Dark Fantasy by Kanye West

Watching the Throne: A Lyrical Analysis of Kanye West

New School Critics

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4.8 • 692 Ratings

🗓️ 19 August 2021

⏱️ 147 minutes

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Summary

On his most critically appraised album, My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy, we see Kanye West escape into a fantasy world. But before he enters that hellish realm, the character first needs to be introduced—which is where Dark Fantasy comes in. In this episode, we pick apart Kanye's epic opening track to show how he uses a collage of samples and references to provide foundation for the album's narrative. 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.
0:27.6	Listen to the kids.
0:33.7	Welcome watching the throne.
0:35.8	A lyrical analysis of Kanye West.
0:40.6	My name is Chris Lambert.
0:42.6	My name's Travis Bean, and I really just wanted to give this season the intro it deserves.
0:46.6	Like, we're settling in, we're setting in on dark fantasy, the opening track to my beautiful dark twisted fantasy.
0:54.6	This is epic. This isisted Fantasy. This is epic.
0:56.0	This is next level.
0:57.9	We're going to a different realm, Chris.
0:59.7	Like, you need to get on my level.
1:02.3	I do need to, I need to get higher.
1:05.0	I need to lift up my energy.
1:07.3	I don't know if we can get higher.
1:09.0	Travis, I think I just had a breakthrough.
1:11.4	Uh-oh. This first song is if we can get higher. Travis, I think I just had a breakthrough. Uh-oh.
1:19.1	This first song is called Dark Fantasy, and the album is called My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy.
1:22.6	There's still beauty in twistedness to come.
1:27.8	Do you think there's like a connection between the song title and the album title?
1:30.5	Nah, reach.
1:35.6	Ah, yeah, you know, you know me and my fanciful ideas.
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