Category: Kanye West

Don Toliver / Kanye West / Kid Cudi

September 10, 2021

 by Amanda London · Published September 10, 2021

“Moon” by Kanye West (ft. Kid Cudi and Don Toliver

For starters, Kanye West only contributes to this song in an ad-libbing sort of capacity. Cudder rather serves as the main vocalist. And based on statements that Kid Cudi, who regularly references the moon in...

Kanye West

September 10, 2021

 by Amanda London · Published September 10, 2021

“Heaven and Hell” by Kanye West

Heaven and Hell‘s singular verse commences with Kanye sounding like he’s ready to quit the game. He’s already made enough dough to go and live like anywhere he wants and do what he has to...

Andre 3000 / Kanye West

September 5, 2021

 by Amanda London · Published September 5, 2021

“Life of the Party” by Kanye West (ft. André 3000)

In the intro to “Life of the Party”, Kanye West implies, on the surface, that what its title is based on is him being in an especially celebratory mood in the aftermath of surviving...

Kanye West / Young Thug

September 3, 2021

 by Amanda London · Published September 3, 2021

“Remote Control” by Kanye West (ft. Young Thug)

Most simply explained, the title of this song (“Remote Control”) serves as a braggadocios device. In other words, when Kanye asserts that he’s “got it on remote control”, that’s basically another way of saying that...

Kanye West / Sunday Service Choir

September 3, 2021

 by Amanda London · Published September 3, 2021

“24” by Kanye West

The song “24” was inspired by and can also be deemed as a tribute to, to some extent, the death of Kobe Bryant.  Kobe Bryant, who you’ve undoubtedly heard of before, was a former...

Kanye West / Playboi Carti

September 3, 2021

 by Amanda London · Published September 3, 2021

“Junya” by Kanye West (Playboi Carti)

Junya Watanbe is a fashion designer based in Tokyo whose products, as to be expected since he’s getting such a major shoutout from an A list rapper, tend to be pretty expensive. And it isn’t...

Kanye West

September 3, 2021

 by Amanda London · Published September 3, 2021

“Believe What I Say” by Kanye West

We presumed that it would only be a matter of time before we came across a song on the playlist of Donda that was more head-scratching than it isn’t. Well, at least such can be the case...

Kanye West / Lil Yachty / Rooga

September 2, 2021

 by Amanda London · Published September 2, 2021

“Ok Ok” by Kanye West (ft. Fivio, Rooga and Lil Yachty)

It has been reasonably put forth that the first verse, which is held down by Kanye West, may be a diss against his most-formidable rival, fellow rap superstar Drake. Or more to the point Yeezus, who considers...

Kanye West / Syleena Johnson

September 2, 2021

 by Amanda London · Published September 2, 2021 · Last modified September 11, 2021

“Donda Chant” by Kanye West (ft. Syleena Johnson)

“Donda Chant” holds the distinction of literally being the most repetitive track (with words) we’ve ever worked on, as lyrically it only features one word, “Donda”, being repeated approximately 60 times (as implied by the...

Kanye West / Lil Durk / Vory

September 2, 2021

 by Amanda London · Published September 2, 2021 · Last modified September 11, 2021

“Jonah” by Kanye West

“Jonah” is the least religious actual song we’ve come across thus far on the playlist of Donda.  Yes, Kanye does give a shoutout to the “Holy Father” in the third verse. And there is also the...