Courtesy of pressMusic / NewsMusic / NewsKanye West’s Donda stem player comes with several unreleased tracksThe $200 device includes an André 3000 collaboration and cut material from 2019’s Jesus Is KingShareLink copied ✔️October 28, 2021October 28, 2021TextThom WaiteKanye West’s second Donda album party Kanye West announced his Donda stem player back in August, just ahead of the album’s release later that month. Now, fans are finally getting their hands on the $200 device, and discovering that it also includes access to music that didn’t appear on the record’s official tracklist. Ye’s stem player was originally intended to let users manipulate and remix tracks from the rapper’s tenth studio album. Features include controls to split any song into stems, edit “vocals, drums, bass, and samples”, and loop sections of the song in real-time. As a bonus, however, the product comes with three unreleased songs, including the André 3000-featuring “Life of the Party”, which was cut from the final album but later leaked by Drake amid his feud with West. The profanity that originally resulted in the track being cut is censored in the newly-released version. “Never Abandon Your Family”, a scrapped song that was aired during Kanye’s first Donda listening party in Atlanta, also features on the stem player, alongside “Up From the Ashes” (originally recorded for 2019’s Jesus Is King). Meanwhile, West has shared visuals for a few of the songs from Donda’s official tracklist, including “Donda Chant”, “Come to Life”, and “24”. He’s also continued to wear the face-obscuring masks and balaclavas that defined his listening party “performances”, leaving fans to speculate on their meaning: A meditation on the cult of personality? An attempted retreat from his celebrity lifestyle? We’re not sure. Listen to some of the previously-unreleased tracks via footage of the Donda stem player below. Andre 3000’s verse on Life of the Party on the Stem Player pic.twitter.com/y5kq8nDR0J— Ben Blanks 💽 (@ItsBenBlanks) October 27, 2021Up From The Ashes on the Stem Player pic.twitter.com/udLXpw4ZHe— Ben Blanks 💽 (@ItsBenBlanks) October 27, 2021Kanye’s Yeezy Stem Players come with a finished version of ‘Never Abandon Your Family’ 🎵 pic.twitter.com/CGVncj95ja— don't bore us 🎧 (@DontBoreUs) October 26, 2021Escape the algorithm! Get The DropEmail address SIGN UP Get must-see stories direct to your inbox every weekday. Privacy policy Thank you. You have been subscribed Privacy policy Expand your creative community and connect with 15,000 creatives from around the world.READ MOREThe secret history of Black British musicSilvana Estrada: ‘Bad Bunny is my hero, but Latin America is a continent’ The ultimate guide to music festivals in 2026Stop calling Justin Bieber’s Coachella set ‘lazy’Xaviersobased’s online obsessions: NBA 2K, skate videos and NickelodeonQueer nightlife is thriving in Bucharest’s abandoned backroomsThe rise of Rico Ace in 5 tracksSwedish House Mafia unpack their Miami Ultra festival mega-set2Slimey isn’t here to be a meme artist: ‘I want a fucking Grammy’ Nourished by Time: ‘Music should be fun – but it can’t be fun all the time’K-pop has an AI problemCoals are kickstarting Poland’s dream pop sceneEscape the algorithm! Get The DropEmail address SIGN UP Get must-see stories direct to your inbox every weekday. Privacy policy Thank you. You have been subscribed Privacy policy