Watching the Throne: A Lyrical Analysis of Kanye West
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My StorYe: Ricky Starks
AEW wrestler Ricky Starks joins Chris today to talk about his love of Ye's music.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
Power by Ye | Part 2
Part 2 of this episode concludes our line-by-line analysis of Power by Ye.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
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.If you'd like to support the show (and hear this episode ad-free), then join our Patreon community.Learn more about your ad c
Gorgeous by Ye
Ain't no question if we want itthe 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
Dark Fantasy by Ye
It's time to get highermuch, 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 tidbi
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). Learn more about your ad choices. Vis
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
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.If you'd like to support the show (and hear this episode ad-free), then join our Patreon community.Le
Reactions to True Love and Daylight
Annnnnnd WE'RE BACK!!! And we're ready to discuss two new songsone belongs to Kanye, and the other features Kanye. The first is True Love, which features XXXTentacion and is/was slated to be part of
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 h