Stronger by Kanye West

Watching the Throne: A Lyrical Analysis of Kanye West

New School Critics

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4.8 • 692 Ratings

🗓️ 4 May 2021

⏱️ 89 minutes

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Summary

What doesn't kill you makes you stronger, right? Well, that is unless you're making an album that details the life-draining adventure of stardom—which is exactly what Kanye did with Graduation. Yes, Stronger is a banger. But the song also captures Kanye at a crossroads as he becomes a worldwide celebrity. Chris and Travis cover the track's deeper intentions as they go line by line through the song. If you'd like to hear the show ad-free, then support us over on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/KanyePodcast 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 of it. Jesus just rose again.
0:27.5	Listen to the kids.
0:33.7	Welcome to watching the throne.
0:36.3	A lyrical analysis of Kanye West.
0:40.3	My name's Chris Lambert.
0:42.6	You should have said it like the song.
0:44.4	Like, my name is Chris Lambert.
0:48.0	I don't have that much.
0:52.0	We need to put you through a machine and rebuild you, Chris.
0:56.6	Ah, you can make me harder, better, faster, stronger.
1:00.8	Absolutely.
1:01.5	My name is Travis Bean, and if you did not get from that intro what we're, what's odd we're
1:06.3	talking about today, then you're not a real Kanye fan.
1:11.4	And if you are just new to Kanye and for some reason checking out this episode of the podcast,
1:16.8	hey, welcome.
1:18.1	Yeah, then that's not an insult that you're not a Kanye fan because you just, you're not yet.
1:23.5	No, no, but get on our level.
1:26.5	Today, though, you're going to be a Kanye fan after we talk about stronger. Yeah, this is one that, no, but get on our level. Today, though, you're going to be a Connie fan after we talk about Stronger.
1:29.7	Yeah, this is one that I wasn't sure what would find coming back to it.
1:36.3	Yeah, because I'll be honest, I didn't think, okay, I've always loved Stronger.
1:42.4	Like, I've always loved the sound of it and I and I get
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