Praise God by Kanye West

Watching the Throne: A Lyrical Analysis of Kanye West

New School Critics

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4.8 • 692 Ratings

🗓️ 23 September 2021

⏱️ 123 minutes

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Summary

Decades ago, Gwendolyn Brooks wrote a poem that would become part of a legendary speech from Donda West in 2007—and would later become a guiding light for Kanye West when making music in 2021. Praise God wouldn't exist without Brooks, a famous Black poet from Chicago whose words spoke to Kanye at an incredibly difficult time in his life. And by dissecting the lines in this song and her poem, we can gain crucial insight into the Donda 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 to watching the throne.
0:35.8	A lyrical analysis of Kanye West.
0:40.0	My name's Chris Lambert.
0:41.7	My name is Travis Bean, and...
0:44.2	Have you listened to Baby Kim's new album, Chris?
0:48.4	I still have like three or four songs left.
0:51.8	Okay.
0:52.4	Yeah, I actually haven't done a full listen through myself yet.
0:56.1	But that guy, you know what?
0:57.6	He has potential.
1:00.0	He does.
1:01.3	You know, it seems like he's been outside for a long time, but he's finally starting to make his way inside.
1:07.7	Yeah.
1:08.2	Soon he's going to be on that Tamampala level, you know,
1:11.5	adored by both critics and hip-hop heads alike.
1:16.7	It's going to be amazing for him.
1:18.6	Tamapala is a band like a lot of people in the hip-hop community seem to love.
1:23.5	I've never actually listened to Tame and Pala.
1:25.7	Oh, really?
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