And probably his best production (along with MBDTF), I mean we can hear hip hop, electro, pop, strings, samples, beautiful melodies, singing and rapping flows at the same time.... That Album was the one the made him a WORLWIDE SUPERSTAR, not only a hip hop star
@@theofreres1882I don't think it was because of the fame or the money, I always thought that it was because of his mom's death and because of his wife leaving him
It’s not weird that you had this ‘cheesy’ sentiment during Goodmorning. This is one of the songs that always get me teary and i sometimes cry to. Usually because of nostalgia, but especially because i am a student in college now and i really don’t know if i want to do the profession i am learning for. I am kinda forced to do it, but i don’t know if i’ll be happy doing it. This song kinda gives me hope that maybe i can do something else later that will make me happy.
The end of your comment really resonated with me. Don’t be afraid to try new things, like discovering a hobby. If you’re on this video I assume you like music; my main hobby/passion that I discovered a while ago is music production. I started out with very little experience roughly seven years ago and I’ve learned so much and had a blast the whole way through. My point is to try something that interests you. It doesn’t always have to involve your job/career. Mine certainly doesn’t.
i'm exactly in the same place as you. studying business right now, and I do enjoy the quantitative aspects of it, but some of these classes I feel have killed my motivation and outlook on the field (covid and online school for 2 years is defo part of that). When i was in high school, I had creative interests (and still do) but never actualized them into something i realistically thought would make a practicl career so I didn't apply to programs related to that at the time. It's this point of hesitancy where it feels the future is at stake but listening to music like this gives me hope and makes me feel less anxious. Or at least, it's inspiring to feel like dreams can still be fulfilled and hobbies/passions can have their time to coexist
same here. i’m studying computer science (don’t like it at all), but i feel like i have no other option. i love design & music, and have been producing on & off for 5 years now! but it’s hard to believe in yourself enough to go out there & really do what you love. especially when the things you enjoy are not so profitable (if they are at all)
@@7barsofchocolate I was the exact same and now "graduation day" sounds like I made it. dropout rn nigga the high stakes will push you to do something amazing
I'm glad you were able to enjoy Drunk and Hot Girls without being told what to think. It is a hugely misunderstood song. The song is criticized for being creepy and uncomfortable when that is exactly what is intended. Kanye is showing us how money and fame can turn a man into a monster. We are meant to notice a contrast between celebratory tracks like “Good Life” on the first half of the album and “Drunk and Hot Girls” on the second half. On “Good Life” he keeps “it coming with the bottles ‘til she feel booze like she bombed at Apollo.” Everything on “Good Life” is described as a “living spree” and uncritically a good thing. On “Drunk and Hot Girls” the tone becomes dark, and we see how that same behaviour can be destructive for both sides of the exchange. Kanye is caught in a cycle of empty sexual transactions with women he doesn’t want anything to do with. The behaviour hurts not only himself but the women he engages with, as he uses alcohol to manipulate them into the bedroom. Now the girl is vomiting and he’s still asking if she wants another “sippy sippy.” This is not a celebration. It’s sad. This is why Mos Def near the end of the song sings, "Love: the dangerous necessity that people seek without regard to where they are." In other words, people look for love in the wrong places, and will do terrible things to get it. Kanye has a hole inside him and will go against his own morals to fill it. Perhaps more than any other artist, Kanye is willing to put all his cards on the table. Kanye is a big fan of movies and one of his favourites is American Psycho starring Christian Bale. The movie explores how men of great success and power can become hollow shells of themselves to the point that they become psychotic. This is a primary theme in Kanye’s music: he always places the most beautiful thoughts beside the darkest, so we get a complex picture of what it means to be a man who has achieved “the good life.” We can think of Kanye as a film director constructing an ongoing character study spanning the entirety of his adult life. Through his albums, we get to see a person reach stratospheric levels of success while trying not to lose their soul in the process.
I was really surprised to learn from the Patreon comments that 'Drunk Girls' is so hated. To me, it is a clear warning of destructive tendencies gaining speed, especially since it follows 'Can't Tell Me Nothing' and 'Barry Bonds.'
@@bobthepoppop You have a deeper understanding of Kanye than a lot of Kanye fans. A lot of this stuff goes over people's heads. At the same time most people don't pay that close attention to the lyrics so that's probably why. Kanye is a master storyteller. I love how clever he is and he really uses "show don't tell" to great effect. Everything he does is so visual where you can't help but picture what he says in your mind.
It’s so refreshing seeing a fan that understands Drunk and Hot Girls. Everytime I ask people why they don’t like it they just say “it’s rapey” like yes that’s the point. Kanye said recently on the Drunk Champs Podcast that he is a huge fan of the redemption and criticised drake for being toxic in his a lot of his music without giving himself a redemption. Kanye always does this, like in gold digger where most of the song criticises women for being gold diggers but flips it on its head in the final verse to point out if she does stay loyal the man is going to end up replacing her with a gold digger when he becomes rich anyway. The same is here, Kanye is a sleaze/rapey the entire song but the Mos Def bridge turns it into this being a dark tale of modern day love that’s become so distorted from what it once was as Kanye raps “now I’m with this girl for the rest of my life”. I’m honestly not articulate enough to express my points well enough so I’m glad I was finally able to see someone put it too words, it’s honestly top 5 on graduation for me and I’m glad that some people out there respect it as much as me.
@@theunityofknowledge2887 honestly I think a lot of Kanye fans just don’t really understand him. It’s the same people who are always saying “I miss the old Kanye”.
I think it's a great way to further conceptualize the idea of self-acceptance that people so often struggle with. I think, too often, people try to expel their flaws in order to become a "correct" version of who they are, but that isn't how it works. We all carry flaws, baggage, erratic emotions, etc. It's part of who we are. Just like centuries of rain carves a canyon, so do the events in our lives-good or bad-carve us.
Kanye has sampled Lauryn Hill multiple times. The chorus on All Falls Down is originally from her song but he couldnt get the sample so he had Syleena Johnson sing it. He shouts her out a lot too
Just wanted to give some context for the album: Kanye went on tour with U2 and thus saw these fully packed up arena’s and crowd. So with Graduation he wanted to make an album with anthem songs. Songs that are ar it’s best for concerts and stadiums. He used a lot of synths for this. And me personally i think he did an unbelievable job. Btw when you listen to the next album ‘808’s and Heartbreak’ make sure to know the context for that album, because that is a huge part of it!
The U2/stadium part makes sense. For 808s, I'm woefully aware. It's the only album thus far that I do not look forward to (contextually speaking). I already know it's gonna be a hard one.
@@bobthepoppop You’ve already done an amazing job appreciating all music for what it is. Especially as being a “Rocker”. Listening to WLR before any other carti album and enjoying it, is really surprising to me. I have no doubt you will like 808s & Heartbreak. It’s different but truly amazing.
U2 on the Vertigo Tour in 06 AND he also toured with The Rolling Stones in 06 on the Bigger Bang Tour. Both massive stadium tours, and he got inspired to make music that sounded grand and could fill out a stadium sonically. The massive synths and anthemic sounding melodies are a direct result of this, he's indeed said repeatedly that touring with them were direct inspirations.
@@bobthepoppop 808s is not just about his mother but his breakup from Alexis Phifer, the girl hes actually referring to on a lot of the songs on this album... They were engaged. You'd be surprised to find out that most of the album more so deals with the break up than the loss of his mother. It has felt like all the way up until 2021, he's been very hesitant to deal with his grief after his mom died. As far as I can tell, it's the biggest reason why he has so many issues: He never dealt with it until the last few years. If you look at pictures of him from after Donda came out, hes always smiling, and it looks genuine for once. Even though his friend Virgil Abloh just passed and hes having a divorce, you can tell he's trying his best to move forward.
Lauryn Hill is well known for basically disappearing off the map after releasing a single legendary album and being extremely rare to see at live events (some of which she has shown up egregiously late to LOL)
I seen Lauryn Hill live in Auckland, NZ. The first 50 people who brought merch got to meet her for a signing. Myself & 2 friends were lucky enough to be in the 50. I got to meet her, say hi & got her signature. I didn’t really appreciate it until I got a bit older but I’ll always be thankful I got to meet her!
College Dropout’s impact isn’t as apparent now because of the influence that it had on the whole genre it seems normal. But at the time the album was truly groundbreaking for mainstream hip hop. Between the topics he was covering, the way he was tackling the concepts, being unabashedly himself and not exactly fitting the mold especially being on roc a fell a, and his revival of the soul samples with his specific style.
"Can't Tell Me Nothing" is not about getting his mind right. The song is about acquiring wealth as a black man in America. Once he acquires that wealth, the people who talked down to him and oppressed him can no longer oppress him. He's moved out the hood and lives in the same neighborhood with privileged folks who can't relate to his struggle. So in his mind, no one can tell him nothing because they can't walk in his shoes. The black man from the hood can't tell him nothing, because he's still broke in the hood. And the white man in suburbs can't tell him nothing, because he can't relate to making it out of the hood.
I like this take a lot, and it makes a lot of sense. I've been listening to this track very closely the last few days to try and hear the different perspectives people have mentioned, and it's been an interesting experience. I'll talk more on it tonight during my Additional Thoughts video.
This album grows alot with listening, not a single skippable track imo. Personal favorite is "Big Brother" since it's pretty rare in rap to actually show that amount of respect while someone is still alive as said. The last verse especially always gets me emotional since you can hear it coming straight from Kanyes heart. Looking forward to the additional thoughts video already.
All I have is this funny story with this album. I had just graduated High School and would go and mow my grandma's massive yard, water flowers, etc., for extra money each week or so. She was INSANELY particular with her yard, to an obsessive degree. It was like her own flex to her neighbors with how well it always looked and kept up. lol So I would always be paying close attention to what was I was doing. Well, the morning this album dropped I went and got it on my way to mow her yard. Put the headphones on, turned the music up, and got to mowing. I already was a Kanye Stan, so I was just blown away sonically with the album. An hour into the mowing I notice the yard looked fucked up. Badly. The ground was still wet from the previous nights rain, and all you could see were rows of mud. Not just a few rows, but almost an acre. I had lowered the blade WAY too low and was so into the music that I literally did not notice something that was so obviously in my face, as I was repeatably doing it. haha My grandma, shocked and pissed, swore I was drunk and supervised my next few times mowing. She didn't accept my blaming of Kanye. haha I can always tell you the day and what was going on emotionally in my life around that time when each of his albums came out, and this one was always fun to look back on. Oh, how I miss being 19. lol
Meanwhile I was 9, in elementary school. I was fully aware of Kanye as my older brother was a stan and I relied on him to get every cd and play it in the family car. I remember being so struck with stronger, I hadn’t heard anything like it. Simpler times indeed...before the recession lol
Ohh man, my story discovering Kanye its Kinda Bizzare, I remember back in 2008, I was Watching some Modded GTA San Andreas Video, CJ was Sonic and then Sonic Turned into Golden Sonic and Stronger started blasting in the video and I was amazed, I asked My Sister what was that song, she told me the name, but I really became a fan with TLOP
An interesting thing I find, with the track "Everything I Am", is the song itself is an example of something he is not, that made him what he is. The song originally would have been a Common (the rapper named Common) song that Kanye produced, but because he passed on it, it became instead a Kanye song on Graduation and one of the highlights on the album (at least in my opinion).
I noticed that lyric, but I didn't quite get what it was referring to, so I didn't mention anything about it. But this is a great point and I'm glad you spoke on it
@@mikelewicki1557 Ye was actually the one who produced the beat, Preemo only contributed with his signature “scratching” on the chorus which is why he got a feature credit! :)
Man, one of the things I love about bob is the wisdom he provides when he tries to infer the meaning of a song. I’ve heard I Wonder well over 100 times and I never even considered the fact that the song could be about wondering about the adverse of having your dreams come true. I always believed that the song was about kind of showing off in a happy way. “And I wonder if you know what it mean to find your dreams come true” I find it crazy how we both listened to the same song and yet interpreted it completely differently. Love your content bob, been watching since you started covering Tyler’s discography.
I’ve been loving all the videos you’ve been doing but I get especially excited for Kanye because it makes me feel like I’m hearing the projects for the first time again
On “Stronger,” Kanye actually *samples* a Daft Punk song titled “Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger.” Daft Punk had nothing to do with the creation of “Stronger” besides allowing Ye to use the sample. I think this enhances just how genius the song really is
Yeah, I was way off on that. Genius threw me off on how they listed Daft Punk with the lyrics. Bums me out too... a Daft Punk/Kanye collab would be pretty fuckin' lit
Graduation will always be my favorite Ye album of all time. He is such a genius with samples and making good music, he’s the richest rapper for a reason. Loved the reaction man, you earned yourself a new subcriber❤️
You're correct in your assumption about Kanye's adoration for Lauren Hill... so much so that he's sampled her a few times, one being the song "All Falls Down" on the Late Registration album & another off of his latest album Donda. As you learn about Lauren you'll get why he holds her to a high standard
I always thought most people misunderstand the message behind Drunk and Hot girls, people hear it and think its nothing more than him talking about how he had thoughts of taking advantage of drunk women but I think you had it right but to add on I think hes really saying that hes risking everything he worked so hard for over lust but he cant escape the lust. The song is very hated by kanye fans and listeners because of the idea they built around it. I like it myself, very somber but mellow
I feel like it's the beginning on the downward spiral for Kanye. 'Addiction' from Late Registration is like a tease... Drunk and Hot Girls is him starting to be swallowed
@@bobthepoppop His albums read like a diary. There's cryptic parts, self-aware parts, funny etc, but all done over ridiculous production.... by him. He's way more smart, interesting & tragic than we see in the news.
I feel obligated to comment on each of your videos befiore watching to boost your channel but specifically this was the gateway album for me. I remember having stronger on repeat constantly the summer after I graduated sixth grade and requesting it for the co-ed dance playlist at my sleepaway camp. As a now 27 year old I am still a kanye megafan and even though I loved his earlier stuff, the uniqueness of this made me really relate to it. A classic that is atm my second favorite in his catalogue. My guess is you'll like it less than yeezus but be more impressed by the sonic depth, maybe your second favorite of what you've heard from ye so far. GO BOB!
Homecoming, I Wonder, Flashing Lights, and Can't Tell Me Nothin' are all easily in the running for some of my top kanye songs of all time, particularly Homecoming, love this album so much
so glad you reacted to this. I know I said it on turning the tables, but good morning is my alarm clock. the song has a ton of meaning, my dad passed away in march of 2020, and the sample in good morning is someone saved my life tonight by elton john. elton john was my dads favorite artist, so it the song means a ton to me! glad you’re finally reacting to this album, it means a ton! ❤️
808s and heartbreak is the next Kanye album and is considered classic. It's essentially the album that birthed the sound alot of artists used in the last 10-15 years auto tune was not common in rap b4 808s
Its very interesting watching you analyze the meaning behind the music you react to. Ive been watching your content for awhile now and i always love how you come to slightly different conclusions as to the meaning of the songs from me. Like ive always seen cant tell me nothing as talking about how artists are lead to believe that success and money is all they need to worry about and how they lose sight of themselves in the process, but your theory about money serving as a stand-in for the mind honestly is an amazing idea that id never considered. It low key compliments my previous ideas about the song in a cool way
IDK some of his favorite and a few of the songs he didn't care too much for kinda surprised. Also I thought he was going to like the big brother beat a little more than he did. I thought that song had the hardest hitting beat on that album.
When I saw Kanye West play in Toronto in 2013, "Stronger" was the song that by far got the biggest cheer and singing along of any others. I think the message and catchiness had something to do with it.
Flashing Light is one of his most popular songs but it’s for a reason. To this day I still think it’s one of the greatest songs of all time. The instrumental and feeling it gives is just unreal.
@Lydia possibly but then again he has so much music idk why anyone would restrict themselves to repeat the same album multiple times unless you are trying to memorize lyrics
Personally I think CD was musically innovative and thematically/culturally important on a level that he has yet to replicate, but that’s just my opinion. (big Kanye fan)
Yesssuuurrrr. Us kanye fans appreciate you taking the time out of your life to go on this crazy journey that is his discography and upload it. Keep up the videos and enjoy the good music!
i'm so excited for the lauryn hill video, its amazing to think that people still have that experience of listening for the first time down the road to look forward to!
if Champions sampling tickles your brain then I cant imagine what a J Dilla project would do to you LOL probably not an album for reacting to since they're instrumentals, but I highly recommend listening to Donuts by J Dilla when you're doing some in house chores or some computer work. A lot of modern hip hop sampling was entirely inspired by J Dillas sampling style.
Alfredo By Freddie GIbbs and The Alchemist would be a great video to do. Amazing production, amazing sequencing and hard bars by Freddie. Still pissed it didnt win a Grammy
Man I love this channel so much. Being a huge hip hop head who then got into more rock/metal later in life it’s so dope to see the reactions I would get while exploring the rock/metal genres.
Can’t Tell Me Nothing is prob one of his best in his live concerts. Bars on bars on bars. The arena just explodes when he performs it, can’t even explain but the vibe is amazing 🙌🏻
I’d love to see a Lupe Fiasco reaction! The Cool is my personal favorite, but starting with Food & Liquor would probably be best. Just get ready for a lot of lyrical density 😎
Another great reaction. I love that you take time to explain your perspective and walkthrough your interpretations, it's cool seeing your perspective and putting pieces together. Very excited for the 808s reaction, bring your tissues! :)
While I do agree that Kanye sonically progressed a ton between cd to lr & graduation, I think the appeal of cd and why it’s my personal favourite Kanye album is just seeing how much as a person he’s grown since that debut in 04. And at that time Kanye was just a normal dude rapping about everyday struggles like surviving on minimum wage where a lot more people relate to rather than his new problems of growing fame. I love all of Kanye’s albums but that’s just my two cents of why cd gets so much love.
Recently heard this album for the first time and I loved it, thank god you found it aswell :) Love your videos, I find them very interesting because not many people like to discuss albums, so I think your videos are top tier content!! XO
The awesome thing about listening to any artist is that you always keep juggling around a favorite track or album, and you’re constantly changing your taste. Right now for me that favorite song is Barry Bonds. You’ve been growing into a great content creator.
If Bob loves outros, he is going to be mindblown on Runaway This trilogy is cool but the next album run is amazing with 808's, MBDTF and Yeezus (which i know you heard and loved)
If you were wondering why you’ve heard of stronger before, it was one of his most popular songs made and it was played on the radio a lot near like 2010. 👍
thnaks for thinking about us kanye fans and you nailed it with the analogy at the beginning lol, its not annoying though you doing your own thing and your other reactions are great too, much love
even though my taste in music is usually heavier metal and dirty old school hip hop, something always made Graduation one of my favorites. Kanye's discography has records that would seem much more in tune with what I would like, but the pop of Graduation will always be my #1. love the tool shirt btw
My favorite album of all time, with flashing lights being my favorite song, for years now. I don't think it's technically his best, but it's just so enjoyable. Definitely check out the bonus track Good Night.
I’m rly glad ur not an old head who only cares for fast/deep lyrics but flow, melody etc. Here’s some albums here incase u ever need suggestions: Nothing Was The Same - Drake The Life Of Pablo - Kanye West (which you’re already gonna get to) ASTROWORLD - Travis Scott Playboi Carti - Playboi Carti DAMN. - Kendrick Lamar Meet The Woo/Meet The Woo 2 - Pop Smoke The Black Album - JAY-Z DS2 - Future 2001 - Dr. Dre The Marshall Mathers LP - Eminem (just some personal favourites of mine)
Bittersweet poetry is my favorite song off graduation but it was a Japan exclusive and it isn’t on spotify. You should check out it’s probably Kanye’s cutest sounding instrumental ever
the funny thing about the Mike Myers Katrina thing was that Myers afterwards said that he agreed with Kanye but was just so shocked that he didnt know what to do lol he even said "I'm very proud to have been next to him"
Your analogy on Kanye fans was so true for me personally 😂 enjoying your reactions to other artists too but I’m always most excited to see you react to ye. Love the content 👍
Great analysis, you can tell that Kanye was on his prime at that moment, he was the face of hihop back in then and he knew it, after the album release his mom, Donda, died, and u can note how in his next albulm 808s its literally another person
another classic album is 2014 Forrest Hills drive by J Cole - its top song has been on the charts since the album dropped in 2014 and is the longest ever to stay on the charts
It’s always fun hearing your fresh analysis of these songs that are classics to me. Gives me a new perspective and further reason to appreciate Yeezy. Appreciate you!
Bob, i know you already have a ton of artists on your list, but i wanna recommend A$AP Rocky (amazing rapper with amazing flows, lyrics, and one of a kind production) his debut (and only) mixtape Live.Love.A$AP dropped in 2011 & influenced hip-hop and cloud rap, and if you like the project check out his other projects: Long.Live.A$AP, At.Long.A$AP & Testing. He's also dropping a new project this year called All Smiles
Everything I Am is him reflecting how he was different from his peers and the typical rappers that were out then. He wasn’t being accepted at first because his style and everything about him was different than the rest. He opened the game of rap to be kids who didn’t wear baggy clothes and were on the block. First rapper to wear Louis backpack!
Omg I'm so excited for this one It was my first full hip hop album I bought & listened to Some of the tracks on this are phenomenal The production is sublime
Im hoping you do Kids See Ghosts later down the line (his album with Kid Cud). I Personally think its among his most underappreciated works of art. It works to reframe mental illness in a way that so inspiring, creative and different. I really think you would get a kick out of its crazy production as well.
Hey, great review. Specific to this album, Graduation, was intended to be a stadium oriented album, where the mix would be tailored to work well in a tour environment, hence the sonic sound being so pulling.
The best part of graduation for me is relating the lyrics more to stuff that I have experienced and have went through. that's one of the reasons I love Kanye is because those lyrics can be broad and less about him and sometimes can peel off the song and hit you more than what he might be writing the lyrics about. An example is " I wonder " which many of my friends have different reasons to love the song based on there own life. Personally I feel like graduation is one of the albums that truly can be a soundtrack to someone's life where it can appeal to many peoples feelings and relate to them more personally. d
1:08:22 LOL! Thats someones child. 😂
Been waiting for someone to stamp that 😊
I literally watched this fully and I didn't notice that somehow lol
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"Graduation" really is Ye at the best stage of his life. Happy, on top of the game and still with his mother. You can really feel that by listening
happy, dream girl, all the money he could’ve ever wanted, mother still alive, one of the most known celebrities in the world. man had it all 😕
And probably his best production (along with MBDTF), I mean we can hear hip hop, electro, pop, strings, samples, beautiful melodies, singing and rapping flows at the same time....
That Album was the one the made him a WORLWIDE SUPERSTAR, not only a hip hop star
@@aethr1of1 fame and fortune make people crazy
@@theofreres1882Kanye sold his soul man
@@theofreres1882I don't think it was because of the fame or the money, I always thought that it was because of his mom's death and because of his wife leaving him
When Bob said "I love Kanye" my heart grew three sizes.
Like Kanye Loves Kanye
Pin this comment bob ❤️
bro go see a doctor that's fucked up 💀💀
@@andremartinez4411 maybe he’s the grinch
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I Wonder is one of the most uplifting songs ever created
That last verse is so good it really does something to me gives me a feeling I can’t describe
Best song from the album
I’ve always found that song sad but not in a painful way, more like wistful. But yes it’s one of the best tracks for sure!
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@@orangemag1964 the glory as well
It’s not weird that you had this ‘cheesy’ sentiment during Goodmorning. This is one of the songs that always get me teary and i sometimes cry to. Usually because of nostalgia, but especially because i am a student in college now and i really don’t know if i want to do the profession i am learning for. I am kinda forced to do it, but i don’t know if i’ll be happy doing it. This song kinda gives me hope that maybe i can do something else later that will make me happy.
The end of your comment really resonated with me. Don’t be afraid to try new things, like discovering a hobby. If you’re on this video I assume you like music; my main hobby/passion that I discovered a while ago is music production. I started out with very little experience roughly seven years ago and I’ve learned so much and had a blast the whole way through. My point is to try something that interests you. It doesn’t always have to involve your job/career. Mine certainly doesn’t.
i'm exactly in the same place as you. studying business right now, and I do enjoy the quantitative aspects of it, but some of these classes I feel have killed my motivation and outlook on the field (covid and online school for 2 years is defo part of that). When i was in high school, I had creative interests (and still do) but never actualized them into something i realistically thought would make a practicl career so I didn't apply to programs related to that at the time. It's this point of hesitancy where it feels the future is at stake but listening to music like this gives me hope and makes me feel less anxious. Or at least, it's inspiring to feel like dreams can still be fulfilled and hobbies/passions can have their time to coexist
same here. i’m studying computer science (don’t like it at all), but i feel like i have no other option. i love design & music, and have been producing on & off for 5 years now! but it’s hard to believe in yourself enough to go out there & really do what you love. especially when the things you enjoy are not so profitable (if they are at all)
@@7barsofchocolate I was the exact same and now "graduation day" sounds like I made it. dropout rn nigga the high stakes will push you to do something amazing
oh you graduated? "nah I decided I was finished"
I'm glad you were able to enjoy Drunk and Hot Girls without being told what to think. It is a hugely misunderstood song. The song is criticized for being creepy and uncomfortable when that is exactly what is intended. Kanye is showing us how money and fame can turn a man into a monster. We are meant to notice a contrast between celebratory tracks like “Good Life” on the first half of the album and “Drunk and Hot Girls” on the second half. On “Good Life” he keeps “it coming with the bottles ‘til she feel booze like she bombed at Apollo.” Everything on “Good Life” is described as a “living spree” and uncritically a good thing.
On “Drunk and Hot Girls” the tone becomes dark, and we see how that same behaviour can be destructive for both sides of the exchange. Kanye is caught in a cycle of empty sexual transactions with women he doesn’t want anything to do with. The behaviour hurts not only himself but the women he engages with, as he uses alcohol to manipulate them into the bedroom. Now the girl is vomiting and he’s still asking if she wants another “sippy sippy.” This is not a celebration. It’s sad.
This is why Mos Def near the end of the song sings, "Love: the dangerous necessity that people seek without regard to where they are." In other words, people look for love in the wrong places, and will do terrible things to get it. Kanye has a hole inside him and will go against his own morals to fill it. Perhaps more than any other artist, Kanye is willing to put all his cards on the table.
Kanye is a big fan of movies and one of his favourites is American Psycho starring Christian Bale. The movie explores how men of great success and power can become hollow shells of themselves to the point that they become psychotic. This is a primary theme in Kanye’s music: he always places the most beautiful thoughts beside the darkest, so we get a complex picture of what it means to be a man who has achieved “the good life.”
We can think of Kanye as a film director constructing an ongoing character study spanning the entirety of his adult life. Through his albums, we get to see a person reach stratospheric levels of success while trying not to lose their soul in the process.
I was really surprised to learn from the Patreon comments that 'Drunk Girls' is so hated. To me, it is a clear warning of destructive tendencies gaining speed, especially since it follows 'Can't Tell Me Nothing' and 'Barry Bonds.'
@@bobthepoppop You have a deeper understanding of Kanye than a lot of Kanye fans. A lot of this stuff goes over people's heads. At the same time most people don't pay that close attention to the lyrics so that's probably why. Kanye is a master storyteller. I love how clever he is and he really uses "show don't tell" to great effect. Everything he does is so visual where you can't help but picture what he says in your mind.
It’s so refreshing seeing a fan that understands Drunk and Hot Girls. Everytime I ask people why they don’t like it they just say “it’s rapey” like yes that’s the point. Kanye said recently on the Drunk Champs Podcast that he is a huge fan of the redemption and criticised drake for being toxic in his a lot of his music without giving himself a redemption. Kanye always does this, like in gold digger where most of the song criticises women for being gold diggers but flips it on its head in the final verse to point out if she does stay loyal the man is going to end up replacing her with a gold digger when he becomes rich anyway. The same is here, Kanye is a sleaze/rapey the entire song but the Mos Def bridge turns it into this being a dark tale of modern day love that’s become so distorted from what it once was as Kanye raps “now I’m with this girl for the rest of my life”. I’m honestly not articulate enough to express my points well enough so I’m glad I was finally able to see someone put it too words, it’s honestly top 5 on graduation for me and I’m glad that some people out there respect it as much as me.
@@johnmartin795 Same to you. Cheers.
@@theunityofknowledge2887 honestly I think a lot of Kanye fans just don’t really understand him. It’s the same people who are always saying “I miss the old Kanye”.
‘Everything I am’ is a pure masterpiece. Despite what everyone says you are not, it is also everything you are.
I think it's a great way to further conceptualize the idea of self-acceptance that people so often struggle with. I think, too often, people try to expel their flaws in order to become a "correct" version of who they are, but that isn't how it works. We all carry flaws, baggage, erratic emotions, etc. It's part of who we are. Just like centuries of rain carves a canyon, so do the events in our lives-good or bad-carve us.
Kanye has sampled Lauryn Hill multiple times. The chorus on All Falls Down is originally from her song but he couldnt get the sample so he had Syleena Johnson sing it. He shouts her out a lot too
Most recently believe what I say
@@staigenerator2949 banger song fr
I heard the Lauryn hill version of all falls down and Syleena Johnsons version is far superior.
I Wonder is such a great track. I always get chills when the strings come in toward the end!
you might like the original sample as well: my song by labi siffre
@@lightningbolt9756 super good song, listen to it just as much as I Wonder
Just wanted to give some context for the album:
Kanye went on tour with U2 and thus saw these fully packed up arena’s and crowd. So with Graduation he wanted to make an album with anthem songs. Songs that are ar it’s best for concerts and stadiums. He used a lot of synths for this. And me personally i think he did an unbelievable job.
Btw when you listen to the next album ‘808’s and Heartbreak’ make sure to know the context for that album, because that is a huge part of it!
The U2/stadium part makes sense. For 808s, I'm woefully aware. It's the only album thus far that I do not look forward to (contextually speaking). I already know it's gonna be a hard one.
@@bobthepoppop You’ve already done an amazing job appreciating all music for what it is. Especially as being a “Rocker”. Listening to WLR before any other carti album and enjoying it, is really surprising to me. I have no doubt you will like 808s & Heartbreak. It’s different but truly amazing.
U2 on the Vertigo Tour in 06 AND he also toured with The Rolling Stones in 06 on the Bigger Bang Tour. Both massive stadium tours, and he got inspired to make music that sounded grand and could fill out a stadium sonically. The massive synths and anthemic sounding melodies are a direct result of this, he's indeed said repeatedly that touring with them were direct inspirations.
@@bobthepoppop 808s is not just about his mother but his breakup from Alexis Phifer, the girl hes actually referring to on a lot of the songs on this album... They were engaged. You'd be surprised to find out that most of the album more so deals with the break up than the loss of his mother. It has felt like all the way up until 2021, he's been very hesitant to deal with his grief after his mom died. As far as I can tell, it's the biggest reason why he has so many issues: He never dealt with it until the last few years. If you look at pictures of him from after Donda came out, hes always smiling, and it looks genuine for once. Even though his friend Virgil Abloh just passed and hes having a divorce, you can tell he's trying his best to move forward.
@@bobthepoppop it’s hard but that what makes it my favorite. It’s raw and filled with emotion.
Lauryn Hill is well known for basically disappearing off the map after releasing a single legendary album and being extremely rare to see at live events (some of which she has shown up egregiously late to LOL)
She was also apart of the legendary hip-hop group "The Fugees"
@@TuneSquad296 true but the miseducation is 🤌🏾
I seen Lauryn Hill live in Auckland, NZ. The first 50 people who brought merch got to meet her for a signing. Myself & 2 friends were lucky enough to be in the 50. I got to meet her, say hi & got her signature. I didn’t really appreciate it until I got a bit older but I’ll always be thankful I got to meet her!
I saw Lauryn Hill live in SLC, UT lol she was great.
@@coolcalmcloud363 to bad the people who made the album didn't get credit for it and had to take her to court for it.
College Dropout’s impact isn’t as apparent now because of the influence that it had on the whole genre it seems normal. But at the time the album was truly groundbreaking for mainstream hip hop. Between the topics he was covering, the way he was tackling the concepts, being unabashedly himself and not exactly fitting the mold especially being on roc a fell a, and his revival of the soul samples with his specific style.
"Can't Tell Me Nothing" is not about getting his mind right. The song is about acquiring wealth as a black man in America. Once he acquires that wealth, the people who talked down to him and oppressed him can no longer oppress him.
He's moved out the hood and lives in the same neighborhood with privileged folks who can't relate to his struggle. So in his mind, no one can tell him nothing because they can't walk in his shoes.
The black man from the hood can't tell him nothing, because he's still broke in the hood. And the white man in suburbs can't tell him nothing, because he can't relate to making it out of the hood.
I like this take a lot, and it makes a lot of sense. I've been listening to this track very closely the last few days to try and hear the different perspectives people have mentioned, and it's been an interesting experience. I'll talk more on it tonight during my Additional Thoughts video.
@@bobthepoppop big fan bob when can we expect the additional thought?
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This album grows alot with listening, not a single skippable track imo. Personal favorite is "Big Brother" since it's pretty rare in rap to actually show that amount of respect while someone is still alive as said. The last verse especially always gets me emotional since you can hear it coming straight from Kanyes heart.
Looking forward to the additional thoughts video already.
I like every track except for drunk and hot girls
Impossible listening to Champion without smiling
Such a banger of an album whenever i get into a depression or feel unmotivated this album helps me get out of that slump
_Stronger_ was one of his most radio played songs so yeah you might've heard it
All I have is this funny story with this album. I had just graduated High School and would go and mow my grandma's massive yard, water flowers, etc., for extra money each week or so. She was INSANELY particular with her yard, to an obsessive degree. It was like her own flex to her neighbors with how well it always looked and kept up. lol So I would always be paying close attention to what was I was doing. Well, the morning this album dropped I went and got it on my way to mow her yard. Put the headphones on, turned the music up, and got to mowing. I already was a Kanye Stan, so I was just blown away sonically with the album. An hour into the mowing I notice the yard looked fucked up. Badly. The ground was still wet from the previous nights rain, and all you could see were rows of mud. Not just a few rows, but almost an acre. I had lowered the blade WAY too low and was so into the music that I literally did not notice something that was so obviously in my face, as I was repeatably doing it. haha My grandma, shocked and pissed, swore I was drunk and supervised my next few times mowing. She didn't accept my blaming of Kanye. haha
I can always tell you the day and what was going on emotionally in my life around that time when each of his albums came out, and this one was always fun to look back on. Oh, how I miss being 19. lol
lol, great story 🤘
Meanwhile I was 9, in elementary school. I was fully aware of Kanye as my older brother was a stan and I relied on him to get every cd and play it in the family car. I remember being so struck with stronger, I hadn’t heard anything like it. Simpler times indeed...before the recession lol
Ohh man, my story discovering Kanye its Kinda Bizzare, I remember back in 2008, I was Watching some Modded GTA San Andreas Video, CJ was Sonic and then Sonic Turned into Golden Sonic and Stronger started blasting in the video and I was amazed, I asked My Sister what was that song, she told me the name, but I really became a fan with TLOP
I'm so jealous you get to hear all these beautiful songs for the first time.
An interesting thing I find, with the track "Everything I Am", is the song itself is an example of something he is not, that made him what he is. The song originally would have been a Common (the rapper named Common) song that Kanye produced, but because he passed on it, it became instead a Kanye song on Graduation and one of the highlights on the album (at least in my opinion).
I noticed that lyric, but I didn't quite get what it was referring to, so I didn't mention anything about it. But this is a great point and I'm glad you spoke on it
@@mikelewicki1557 Ye was actually the one who produced the beat, Preemo only contributed with his signature “scratching” on the chorus which is why he got a feature credit! :)
@@emmepistol You are 100% correct my man
Man, one of the things I love about bob is the wisdom he provides when he tries to infer the meaning of a song. I’ve heard I Wonder well over 100 times and I never even considered the fact that the song could be about wondering about the adverse of having your dreams come true. I always believed that the song was about kind of showing off in a happy way. “And I wonder if you know what it mean to find your dreams come true” I find it crazy how we both listened to the same song and yet interpreted it completely differently.
Love your content bob, been watching since you started covering Tyler’s discography.
Same man I love just hearing this man express his opinion over the love of music
Hell yea he made it even deeper
I’ve been loving all the videos you’ve been doing but I get especially excited for Kanye because it makes me feel like I’m hearing the projects for the first time again
On “Stronger,” Kanye actually *samples* a Daft Punk song titled “Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger.” Daft Punk had nothing to do with the creation of “Stronger” besides allowing Ye to use the sample. I think this enhances just how genius the song really is
Yeah, I was way off on that. Genius threw me off on how they listed Daft Punk with the lyrics. Bums me out too... a Daft Punk/Kanye collab would be pretty fuckin' lit
@@bobthepoppop funny enough, they actually helped out with production on 4 different tracks on Yeezus.
@@bobthepoppop Daft Punk has producer credits on the first few songs on Yeezus. On Sight, Black Skinhead and I Am A God.
@@bobthepoppop daft Punk was featured in the music video of Stronger. Do you ever plan on doing music video reactions???
@@elikling I actually didn’t know this!
Graduation will always be my favorite Ye album of all time. He is such a genius with samples and making good music, he’s the richest rapper for a reason. Loved the reaction man, you earned yourself a new subcriber❤️
if we’re doing all of the albums in chronological order i seriously can’t wait for “808s and Heartbreaks” and “My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy”
You're correct in your assumption about Kanye's adoration for Lauren Hill... so much so that he's sampled her a few times, one being the song "All Falls Down" on the Late Registration album & another off of his latest album Donda. As you learn about Lauren you'll get why he holds her to a high standard
All Falls Down is on College Dropout*
@@SamuTT my bad! You're right.
Bob! Moving up the Kanye ladder. Love it!
The way Kanye samples in simply unmatched
I always thought most people misunderstand the message behind Drunk and Hot girls, people hear it and think its nothing more than him talking about how he had thoughts of taking advantage of drunk women but I think you had it right but to add on I think hes really saying that hes risking everything he worked so hard for over lust but he cant escape the lust. The song is very hated by kanye fans and listeners because of the idea they built around it. I like it myself, very somber but mellow
I feel like it's the beginning on the downward spiral for Kanye. 'Addiction' from Late Registration is like a tease... Drunk and Hot Girls is him starting to be swallowed
@@bobthepoppop His albums read like a diary. There's cryptic parts, self-aware parts, funny etc, but all done over ridiculous production.... by him. He's way more smart, interesting & tragic than we see in the news.
I feel obligated to comment on each of your videos befiore watching to boost your channel but specifically this was the gateway album for me. I remember having stronger on repeat constantly the summer after I graduated sixth grade and requesting it for the co-ed dance playlist at my sleepaway camp. As a now 27 year old I am still a kanye megafan and even though I loved his earlier stuff, the uniqueness of this made me really relate to it. A classic that is atm my second favorite in his catalogue. My guess is you'll like it less than yeezus but be more impressed by the sonic depth, maybe your second favorite of what you've heard from ye so far. GO BOB!
So excited one of my favorites from Kanye.
Homecoming, I Wonder, Flashing Lights, and Can't Tell Me Nothin' are all easily in the running for some of my top kanye songs of all time, particularly Homecoming, love this album so much
so glad you reacted to this. I know I said it on turning the tables, but good morning is my alarm clock. the song has a ton of meaning, my dad passed away in march of 2020, and the sample in good morning is someone saved my life tonight by elton john. elton john was my dads favorite artist, so it the song means a ton to me! glad you’re finally reacting to this album, it means a ton! ❤️
808s and heartbreak is the next Kanye album and is considered classic. It's essentially the album that birthed the sound alot of artists used in the last 10-15 years auto tune was not common in rap b4 808s
every ye album is kinda a classic. except for the ones that haven’t aged enough.
Jesus is king his worst album
@@EOMMunaware still solid
Almost all his albums are considered classics lmao. Even the bad ones. Yes there are bad ones lol.
One could argue "The Love Below" (Andre 3000) "birthed" 808's
Music is like a sport in its own way, hip hop is probably more or so a sport than any other genre since its so competitive.
Its very interesting watching you analyze the meaning behind the music you react to. Ive been watching your content for awhile now and i always love how you come to slightly different conclusions as to the meaning of the songs from me. Like ive always seen cant tell me nothing as talking about how artists are lead to believe that success and money is all they need to worry about and how they lose sight of themselves in the process, but your theory about money serving as a stand-in for the mind honestly is an amazing idea that id never considered. It low key compliments my previous ideas about the song in a cool way
While graduation is my personal favorite album, MBDTF is definitely his most rock influenced album and is probably gonna be your favorite album
IDK some of his favorite and a few of the songs he didn't care too much for kinda surprised. Also I thought he was going to like the big brother beat a little more than he did. I thought that song had the hardest hitting beat on that album.
holy shit bob 1.3k views in 20 minutes. You’re gonna be taking over youtube this year!! can’t wait to watch this video!
When I saw Kanye West play in Toronto in 2013, "Stronger" was the song that by far got the biggest cheer and singing along of any others. I think the message and catchiness had something to do with it.
Flashing Light is one of his most popular songs but it’s for a reason. To this day I still think it’s one of the greatest songs of all time. The instrumental and feeling it gives is just unreal.
bro Imma be honest, you and turning the tables got the best kanye album reactions I've ever watched
p.s. the original comment got deleted man what
RUclips gods pls don’t delete this 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻
This is an edited version. It cleared all the checks, so we should be good to go 👍
Really agree with your take on college dropout. It’s so highly praised but imo it pales in comparison to late registration and graduation.
imo late registration is a direct evolution of the college dropout in almost all ways
Damn really? imo TCD is one of the greatest debut HipHop albums (yes, along with Illmatic, Liquid Swords etc.)
@Lydia possibly but then again he has so much music idk why anyone would restrict themselves to repeat the same album multiple times unless you are trying to memorize lyrics
Personally I think CD was musically innovative and thematically/culturally important on a level that he has yet to replicate, but that’s just my opinion. (big Kanye fan)
I like the college dropout more than late registration imo but graduation tops both of em
The phrase 'intangible quality of comfort' sums this whole album up for me. Absolutely. You nailed it. 6 mins into the video, no less.
he made graduation he made graduation he made graduation he made graduationhe made graduation he made graduationhe made graduation he made graduation
He made Jesus walks he can do whatever he wants 😂
Yesssuuurrrr. Us kanye fans appreciate you taking the time out of your life to go on this crazy journey that is his discography and upload it. Keep up the videos and enjoy the good music!
i'm so excited for the lauryn hill video, its amazing to think that people still have that experience of listening for the first time down the road to look forward to!
if Champions sampling tickles your brain then I cant imagine what a J Dilla project would do to you LOL probably not an album for reacting to since they're instrumentals, but I highly recommend listening to Donuts by J Dilla when you're doing some in house chores or some computer work. A lot of modern hip hop sampling was entirely inspired by J Dillas sampling style.
Alfredo By Freddie GIbbs and The Alchemist would be a great video to do. Amazing production, amazing sequencing and hard bars by Freddie. Still pissed it didnt win a Grammy
But I’m undefeated in court !
Man I love this channel so much. Being a huge hip hop head who then got into more rock/metal later in life it’s so dope to see the reactions I would get while exploring the rock/metal genres.
Can’t Tell Me Nothing is prob one of his best in his live concerts. Bars on bars on bars. The arena just explodes when he performs it, can’t even explain but the vibe is amazing 🙌🏻
I’d love to see a Lupe Fiasco reaction! The Cool is my personal favorite, but starting with Food & Liquor would probably be best. Just get ready for a lot of lyrical density 😎
The Cool was the soundtrack of my life when it came out.
Another great reaction. I love that you take time to explain your perspective and walkthrough your interpretations, it's cool seeing your perspective and putting pieces together. Very excited for the 808s reaction, bring your tissues! :)
I love your videos man. Love how you talk about the music you listen, how you analize it, and how calmly you execute it all.
I love when you laugh at the funny verses
While I do agree that Kanye sonically progressed a ton between cd to lr & graduation, I think the appeal of cd and why it’s my personal favourite Kanye album is just seeing how much as a person he’s grown since that debut in 04. And at that time Kanye was just a normal dude rapping about everyday struggles like surviving on minimum wage where a lot more people relate to rather than his new problems of growing fame. I love all of Kanye’s albums but that’s just my two cents of why cd gets so much love.
YESSIR such a W cannot wait for madvilliany next week
Recently heard this album for the first time and I loved it, thank god you found it aswell :) Love your videos, I find them very interesting because not many people like to discuss albums, so I think your videos are top tier content!! XO
The awesome thing about listening to any artist is that you always keep juggling around a favorite track or album, and you’re constantly changing your taste. Right now for me that favorite song is Barry Bonds. You’ve been growing into a great content creator.
YOOOO love this album. Makes me feel so good when I listen through it. This album was revolutionary for its time too
If Bob loves outros, he is going to be mindblown on Runaway
This trilogy is cool but the next album run is amazing with 808's, MBDTF and Yeezus (which i know you heard and loved)
Another great reaction this is one of kanyes top albums imo
If you were wondering why you’ve heard of stronger before, it was one of his most popular songs made and it was played on the radio a lot near like 2010. 👍
thnaks for thinking about us kanye fans and you nailed it with the analogy at the beginning lol, its not annoying though you doing your own thing and your other reactions are great too, much love
even though my taste in music is usually heavier metal and dirty old school hip hop, something always made Graduation one of my favorites. Kanye's discography has records that would seem much more in tune with what I would like, but the pop of Graduation will always be my #1. love the tool shirt btw
Same
My favorite album of all time, with flashing lights being my favorite song, for years now. I don't think it's technically his best, but it's just so enjoyable. Definitely check out the bonus track Good Night.
You don't know how long I've been waiting for this 😭😭
I’m rly glad ur not an old head who only cares for fast/deep lyrics but flow, melody etc. Here’s some albums here incase u ever need suggestions:
Nothing Was The Same - Drake
The Life Of Pablo - Kanye West (which you’re already gonna get to)
ASTROWORLD - Travis Scott
Playboi Carti - Playboi Carti
DAMN. - Kendrick Lamar
Meet The Woo/Meet The Woo 2 - Pop Smoke
The Black Album - JAY-Z
DS2 - Future
2001 - Dr. Dre
The Marshall Mathers LP - Eminem
(just some personal favourites of mine)
Kanye became a legend with this album !
Bittersweet poetry is my favorite song off graduation but it was a Japan exclusive and it isn’t on spotify. You should check out it’s probably Kanye’s cutest sounding instrumental ever
u laughing at kanye’s punch lines make me so happy
This is great man it’s so much fun watching you commenting my absolute favorite album, I love your interpretations!
the funny thing about the Mike Myers Katrina thing was that Myers afterwards said that he agreed with Kanye but was just so shocked that he didnt know what to do lol he even said "I'm very proud to have been next to him"
Can't wait for everything I am.
I have listened to this album like a billion times it’s so nice to hear a different in depth analysis
Your analogy on Kanye fans was so true for me personally 😂 enjoying your reactions to other artists too but I’m always most excited to see you react to ye. Love the content 👍
Forever appreciative for this channel!! can’t wait for the DONDA reaction!!
Great analysis, you can tell that Kanye was on his prime at that moment, he was the face of hihop back in then and he knew it, after the album release his mom, Donda, died, and u can note how in his next albulm 808s its literally another person
You are very very good at offering so much insight on a first listen. Connecting also sorts of dots literally on the spot! Keep it up mane
Yessssssss I’ve been waiting for this. thank you bob, been loving your channel since I’ve found it
another classic album is 2014 Forrest Hills drive by J Cole - its top song has been on the charts since the album dropped in 2014 and is the longest ever to stay on the charts
He said he was gonna listen to it soon
Mid cole💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀
@@jkam2393 please don’t bring tiktok comments here 😐
He’s reacting to it at the end of the month
If you want to hear more of this album there to bonus tracks you can find on RUclips 1. Good night 2. Bittersweet poetry
good night is on streaming services
It’s always fun hearing your fresh analysis of these songs that are classics to me. Gives me a new perspective and further reason to appreciate Yeezy. Appreciate you!
Fun fact “Good Life” is my favorite song after I discovered that Kanye sampled Michael Jackson “P.Y.T”
The sample on "The Glory" always sounded like "I can't stand it, Lord" to me so those Genius annotations threw me off
Bob, i know you already have a ton of artists on your list, but i wanna recommend A$AP Rocky (amazing rapper with amazing flows, lyrics, and one of a kind production) his debut (and only) mixtape Live.Love.A$AP dropped in 2011 & influenced hip-hop and cloud rap, and if you like the project check out his other projects: Long.Live.A$AP, At.Long.A$AP & Testing. He's also dropping a new project this year called All Smiles
This album is on my list. I don't know when I'll get to it, but keep on recommending it.
@@bobthepoppop At Long Last A$AP is definitely his best… go for that one first
@@user-cw1yy6zx1x I agree
this is my favorite album, it really helped me get through a hard moment in my life. great video, as always!
AND I WONDER 🗣🗣🗣💯💯💯🔥 🔥🔥🔥💯💯🗣🗣
Everything I Am is him reflecting how he was different from his peers and the typical rappers that were out then. He wasn’t being accepted at first because his style and everything about him was different than the rest. He opened the game of rap to be kids who didn’t wear baggy clothes and were on the block. First rapper to wear Louis backpack!
First rapper to not portray the gangster persona at that time when it was popular
LETS FUCKING GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO MY FAV ALBUM OF ALL TIMEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
Omg I'm so excited for this one
It was my first full hip hop album I bought & listened to
Some of the tracks on this are phenomenal
The production is sublime
maan thanks for this reaction! and happy new year!
Best Kanye album for me . Incredible
Im hoping you do Kids See Ghosts later down the line (his album with Kid Cud). I Personally think its among his most underappreciated works of art. It works to reframe mental illness in a way that so inspiring, creative and different. I really think you would get a kick out of its crazy production as well.
I'll work that one into the Kanye rotation for sure 👍
Hey, great review. Specific to this album, Graduation, was intended to be a stadium oriented album, where the mix would be tailored to work well in a tour environment, hence the sonic sound being so pulling.
Love this reaction, my favorite Kanye song is I Wonder so its always fun for me to see other people discovering it
Maybe you'll react to Dr Dre - 2001 someday? What's going on there production wise is still mindblowing today
I'm actually very familiar with that album. Dre and Eminem are the two rappers I occasionally listened to before starting this channel
The best part of graduation for me is relating the lyrics more to stuff that I have experienced and have went through. that's one of the reasons I love Kanye is because those lyrics can be broad and less about him and sometimes can peel off the song and hit you more than what he might be writing the lyrics about. An example is " I wonder " which many of my friends have different reasons to love the song based on there own life. Personally I feel like graduation is one of the albums that truly can be a soundtrack to someone's life where it can appeal to many peoples feelings and relate to them more personally. d
i love your opinions on barry bonds and drunk and hot girls i liked them when i first heard them and i never understood the hate for those songs
i havent watched the video yet but i really enjoy your videos and perspective!