Tagged: Def Jam Records

Novacane

Meaning of “Novacane” by Frank Ocean

“Novacane” possesses a compelling and detailed narrative, one which relies heavily on the likes of metaphors and personalized colloquialisms and therefore is open to interpretation.  In such cases, especially when a track has proven...

California King Bed

“California King Bed” by Rihanna

Within the grand scheme of “California King Bed”, the size of the titular bed can be taken as metaphorical as opposed to literal. An actual California King bed tends to be the largest commonly available. And...

Violent Crimes

“Violent Crimes” by Kanye West

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...