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Watching the Throne: A Lyrical Analysis of Kanye West

Coldest Winter by Kanye West

Watching the Throne: A Lyrical Analysis of Kanye West

New School Critics

Music

4.8692 Ratings

🗓️ 3 August 2021

⏱️ 91 minutes

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Summary

Not a single song on 808s & Heartbreak appears to be about Kanye's mother. So...why does Coldest Winter feel so heavily focused on her? The key to answering this question is to unlock the album narrative of 808s & Heartbreak. In this episode, we cycle back through the album and go line by line through its final track to make sense of Kanye's art-pop achievement. 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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0:30.1

Everybody want to know what I would do if I didn't win.

0:37.0

I guess we'll never know.

0:38.3

So keep your love.

0:45.3

I don't get enough of it.

0:48.3

Jesus just rose again. Listen to the kids.

1:03.0

Welcome to watching the throne.

1:06.0

A lyrical analysis of Kanye West.

1:13.1

My name's Chris Lambert.

1:18.7

My name is Travis Bean and, you know, it's the height of summer here.

1:21.3

I can only imagine how hot it is in Austin, right?

1:24.5

It is currently 93 degrees.

1:28.6

Oh, I went on a run this morning and I said it felt like 94.

1:30.9

And I was just like, I couldn't believe it.

1:38.8

But then, you know, I came home, got down in my basement and started prepping for the son and I got really cold.

1:41.8

Oh, oh.

1:50.4

Yeah, I mean, just like chills, shivers? Yeah. Oh, yeah. I just, you know, the craziest part of snow started falling out of my, my air vents. Snow started falling out of your air vents.

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