![]() He likes the whole give-and-take of crowd reaction and how listening parties test what works and what doesn't. Greg Bluestein: And Kanye West, like many other artists, has a process in terms of developing the album. They didn't set me up to be inside of a box. What’s the main thing that makes magic magic? The fact that no one believes it's possible. ![]() Kanye West, as told to Time: My mother made me believe in me. And this is named for his mother, who died in 2007 at the age of 58 due to complications from a plastic surgery. Greg Bluestein: Yeah, well, he's actually had two listening parties. Tell us about this album Donda and why he came to Atlanta to have this listening party for it. But first, for anyone who might not be a fan of Kanye West. So I want to hear what these documents show. Greg joins us this week to tell us just what he found. Now, normally, Greg covers politics for the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, but he convinced his editors he should also file an open records request to see just what was going on behind the scenes during Atlanta's summer of Kanye. What in the world was going on? This week, my guest is Greg Bluestein. It was, well, it appeared to be Kanye West himself. When the Atlanta United Major League Soccer team hosted the Columbus Crew, fans looked up to see a man walking around the stands wearing a bright red puffer jacket, red pants and a stocking stretched over his head. The updated version of West's 10th studio LP impressed the crowd. USA Today: Kanye having another listening party inside his new temporary residence, Atlanta's Mercedes-Benz Stadium. And then he basically moved in, like, for real. The mercurial hip hop artist showed up at the stadium to host a listening party for his upcoming album called Donda. Steve Fennessy: Mercedes-Benz Stadium, it's an architectural marvel home to the Atlanta Falcons, home to Atlanta United and for a few weeks earlier this summer, the venue was also home to Kanye West. RELATED: Kanye West brings music, plenty of drama to Georgia World Congress Center TRANSCRIPT Steve Fennessy chats with the Atlanta Journal-Constitution's Greg Bluestein about what Bluestein's investigation into the logistics of West's stay at Mercedes-Benz Stadium turned up. And then he moved in for a couple of weeks. Mercedes-Benz Stadium: home to the Atlanta Falcons, Atlanta United and, for a few weeks this summer, hip-hop icon Kanye West? The megastar staged a listening party for his upcoming album at the stadium.
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