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Watching the Throne: A Lyrical Analysis of Kanye West

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4.8 • 692 Ratings

🗓️ 16 July 2021

⏱️ 32 minutes

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We spend a lot of time on this show talking about Kanye songs that are years old. But every once in a blue moon, we get that precious, fresh Kanye verse...even if it is only 22 words long? Which, yes, is disappointing. But the song is awesome, and there's still plenty of material for two rabid Kanye fans to discuss. That's exactly what Chris and Travis do in this episode as they give their first impressions of the song and Kanye's (very short) verse. 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.
0:27.4	Listen to the kids.
0:34.7	Welcome to watching the throne.
0:37.2	A lyrical analysis of Kanye West.
0:40.3	My name is Chris Lambert.
0:43.3	My name is Travis Bean and I can't hide it, Chris.
0:46.3	I feel good. We're talking about, we spend so much time talking about songs Kanye made years ago, decades ago.
0:53.3	Well, not decades, more than a decade ago.
0:55.8	But today, we get a fresh Kanyeverse and I'm hyped.
1:01.1	I mean, that's good that you're excited. I am, I haven't listened to it yet. It must be good,
1:06.9	right? Oh, yeah, man. Yeah. Classic condiverse, lots of bars. Yeah, just bars on bars,
1:16.6	man. Bars on bars. Just so many bars. How many do you think is a lot?
1:24.6	Like, 22 lines would be awesome awesome How about 22 words?
1:33.4	Like 22 words per line? Yeah, that's perfect.
1:40.2	No, like 22 words total in all the lines.
1:48.0	So there are 22 lines and there's one word each you could think of it that way if you really want to well if it helps to get the 22 lines and sure
1:54.7	I like it yeah um it was kind of jaw dropping how little Kanye there was on this song.
2:03.6	My jaws dropped right now. You're telling me this for the first. I didn't know this.
2:09.8	Yeah, man. It's sad reality. It's barely qualifies as a Kanye feature.
2:16.9	You know what?
2:17.7	And the time you were just talking, I listened to his entire verse.
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