Genius Meanings
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Kanye West – 24
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“24” is a collaboration between Kanye West and Sunday Service Choir. The song was first previewed by Tony Williams, who posted a snippet of the track on September 11, 2020, and
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Kanye West (Ft. Pusha T) – Runaway
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The piano, the echoing voice in the background, the distortion on his singing, the vocoder solo: every single element of this track is spine-tingling, hauntingly beautiful. Combine
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Playboi Carti (Ft. Vory) – Made It This Far
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“Made It This Far” sees Playboi Carti reflect on his success following the release of his sophomore studio album, Whole Lotta Red. This is one of Carti’s few heard introspective
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Kanye West – 24 Samples
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See all of “24” by Kanye West’s samples, covers, remixes, interpolations and live versions
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Kanye West (Ft. CyHi, JAY-Z, Pusha T, RZA & Swizz Beatz) – So Appalled
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“So Appalled” was originally released as part of the G.O.O.D Fridays series on September 24, 2010. The song touches on fame, critics and popular culture.
At one point, the song
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Kanye West (Ft. KayCyy & Sunday Service Choir) – 24 (Las Vegas Version)
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[Chorus: Sunday Service Choir] / All my people out the trenches / Lift us up, make us alright / The devil can't stand your presence / Stand with God and I got leverage / Throw our
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Kanye West – 24 / You're Gonna Be OK (LP1 Version)
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[Intro: Sunday Service Choir] / Dear lord make it alright / Nothing else ever feels right / Dear god make it alright / Nothing else ever feels right / Nah nah nah / Nothing else
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Kanye West – We Don't Care
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In response to a request to sing a song for the kids in The College Dropout’s “Intro,” Kanye gets the kids to sing a song to celebrate dealing drugs out of desperation. In fact
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Rihanna, Kanye West & Paul McCartney – FourFiveSeconds
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“FourFiveSeconds” features vocals by Rihanna and Kanye West, and instrumentals by Sir Paul McCartney. It has earned praise for its minimalist instrumentals, which include acoustic
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KayCyy – 24 Hours (Reference)
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[Intro] / Everybody wanna feel like / Everything gon' be right / New me over the old me / Let it out, let it all out / I can't help feeling alright / Lord, please make it alright
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JAY-Z & Kanye West – Primetime
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This track is called “Primetime” because No ID’s first name is “Dion” (and Deion Sanders' nickname is “Primetime”.. you follow?)
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Sunday Service Choir – 24
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[Intro] / All my people out the trenches / Lift us up, make us alright / Never phased at your presence / Stand with god, I got leverage / Throw our hands up in the sky / Yes Lord
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Kanye West (Ft. Lancey) – 24 (Lancey Foux Demo)
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About ... Lancey Foux previewed a snippet of his own Documentary on his show in London, 27th October. The clip shows that Kanye & Lancey were in the studio ...
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Kanye West (Ft. Buju Banton, KayCyy, SAINt JHN & Sunday Service Choir) – 24 (Buju Banton & SAINt JHN Demo)
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[Chorus: Sunday Service Choir] / All my people out the trenches / Lift us up, make us alright / The devil can't stand the presence / I stand with God, He got leverage / Throw our
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Drake – 24
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[Intro: Sunday Service Choir with Drake] / Dear God, make it alright / Only You can make it alright / Dear God, make it alright / Nothing else ever feels right / Dear God, make it
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Kanye West (Ft. Allan Kingdom, Paul McCartney & Theophilus London) – All Day
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Originally mentioned in an interview with GQ on June 21st, 2014, “All Day” took all day to release, debuting 8 months later at the 2015 Brit Awards alongside grime artists Skepta
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Kanye West (Ft. The-Dream & Young Thug) – Highlights
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“Highlights” is a celebration of Kanye’s career and accomplishments. He reflects on 21 Grammy wins and promises fans he’s only going to make more “highlights” in the future.
This
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Kanye West – Come to Life
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On “Come to Life,” Kanye sings about his desire for another life, wishing he had listened more to his ex-wife Kim Kardashian’s thoughts, dreams, problems, and aspirations. He
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Drake – Say What's Real
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In this crucial song off Drake’s breakthrough mixtape So Far Gone, Drake takes a cue from Kanye West and spills his emotions and feelings about his current career trajectory all
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Kanye West (Ft. Allan Kingdom, Kendrick Lamar, Paul McCartney & Theophilus London) – All Day (Kendrick Lamar Reference)
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This demo for Kanye’s “All Day” features many unfinished lines from Kanye himself, an extra sample as the intro, a different outro from Sir Paul McCartney, and Kendrick saying some
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Future (Ft. Kanye West) – KEEP IT BURNIN
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“KEEP IT BURNIN” is one of the four collaborations between Future and Kanye West recorded during the Donda 2 era.
An unfinished version of the track debuted on Ye’s platform Stem
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The Game & Kanye West – Eazy
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“Eazy” is a track from The Game and Ye, marking the duo’s ninth officially released collaboration.
The song is named after the late West Coast rapper Eazy-E, whose 1988 debut
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Kanye West (Ft. Playboi Carti) – Junya
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“Junya” is a tribute to elusive Japanese fashion designer Junya Watanabe.
Watanabe, a protégé of Comme des Garçons designer Rei Kawakubo, is best known for his work with CDG as
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JAY-Z – Never Change
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Jay-Z drapes his vocals over a sample from David Ruffin’s “Common Man”, rapping about some of his familiar life stages: growing up poor, selling crack, making music, getting rich
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Kanye West – POWER
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Produced by Kanye and S1, “POWER” samples “21st Century Schizoid Man” by progressive British rock band King Crimson, the drums from the Cold Grits' rendition of “It’s Your Thing” (
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Kanye West (Ft. Lil Durk & Vory) – Jonah
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“Jonah” is a tribute to Jonah Ware, an independent recording artist from Louisville, Kentucky, who was shot and killed on August 8, 2020.
The track features Houston singer Vory
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Kanye West (Ft. Vory) – No Child Left Behind
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“No Child Left Behind” marks the first official snippet released by Kanye West for his highly anticipated tenth album, DONDA. It was originally previewed in a Beats commercial
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Kanye West (Ft. Mr. Hudson) – Paranoid
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In the closest thing that comes to normal rapped vocals from Ye on 808’s & Heartbreak, Yeezy is reflecting upon a past relationship and laments his frustrations to his past flame
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Genius Swedish Translations – Kanye West - 24 (Svensk Översättning)
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[Intro: Sunday Service Choir] / Kära Herre, gör det okej / Bara Du kan göra det okej / Käre Herre, gör det okej / Inget annat känns okej / Kära Herre, gör det okej / Inget annat
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Tyler, The Creator (Ft. Kanye West & Lil Wayne) – SMUCKERS
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After the tracklist dropped, this song was the most hyped in hip-hop circles. Tyler claims he made the beat for the first part of the song in 2011 for Watch The Throne, but he took
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Tyler, The Creator – HEAVEN TO ME
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In “HEAVEN TO ME,” Tyler, The Creator details three different versions of heaven; what heaven is to him presently, what he would picture to be heaven for him in the future, and
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Kanye West – Never Forgive Yourself / Yeah I Know
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[Part I: Never Forgive Yourself] / [Pre-Chorus: Kanye West & Dem Jointz] / I need a medic / I need an ambulance / I need that work / Or I’ll never stand a chance / [Chorus: Kanye
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