Kanye Announces That ‘Donda 2’ Will Only Be Available On Stem Player

Kanye has fans frustrated after announcing that his highly-anticipated album, Donda 2, will not be available on streaming services.

Ye took to Instagram to reveal that the album will only be available on Stem Player, a device and platform which the rapper owns.

“Donda 2 will only be streaming on my own platform, the stem player. You can download new music from stemplayer.com,” Ye captioned the video of the device. “You can play 4 different elements of the track: vocals, drums, bass and music. It also has a MP3 player available. We currently have 67,000 available and are making 3,000 a day. Go click the link in my bio to purchase.”

According to the website, the stem player device retails at $200. However, since the device and platform are not mainstream as of yet, fans are annoyed that they might have to fork over $200 in order to listen to Donda 2. If you don’t have the $200 though you’ll still be able to listen through the online platform at which there is not a current price point for an account as of yet.

Check out the reactions from fans below:

• 1.

  I love Kanye but this ain't it and I feel like it's going to hurt him more than anything
  
  It didn't take more than a few hours for stem player exclusive tracks to leak in CDQ
  
  When TLOP was a Tidal exclusive it ended up becoming the most pirated album of 2016

  — Kurrco (@Kurrco) February 18, 2022

• 2.

  Me waking up Kanye West to get a copy of Donda 2 on a CD so that I don’t have to buy a Stem Player pic.twitter.com/7M4onUauId

  — Rich (@UptownDC_Rich) February 18, 2022

• 3.

  DONDA 2 only on the stem player?
  
  FAT KANYE L
  
  I’m not trynna carry around a ball of clay to listen to the album. Sorry.

  — KID CUDI'S HUMOLOGIST (@Humologist) February 18, 2022

• 4.

  Every artist has the right to make decisions with their art and how they want to benefit from it. After all, it is THEIRS. I just hope Kanye & the Stem Player idea doesn’t make it difficult for ALL of his fans to enjoy his music. Ownership & accessibility can coexist.

  — Dedee 🥀 (@thoughtfulbae) February 18, 2022

• 5.

  Imagine everyone buys a stem player only for Kanye to not drop the album again 💀

  — Yeezy Rising (@DaveTrent9) February 18, 2022

• 6.

  so who’s gonna upload the kanye album from their stem player to soundcloud

  — C (@nobitchniqqaz) February 18, 2022

• 7.

  Surely Kanye ain’t being serious about dropping Donda 2 only on Stem player

  — H (@HarryHatesSpurs) February 18, 2022

• 8.

  The Life of Pablo was a TIDAL exclusive when it dropped, and look what happened after. Kanye West is definitely putting Donda 2 everywhere after a couple of days, not just the Stem Player.

  — mariano 🦦 (@oscos) February 18, 2022

• 9.

  Kanye not clarifying that you don't have actually have to pay 200 dollars to listen to donda 2 and that you can listen to it on the stem player website or the app for free has to be some sort of esoteric marketing scheme

  — Sh a de (@thisdopenose) February 18, 2022

• 10.

  Kanye trying to charge us $200 for a Stem Player to listen to Donda 2? i think i’ve got a solution… pic.twitter.com/UT1GlE0sqd

  — ghost (@skepthai) February 18, 2022

• 11.

  OK @kanyewest has been a lil wild lately but he's a genius when it comes to products. The new stem player and the ability to listen to music personally to you is incredible. Changing the world as we know it and you gotta respect that 👏

  — C h e l c e e G r i m e s (@ChelceeGrimes) February 18, 2022

• 12.

  Kanye West took a break from posting about Kim Kardashian & Pete Davidson to let fans know they’ll have to pay $200 to hear his new album on his Stem Player, which you buy from him. Bottom line- no one owns a Stem Player, so no one will hear his new music. But he’s a genius. pic.twitter.com/wfpiLRwikd

  — Mike Sington (@MikeSington) February 18, 2022

• 13.

  Kanye West's new album DONDA 2 will only be available via his Stem Player, which currently retails for $200: pic.twitter.com/aslwwFJMLx

  — Consequence (@consequence) February 18, 2022

• 14.

  Kanye said there’s 67,000 stem players available and they making 3k every day… the album drops in 4 days lmfaoo

  — CHANOS (@excitebikee) February 18, 2022

• 15.

  BTW no way on earth DONDA 2 will only be on the stem player but Kanye is a marketing genius.
  
  This man has been trending for 3 weeks straight…

  — LA Three (@La3Life) February 18, 2022