Believe What I Say by Kanye West

Watching the Throne: A Lyrical Analysis of Kanye West

New School Critics

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4.8 • 692 Ratings

🗓️ 8 October 2021

⏱️ 102 minutes

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Sunny melodies. Pop culture references. Lauryn Hill samples. Is this...Old Kanye we hear??? Believe What I Say certainly feels that way after so many dark, grim tracks on Donda. But there are plenty of New Kanye tricks on this song that elevate it to higher levels. On this episode, we get into Kanye's refreshing take on the Kimye divorce and how he felt as his marriage with Kim came to an end. If you'd like to support the show (and hear this episode ad-free), then join our Patreon community. You can also watch this podcast in video form over on our YouTube channel. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Everybody want to know what I would do if I didn't win.
0:07.0	I guess we'll never know. I don't get enough up here. Jesus just rose again.
0:27.5	Listen to the kids.
0:33.9	Welcome to watching the throne.
0:36.4	A lyrical analysis of Kanye West.
0:40.6	My name is Chris Lambert.
0:42.8	And my name is Travis Bean.
0:44.9	And today we have a matchup, a matchup for the ages.
0:48.8	And one quarter, Kanye West.
0:51.2	And the other, this seems abnormal. But Kim Kardashian, and she's accompanied by all of her sisters, her mother, and they're all part of a tag team. It seems unfair, but Kanye's ready to take them off.
1:05.6	So this is a, this is like a wrestling match. Yeah, which I thought you'd be excited about.
1:12.0	Yeah, you know, as long as WWE's not writing it, then it's good.
1:17.3	And as long as Connie wins.
1:19.5	Yeah.
1:20.1	You know, those are the things I want to cheer for.
1:23.1	I want to be excited about.
1:24.7	Yeah, I kind of hope that they all agree to not fight and just go to the middle and shake hands
1:30.3	and then sit down in front of everybody in the middle of the ring and just like watch a movie.
1:35.9	You know, that would be an unorthodox wrestling match, but it would be great for the morale.
1:42.3	And I say great entertainment.
1:45.6	What movie do they watch, though?
1:48.9	Well, yeah, they would have to, that will probably be the most contentious part of this entire event that they have to pick the right movie to watch.
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