Kanye West has been in the music industry since the mid-1990s. Also known as a fashion designer, West hails from Atlanta in the US state of Georgia. Over the years, he has used various...
As with most cyphers or posse cuts, “Forever” is braggadocious in nature. The emcees are given a general theme or perhaps in this case just a single word – “forever” – and then are tasked...
“Someday We’ll All Be Free” is the first song Kanye has dropped since going “death con 3 on Jewish people”, settling his divorce with Kim K. and basically establishing himself, if even only for the moment, as the most-popular conspiracy...
The first couple of passages of “Violent Crimes”, i.e. its intro and chorus, leave something to be desired in terms of understandability. But such challenges are to be expected considering that this song comes from an...
“30 Hours” is not the easiest Kanye West song to make concise sense of. For instance, he more or less rambles for about three minutes during the outro. But the interpretative consensus is that this piece is...
As of this writing, Kanye West probably serves as the quintessential example, as far as the public eye is concerned, of how being rich and famous doesn’t automatically translate into a simpler life. He has...
“Run This Town” is a dual-sentiment song. On one hand it is obviously meant to big up Roc La Familia, i.e. Jay-Z’s circle of artists at the time, which most notably included Rihanna and Kanye...
This song can be classified as being primarily braggadocious in nature, with a palpably-confrontational, gang-inspired slant to it all. Cardi B, who holds down the first verse, properly sets the tone in by letting it...
Kanye West’s “Gold Digger” is a song which is obviously meant to possess a comedic undertone. And that characteristic, in a manner of speaking, stands at the forefront of this track’s popularity. But the actual subject matter...
There’s two things that need to be acknowledged about Kanye West. One is that his personal life is very much part of the public domain, if you will. Secondly, he tends to talk about his...