Hurricane by Kanye West

Watching the Throne: A Lyrical Analysis of Kanye West

New School Critics

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4.8 • 692 Ratings

🗓️ 21 September 2021

⏱️ 135 minutes

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Mm-mm-mm-mm-mm! We have been waiting for this episode since the very beginning. Hurricane—which very well could be the best song on Donda—is jam-packed with beautiful production, intense imagery, and narrative-building lyricism. In addition to all of that, we discuss the conception of the song and how it's changed over the years, Peter walking on water in the Bible, and a possible reference to R.E.M. 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.
0:59.0	Listen to the kids.
1:06.0	Welcome to watching the throne. A lyrical analysis of Kanye West.
1:09.0	My name is Chris Lambert. And name is Travis Bean and gosh, sorry,
1:16.3	it's like, it's really hot in here. Let me check my thermosite. Oh my God, it's 80 degrees in
1:21.1	my place. Lauren, it's 80 degrees in here. Can you turn it? Okay, thanks.
1:31.4	So performative. So performative.
1:32.9	What do you mean? That actually happened.
1:40.1	Oh, man. When reality and podcasting collide. Well, it says podcasting is it reality.
1:47.6	But, yeah, so it's the proper temperature in your place right now for, know some kind of storm you know yeah for the waves to start and for some tumultuous energy to be flowing through my house oh wow
1:55.2	i mean that is kind of the thing with Hurricane, right?
2:08.7	As a song, it is really getting into these highs and lows, these ups and downs, and a pretty big confessional from Kanye as well in terms of him just kind of assessing some of his role
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