Watching the Throne: A Lyrical Analysis of Kanye West

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A lyrical analysis of Kanye West

  • 35 minutes 25 seconds
    My StorYe: Ricky Starks

    AEW wrestler Ricky Starks joins Chris today to talk about his love of Ye's music.

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    22 November 2022, 2:53 pm
  • 1 hour 12 minutes
    Power by Ye | Part 2

    Part 2 of this episode concludes our line-by-line analysis of Power by Ye.

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    15 November 2022, 10:00 am
  • 1 hour 24 minutes
    Power by Ye | Part 1

    If you know Chris and Travis, then you know there's no way they're getting through a masterpiece like Power in just one episode.

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    8 November 2022, 10:00 am
  • 2 hours 19 minutes
    Gorgeous by Ye

    Ain't no question if we want it—the world needs this lyrical breakdown of Gorgeous. And being a song the entire Ye community adores, Chris and Travis have decided to bring their A game. Together they unpack this mammoth examination of American culture and how Ye fits into it.

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    1 November 2022, 9:00 am
  • 2 hours 10 minutes
    Dark Fantasy by Ye

    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.

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    25 October 2022, 8:00 am
  • 1 hour 6 minutes
    Adam Pally Goes DEFCON

    Adam Pally has been a fan of Ye since the beginning. But...well. Ye's recent behavior has changed everything. In this episode, he sits down with Chris and Travis to work through some feelings (and let out some anger).

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    21 October 2022, 5:00 am
  • 1 hour 45 minutes
    Season 8: My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy by Ye

    In a moment where Ye is in the middle of about 15 different controversies...we just wanna focus on the music. So that's what we're going to do with Season 8 of Watching the Throne, which will be entirely dedicated to Kanye's masterpiece My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy. In this first episode, we overview the album and what we expect to learn on this journey. Also, we rank every song on the album.

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    18 October 2022, 5:00 am
  • 35 minutes 53 seconds
    We Should Talk About Ye...

    Next week we begin our new season on My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy. But before we start, we need to have a discussion about Kanye's recent behavior.

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    11 October 2022, 8:00 am
  • 1 hour 13 minutes
    Reactions to True Love and Daylight

    Annnnnnd WE'RE BACK!!! And we're ready to discuss two new songs—one belongs to Kanye, and the other features Kanye. The first is True Love, which features XXXTentacion and is/was slated to be part of Donda 2. And the other is Daylight, a song from Vory that features a mumbly verse from Ye that sent everyone into a tizzy. We give our impressions of each song and catch up on this ep.

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    1 June 2022, 1:14 pm
  • 42 minutes 51 seconds
    Every Movie Reference Made By Kanye West

    Shout out to YellowKing for putting together this huge list of every movie reference Ye has ever made in his music. There are a lot of them. And we read every single one because there's nothing else happening right now. So sit back and enjoy Step Brothers, Star Wars, Scarface, Elm Street, and other references.

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    1 April 2022, 7:11 pm
  • 1 hour 2 minutes
    Hip Hop vs The Grammys | Could Kanye's canceled performance lead to revolution?

    The Grammys cancelled a performance by Kanye West at the 2022 award show. And it's not sitting well with everyone. J Prince wrote a long Twitter thread about it. Dame Dash expressed his frustrations. It's just the latest in a long history of suspect behavior by the Recording Academy when it comes to their treatment of Black artists. We dive into what the legendary executives had to say on the matter as well as spend nearly an hour hearing what artists like Nicki Minaj, Lil Wayne, The Weeknd, Frank Ocean, Kanye, Halsey, Pink, and many more had to say about their experience with the Academy.

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    29 March 2022, 5:02 pm
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