“Niggas in Paris” is a braggadocious rap song, primarily pointing to the fact that Jigga and Yeezy are rich and living a high-end lifestyle which reflects that reality. For example, as implied they’re able to...
As illustrated most pointedly in the intro and outro, which are respectively held down by Derek Shulman and George Clinton, this song (“Hyaena”) is presumably meant to speak to Travis’s resiliency and success in...
On one hand, we have Travis Scott using “Modern Jam” to allude to his sexual prowess. And on the other, he seems to be speaking to his efficacy as a musician, i.e. his ability to...
Kanye West’s “Father Stretch My Hands Pt. 1” begins with a sample via gospel musician Pastor T.L. Barrett which is, of course, religious in nature. What it points to, literally, is the “Father”, i.e. God,...
“Take Me Back” is one of three tracks, alongside “A Lesser Man” and “Get It B4”, that came out on 19 June 2023 as part of the extended play titled “The Idol Episode 3 (Music from the HBO Original...
Concurrent with the release of “A Lesser Man” on 19 June 2023 was the airing of the first season of The Idol, an HBO television series which is more or less being helmed by The...
The Idol is a very popular and controversial HBO television series starring The Weeknd and Lily-Rose Depp (i.e. the daughter of perennial A-lister Johnny Depp). The program’s plot revolves around a theme heavily associated...
The release of Beyoncé and Kendrick Lamar’s “America Has a Problem”, as a standalone single on 19 May 2023, came as a surprise because first of all, there was not an announcement beforehand. Secondly, Beyoncé hasn’t...
With “Artificial Intelligence” being released on 29 April 2023, Mike Dean can concurrently be counted as one of the hottest producers in the game, especially as far as the hip-hop/R&B genre is concerned. He regularly...
The Weeknd has recently decided to become a full-fledged actor, co-creating and co-starring in a hotly-anticipated HBO series which has been dubbed The Idol. Of course being that he is concurrently an established A list musician,...
