow along 🔥🔥🔥🔥

This was a great video. I wouldn't mind more videos in this type of format in the future.

I love how pure this guy is I can just feel the love thru this calm ass register of voice 😂

I never usually comment, but this was a great analysis, I love it! 🙌

Thank you for finally talking about the “living” aspect of donda cuz no ones talking about it kanye changed the way I think about a piece of music or art and if a final version of a song even exists in the digital era

This is sooo good

this is so epic. i love kanye, and i love this album. i never knew about the stem player, incredible! Andre 3000's verse on Life of the party is worth a thousand words. Kanye and who he works with are just painting beautiful audio waves for us. true pablo picasso. I've recently discovered frank ocean, i know im late. But the vibes of this and frank in my playlists is just amazing, they are futurists for real. jesus lord, come to life, new again, praise god etc, there are so many to recommend, this album just feels so good to listen to lolol. such a strong message i could gush all day about everything, but this video was very nice to watch thank you, very informative surprisingly. you said you wanted to talk so here, need more random 10 min vids, such a treat lol, also still learning so much music from the 10 sec reviews, just keep going please thank you buddy. sorry for bad english, im american.

LOVED this video!!

I LOVE THIS ITS ICONIC