Dark Fantasy by Ye

Watching the Throne: A Lyrical Analysis of Kanye West

New School Critics

Music

4.8 • 692 Ratings

🗓️ 25 October 2022

⏱️ 126 minutes

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It's time to get higher—much, much higher. High into the clouds where we dissect the music of Ye. And in this particular cloud, we pick apart every single line, sample, and interpolation on the epic opening track Dark Fantasy. There are more lyrical tidbits here than food at Thanksgiving dinner. If you'd like to support the show (and hear this episode ad-free), then join our Patreon community. 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.
0:33.8	Welcome to watching the throne.
0:36.3	A lyrical analysis of Kanye West.
0:39.8	My name's Chris Lambert.
0:41.5	And my name is Travis Bean and God,
0:45.3	oh, I, hey, look, I just want to get this out of the way immediately.
0:50.0	I love doing this show.
0:51.7	Chris, do you agree?
0:53.2	You love doing this show?
0:54.1	I love doing this show. I love it. I love doing this show. Chris, do you agree? You love doing this show? I love doing this show.
0:55.9	I love it.
0:56.4	I love it.
0:56.4	I love it.
0:57.3	The lyrics of Yeh's discography is something that makes me happy.
1:00.1	It makes me happy, but it gives me the biggest fucking headache in the world.
1:04.7	Like, do...
1:06.0	I know this song, like, the back of my hand, and I know my back of my hand very well.
1:11.9	I mean, there isn't a lot there.
1:14.3	It's kind of a weird phrase, actually, when you think about it.
1:16.4	Of course you know the back of your hand.
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