Kanye West-Lyrical Genius?

Kanye West is a very influential artist. Many of you know him for supporting Donald Trump or being married to Kim Kardashian-West, But some know him, like me, know him as a musical genius. He has been making music for a long time and he never disappoints his fans, at least my opinion. My favorite older songs by him are Jesus Walks and Gold Digger, and my favorite newer song by him are Lift Yourself and Violent Crimes

Kanye West is nit someone to sleep on, when he was younger he came out with the songs Jesus Walks and Gold Digger which were big hits. Jesus Walks is about, obviously as you can tell by the title, Jesus and how he walks. the video is honestly so great and your instantly captured by the vocals in the beginning with an ominous feel. He raps about Chicago being like the Valley of the Shadow of Death and how when he first was trying to start his career they said not to do a song about Jesus for it wont sell and to rap about Drugs, Sex, Guns etc. He also mentions biblical passages like how Jesus walks with the most ‘vile’ which refers to the bible and how he as always around the worst of the sinners, and when he says

"The only thing that I pray is that me feet don't fail me now"

which refers to how Peter walked on water with Jesus but questioned his Faith and fell. Another oldie is Gold Digger. This song is about again as you can tell by the title Gold Diggers, more towards women going for men with money rather than having a respectable man to love. He inputs twists like how she got the guy for 18 with a child which is what some Gold Diggers do to ensure they get money either through wedlock or child services. Another twist is he later adds on saying how once the child reached 18 he found out the child isn’t his, and then he switches it up in his last verse with how once you stick by his side he is gonna leave you for a white girl, which just means that just as the gold digger pursue rich men, rich men pursue a trophy wife.

https://youtu.be/drMpsDMs68E?list=RDdrMpsDMs68E

start at 1:22

Two of his new songs that I like are lift yourself and Violent crimes. Lift yourself is honestly proof of Kanye West’s musical abilities, this song is 2 minutes long and its chorus is short and quite repetitive. it repeats the lyrics

Poopy-di scoop
Scoop-diddy-whoop
Whoop-di-scoop-di-poop
Poop-di-scoopty
Scoopty-whoop
Whoopity-scoop, whoop-poop
Poop-diddy, whoop-scoop
Poop, poop
Scoop-diddy-whoop
Whoop-diddy-scoop
Whoop-diddy-scoop, poop

*Put photo of I Hate Being Bi-polar its Awesome*

In my opinion at the time of its release it was his best song, I mean this song went viral!! Who else can make a song with lyrics that really don’t have a singular meaning and make it a big hit and what many people were talking about?…….I’m waiting. The second song is from his most recent album I Hate Being Bi-polar it’s Awesome called Violent Crimes. This album alone captures your heart but Violent Crimes is a song that completely enthralls you in its warmth. The song is basically about “scummy” men are gonna continue to act gross until they have daughters. This is in his is something that reflects towards his life and how he used to treat women in his life terrible but now that hes had his daughter, North, he truly treasures women. -By Faith Govere

https://youtu.be/9-K8LUJfUaA