“Pusher” T, as his moniker implies, is a rapper whose artistry relies heavily on a drug-dealer motif. And so it is in “Dreamin of the Past”. However, instead of just coming off as a kingpin and someone...
“Keep It Burnin” is a song featuring Kanye West. So even though, especially considering the other vocalist involved, this will undoubtedly be braggadocious, things are not expected to get as wild as your usual rap song of...
The act of ‘God breathing’ is one we find in the Bible, perhaps most notably early on in the Book of Genesis, as you probably already know. But what the concept more generally points to,...
This is the remix of a track that we’ve already covered earlier on the Donda playlist entitled “Ok Ok”. The lyrics between the two songs are apparently identical except that in this case one of the original featured vocalists, Lil...
This is a dance/sex song. And it is possible that what the phrase “stand up” means, partially, in context is serving as an instruction to the addressee, i.e. Ludacris’s sexual interest, to get it on...
For starters, the title/subtitle of “Izzo (H.O.V.A.)” is actually an alternate spelling of Jehovah, i.e. the name of God as derived from the Old Testament. It has been reported that the reason Jay-Z adopted “Hova” or...
Apparently one of the reasons this song is called “Last Call” is because it is the final track on the playlist of “The College Dropout”. And based on the chorus, Kanye is using the opportunity of this tune...
The phrase “all falls down”, as used in this song, is apparently meant to point to the concept of people putting in their faith in ideas and practices which, at the end of the...
This song is obviously meant to serve as an ode to New York City or the “City of Gods”, as termed by Fivio and Yeezus. Both Alicia Keys and Fivio Foreign are native to NYC. Therein...
Kanye West’s “Jail, Pt. 2” is a complicated piece, or perhaps more accurately we can say one that is multi-subjected in sort of a subliminal way. But generally speaking the term “jail”, as used within,...
