“Eazy” is based on the premise of the vocalists’ lives having ‘never been easy’. So by the looks of things, The Game and Kanye West are tasked with detailing respective challenges they have or are...
The first verse of Alicia Keys’ “Plentiful” is held down by Pusha T, and honestly speaking it’s not abundantly clear what the thesis sentiment of his passage is. But once Alicia comes into the mix...
These days Pusha T may be known more as being akin to a battle rapper, as in 2018 he personally dissed Drake on the underground hit “The Story of Adidon“. But it seems as if there...
Anyone familiar with J. Cole’s artistry likely doesn’t need to be told that he’s one of the more intellectual rappers out there, a fact that he actually acknowledges in the lyrics. And in this particular...
The original Junya, belonging to the same album as this second part, is a song we’ve already covered. The conclusion was that whereas the song was named after one Junya Watanabe, the focus was more on...
Kanye West’s “Come to Life” is premised on the idea of individuals being in dire straits and resultantly ‘wishing they had another life’. An ambiguous “uncle” and “auntie” are mentioned in that regard in the...
The primary sentiment being expressed in “Pure Souls” is one in which the vocalist(s) is making a conscious effort not to ‘sell his souls’ after having come up. Yes, in the here and now the...
On “Lord I Need You”, Kanye is addressing a romantic interest. One can conclude that he is rapping about his actual marriage to reality TV star Kim Kardashian, and there are lyrics which can be...
“New Again” is the first song we’ve come across, chronologically going down the playlist of Donda that has a distinct romantic undertone. Or at least the earlier parts of “New Again do. That is to say during the intro and...
Donda West was Kanye West’s mother who unfortunately died at the age of 58, very unexpectedly and even unconventionally in the aftermath of having plastic surgery. She passed away before Kanye had finished transitioning from simply being...
