Kanye West - The Life of Pablo

Would be curious to see you all watch a drama recap video or so now that you've done all the Taylor discography and have an appreciation for both artists and even heard TTPD where she mentions or refers to it as well.

bul

Is yeezus not on here?

bul

The amount of parasocial people in these comments is ridiculous, keep putting out bangers!

Caleb Thomas

Hi Liam! I subscribed to their channel recently and joined Patreon literally this month to watch the reaction to the Eras Tour. So no, I didn’t know previously they showcased someone like Kanye. Don’t worry, I have cancelled my subscription and Patreon support, I will be out the door next week :) I prefer to stay in a community where I can give input into what I like and dislike without snarky comments.

Adriana Elger

Shut upppp

liam

Womp Womp Womp

liam

They’ve been doing Kanye reactions for a long time? How is this surprising

liam

WOMP WOMP

Thomas

WOMP WOMP

Thomas

Lowlights has a lot of meaning to the album. It reflects his pain and waiting for God to guide him, save him. I subscribe to the view that the whole album is a struggle between the life of a rap star and a godly/family life. It all leads to Saint Pablo. It’s a piece of art IMO. Also, your dad might dig the Sunday Service version of Saint Pablo which is so beautiful with the choir.

Dave Danesh

yeah don’t listen to anyone cause art is art and Taylor and Kanye both understand art in the same way even if they don’t like each other it hurts but they both apply it to their own projects and that’s all I ask

Jamie

Good music is good music! No way around it :)

Michael

That’s awesome, I mean i’m a die hard kanye fan that genuinely is loving listening to taylor swift, I wish more people could just enjoy the music tbh

Michael

Thanks so much! Thanks for joining us over here on the Patreon glad you enjoy 👍🏼

Michael

Controversial take but I’m a swiftie, since like the MySpace days, and I also love Kanye. Famous goes so hard and I actually remember I listened to this album the most in 2016. I couldn’t tell any of my swiftie friends tho because they would have roasted me alive 😂

Natattack 95

Loved the reaction! This is also one of my favorite Ye albums. I loved when your dad said it kinda sounds like a greatest hits. I’ve always described it as a compilation of his entire discography up until this point. Saint Pablo is probably a top 5 Kanye song for me. Love the channel, keep up the good work. Wish you guys the best!

Aaron Naraine

Yes, this comment sums it up so well!

Meagan Muller

This is so real. They have so many enemies in common too if they linked up n got close they could rule the world lmfao

julie

PLS READ THIS! Dude please don’t let the fake swifties bully you into not reviewing more kanye albums. I loved this video so much. Im a huge kanye fan and a huge taylor fan. Also the thing with the song famous: yes kanye called her and told her *briefly* what would be said on the song. Taylor and her brother were major kanye fans as kids. Over the phone she was hesitant, asking if the lyrics would be “mean”. Ultimately she agreed. The music video came out showing a wax figure of Taylor’s naked body, and the lyrics were slightly different that he said they would be. (He called her a bitch in the song) she was notably upset. Kim Kardashian, Kanye’s wife at the time, posted an *ALTERED* recording of the phone call that made it seem like Taylor gave full permission to kanye, causing Kim’s/Kanye’s fans to relentlessly bully Taylor on every social media. Causing Taylor to go into hiding for a year or so, and thus giving us Reputation 🐍. Years later the full video/recording of the phone call was leaked from someone scorned by the Kardashian’s and everyone learned the truth.

julie

No comment on the music, but Kanye is a fking rat.

Austin

Just coming in with my two cents. Kanye called Taylor and told her that he was gonna use her name in a line for one of his songs on the album but he didn’t tell her the line. Taylor told him okay (He’s huge in music, it’s hard to say "no" period). She got mad herself, it wasn’t the Swifties. She was pissed because she felt like Kanye was taking credit for all of her fame when she knows she did it herself. The swifties are crazy, but that had nothing to do with them. And also, that’s not a joke when your entire lively hood relies on fans and people already have a tendency to dislike Taylor…. There’s a difference between calling out a nameless person in a store vs saying that you are the reason for Taylor Swifts entire career, who is a very well-known and influential person with a huge fan base. It was genius on a marketing level, but also a low blow, and he knew in at the time. And Taylor actually has a video of the phone call when Kanye asked to use her name which proved their defence wrong when he said he asked for permission. That’s why the controversy was so big. Kanye got caught lying.

Dayton Culp

It’s not a long shot that a Taylor fan would like Kanye’s music. I am 24 and have been a Taylor fan since I was 8 years old but Kanye is my favorite rapper there’s no denying he’s a musical genius. Hate the mess he made with Taylor but his art is undeniable. Taylor and Kanye are the only 2 artists in my life that I can’t pick favorite albums. Sucks that they hate eachother cause in an artist perspective they are so alike

Jamie

Womp womp

Adam

Oh wow had no idea those existed thank you! I’m gonna listen now

Michael

Also I recommend Lido’s remix of a bunch of songs of this album (you can find it on SoundCloud or YouTube) - I especially love what he did to I Love Kanye. In case you don’t know who he is he’s a really talented producer, did some stuff with Chance, also has an orchestral take on his own songs from a few years ago

Annette House

I knew y’all would get some backlash for this the second I saw the notification. I’m a massive swiftie but I was also a Kanye fan since I first heard “Through The Wire” when I was a kid. These days for me it’s fuck Kanye forever but this was the last album I listened to as a fan. I get how navigating these interests is complicated, and I never support him these days but goddamn if this album isn’t a masterpiece. Would rather pay the money to see you and your dad enjoy an album together than pay him my streaming Pennie’s anyways.

Annette House

I completely understand that and have no ill intent obviously, but i'm going to continue listening to and showing my dad what I like, including taylor and kanye. I get some people are offended but that's not gonna change or dictate who we react to because like always, we're just here for the music :)

Michael

So this is just based off of the Swiftie experience and in no way am I saying it’s what you guys are doing, I’ve been a long time watcher on YouTube when the first Taylor reaction dropped and have enjoyed a lot of the other reactions you guys have done to Kendrick, Arianna, Lana etc. But….in past experience it seems like others have cashed in on the Swiftie popularity to grow their channel and then go right back to promoting the one person in the music industry that is just against everything Taylor. And as someone who is a die hard Taylor fan it sucks to see my favorite reaction channel promoting Kanye knowing everything he has done to her. But like you said we can chose to not watch it. There’s a reason your Taylor videos out perform all the others though (with the exception to a few such as Olivia) but still the highest Olivia video you have on YT is still 100k views behind the highest Taylor. It’s because Swifties ride hard for Taylor and love seeing people discover and enjoy her. Do I think you and your dad have used the fandom to grow the channel, honestly no, you guys give genuine reactions to her stuff, there is a reason I pay month in and month out, I think I’ve watched each of your Taylor reactions 2-3 times because I love your take on them. But like I said we’ve been done dirty as a fandom in the past so our gut reaction when ppl start throwing Kanye back in the mix is to be like wtf?!? I think what we have to realize is maybe you guys now appreciate Taylor and her music but aren’t “swifties” which is totally cool because to each their own ya know? I’m thankful to see two guys keep an open mind towards her and give her a shot. We can’t expect every reactor to be like “yea Kanye is not a good person” and not promote him, even though some have stopped promoting him in the past, that’s not going to be everyone. But as an audience member that pays, allowing us to tell you what we like and dislike to see should be accepted too as long as it isn’t done maliciously. I made my og post and then chose to not watch it such is my choice. I in no way want you all be Taylor only, I’ve enjoyed everything but the Kanye reactions 😅 and if it’s Taylor only it’d get boring and repetitive anyways. I hope that semi made sense?

Caitlin Green

I do appreciate every single one of you, but you are upset because i’m reacting to an artist you specifically don’t like when there are many others that do. When this is not a channel that is specifically about reacting to one artist but many? So help me understand where that makes sense cause I genuinely don’t understand.

Michael

I guess I’m just used to content creators who actually appreciate their patrons and don’t treat them in such a condescending manner. 🤷🏻‍♀️

Leelou

🐐🐐

Adam

I think Kanye is a deeply troubled person that suffers from a chronic case of narcissism. The whole Famous bit especially doesn't sit right with me, most of all the music video that was for a fact made without her consent. All that said, he is a musical genius, and I think it should be ok for people to consume art without prejudice while simultaneously holding the artists accountable for their actions. The Smiths are an undoubtedly talented band but we all know how horrible Morrissey is.

Alejandro Mangieri

Appreciate you! And yeah that song is so gorgeous. I think my dad will really like some of the more religious themes/sounds in donda/jesus is king :)

Michael

Whenever ultralight beam plays it just moves me. I think it’s an incredible song. I’m not a big fan of Kanye or the things he has done and said in recent years but that doesn’t change the fact that some of his music is undeniably great. I don’t understand some of these comments, it shouldn’t be a controversial thing to listen to and critique any artists album. Keep up the great reactions guys !

Katie

Every kanye album has so many great memories/moments attached to them for me :)

Michael

What are you talking about lmao. This is not a taylor swift channel, don’t watch the videos you don’t want to watch what is so confusing

Michael

Adriana Elger

In other words feel free to pay for “pay for” content or not pay. Whatever though.

Leelou

Such a nostalgic Kanye album for me. This came out after all of my college friends moved to Boston together and on my roommate’s birthday. We went crazy haha

Molly C

Art is for consumption, and the personal lives of artists has next to no bearing on our capacity to enjoy it. Kanye’s a musical genius, I enjoy both discographies happily

Edward Ramirez

Thank you for your thoughtful reply! It is a very nuisanced conversation to have and the topic really fascinates me.

T

Great question and we’ve talked about this a lot. When it comes to music, I wouldn’t pay to see them or buy the music if I felt strongly that they are criminal. With someone like R Kelly, I never heard the music and only am aware of the person due to their infamy so no, I would not care to explore their music. With MJ, there was really no way to know what was going on while he was putting out all that music. I wouldn’t turn it off if it came on the radio. With Kanye, I have no problem with him as a human being. Is he controversial, sure. Has he committed crimes, no. He is super talented and I like his music and would pay to go to a concert if I could afford it.

Mike Mulligan

I heard Ye and Kendrick have a bunch of songs in a vault. At least we got this and All Day remix

Early Franklin

I'm not a fan of the bleached asshole line either but the contrast is the point. "Which one"

Josh Burcham

Absolutely, I have watched it so many times I can’t wait to show my dad 👍🏼

Michael

If you guys WOULD U guys should react to his doc it goes really deep into his life and really into the making of his first album ❤️

Shamya Mckoy

The most revealing part of the call though is how kanye goes on and on and on about NONSENSE talking about how he is almost going broke and is borrowing money from people. Even if taylor has some accountability there, kanye is not a well person and to set her up like that show extreme insecurity and maliciousness

T

I’m not going to stop being a fan of one artist because I started listening to another, feel free to watch or not watch whatever though 💗

Michael

And the fact that in the video he depicts a naked Taylor using a body double and cgi without her knowing at all 🫤

Caitlin Green

Kanye after all the Taylor content 🤦🏻‍♀️ yikes 👎🏼

Caitlin Green

I am curious to know you and dad's take on separating the art from the artist. Like is there anything an artist can do to make you stop listening to their art. For example would you still listen to R Kelly's music, if the allegations about Michael jackson were proven accurate with the kids would you stop listening, etc on and on

T

Oh damn that’s messed up! Yeah I only vaguely remember hearing the thing about the approval but that’s crazy. That explains the issue more than I admittedly knew

Michael

the thing about famous was that she gave him permission for the "i feel like me and taylor might still have sex", but not for the bitch part. kim k recorded the phone call. so when the song released and taylor publicly disapproved of him calling her a bitch, kim also released the edited phone call (which would 2/3 years later be leaked in full) making taylor look like a liar. The worst part i think is the music video

Leandro Pereira Da Silva

Leelou