“We had everybody in there writing on it, and I needed a hook, none of the hooks was working. ” – at which point he mimicked the drum track with an impressive beatbox. “This all started when Jeff laid down this horn line, and I laid some drums over it like. One of the richest moments of the evening came during “All of the Lights,” when West offered anecdotes about the song’s recording during the Dark Fantasy sessions in Hawaii. Kanye West doesn’t perform songs so much as he showcases them, like a proud child showing off a crayon drawing. “You left your kids, and they just like you, they wanna rap and make soul beats just like you,” he rhymed – “I Don’t Like” isn’t exactly soul, but the pain is there. West’s love-letter to Chicago, “Homecoming,” felt even more relevant in this painful moment for the city, where violence increases with every warmer day and rising MCs like Chief Keef paint a darker, angrier Chicago than the soulful black mecca that West and frequent-collaborator Common have come to embody. He opened up to perform “Love Lockdown” and “Say You Will,” telling an elaborate story about getting stood up for a one-night stand (as a lone dancer performed what was probably the most important solo of her career – this night was about Kanye). Now that popular music has finally caught up to it, 808s & Heartbreak has revealed itself to be Kanye’s most vulnerable work, and perhaps his most brilliant. Much of his performance evoked the aesthetics of My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy: a large biblical-themed backdrop adorned the stage, nearly nude ballerinas writhed in tightly choreographed chaos, and West himself appeared a tragic hero, overcoming his self-imposed underdog status with every beat dropped and bar spat. As he descended and made his way through the crowd to take the stage to perform “Power,” not one fan tried to touch him, a moment that foreshadowed the awe-inducing, isolating spirit of the track. He opened the show atop a large crane, floating over the audience to “Dark Fantasy” with calm, focused eyes and a simple all-white ensemble. “This is the best you’ll ever get it!”ĭivided into three acts, West’s first solo headlining show in over a year traced the engrossing narrative of his career, from his humble, everyman beginnings to the blissful highs and painful lows. As the already-iconic MC bounced around five albums of material, complete with lavish stage sets and a bevy of dancers, it was clear that West loved his catalogue more than anyone else in the auditorium. ![]() “But my music is! I make perfect music!” It was hard to argue. If you want to listen to our analysis of Pinocchio Story, check it out here.“As a man, I’m not perfect,” Kanye West confessed halfway through his set at the lavish Revel Resort in Atlantic City Friday night. The more stans involved, the more we'll learn so we can improve the show. We'll be participating in the thread all week, but we'd love for everyone else to have their say. ![]() Let everyone know: What's your favorite part of the song and why? Least favorite? What confuses you about the song? What's something you've discovered that will help people appreciate the song even more? This week, we have Pinocchio Story, the final song off 808s & Heartbreak. Whether you listen to our analysis or not, we'd love for you to get in here and analyze this song even further to create a better understanding of it. In that spirit, this weekly discussion thread extends our own personal analysis of a Kanye song into the r/kanye forum. Our goal is to push ourselves and encourage others to be more active participants when it comes to art. Submit a form if you have any discussion thread ideasĮach week on our podcast Watching the Throne, we go line by line through a Kanye West song to pick apart the narrative, the themes, the ideas explored by the one and only Yeezy.Blur it out, otherwise your submission will be removed ASAP. Do NOT post a screenshot in which we can see the username of an "un-wavy" user.Do NOT spam or take part in spamming the frontpage with 1 type of post/content - example) or your post will be removed.Do NOT share or request copyrighted content (some exceptions apply)."Give me some up-yes", "Press that Ye button", "Let's bring this to the top", "<- Number of people that want.", etc.), or else your post will be removed Do NOT ask for upvotes in any shape or form (i.e. ![]() This will result in an immediate and permanent ban. Do NOT wish harm on others, or worse, tell someone to kill themselves.r/Kanye Discord chatroom Watching The Throne podcast Rules
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