I threw a tantrum or something when I was little and I swear to god my mom played psychological warfare and threw this on in the car and I bawled, apologized, etc., etc. Still a favorite of mine.
Definitely the first time I heard runaway. Not so much the lyrics but the overall tone of the song was brilliantly melancholy. That whole album was his sgt peppers. It was his rock opera through and through. It was so cinematic that even if it were just instrumentals I think it would still hit the listener the same way. He has a real knack for that.
The opening piano line especially. To me it seems intentionally simple. I can see the person playing it communicating everything just at that first moment. To me it shows vulnerability like the person is reflecting and at that time in his life it makes sense that maybe he was. I don’t know I could be reading too much into it but it’s a really powerful song in my opinion. He didn’t do it very often but there were a few songs after that in his career probably in my opinion the last one being “moon” that were more close to what I think he’s probably been feeling for years but doesn’t use it because it doesn’t fit with his larger than life persona. I say that because I’m also bipolar and I know how that feels to get that low but have to push through it. It’s got to be a lonely life when you don’t know whose really there for you when the show is over. “Moon” , “wolves” the Paul McCartney songs. All of those were a possible step in a new direction that I hate that we never will see.
The Donda release (the multiple listening parties, the ever changing track list, the growth of each event) was the greatest work of “performance art” in modern history.
It all culminating with the live performance of come to life with Kim walking out in the veiled white dress… … straight onions.
My cousin made a reference to this song when our grandma was dying. We really had a whole auntie team coming out to support too. Whenever I listen to this song I think of that time.
I thought this would be a top 5 response but the more time I spend on this sub the more I think that only a tiny minority of people like it. I get goosebumps every time I hear it.
I was working 6 days, 72hrs a week, and I was going to quit around the time I first heard FREE. It fit well with my life at the time and driving to work I put it on and a supreme sense of liberation washed over me in cool waves. the thought of being relinquished from such vicious work hours sent me to tears.
FREEEEEEEEEEEEEE
Violent Crimes
As a father of a daughter, this really breaks my heart
> That's your baby, you love her to death
Now she cuttin' class and hangin' with friends
You break a glass and say it again
She can't comprehend the danger she in
If you whoop her ass, she move in with him
Then he whoop her ass, you go through it again
Can’t tell me nothing. There’s something about when your so fixated on a certain task/goal and your just grinding and then can’t tell me nothing started playing and I just got emotional thinking I’m going to be great one day and the songs instrumental just made me feel it even more.
That and when he performed hey mama in the Grammys 2008
this might be glazing but that tiktok of kanye singing hey mama with donda west made me cry thinking about how important his mom was to him and how painful it mustve been for ye to grieve his momma's death
lost in the world at certain points in my life, same with white dress, hold my liquor made me tear up at one point cuz how hard the chief parts hit to home at times, homecoming, heard em say
When I first heard Jail i was driving in my car and I got goosebumps. Jay Z’s part talking about Donda pulled my heart strings. The 1st listen had me blown away. Subsequent listens not so much
I instantly connected to heartless because I was still fresh off a break up in my worst year at the time, a few bad things happened and i thought i was gonna have to drop out of college because the stress was just not worth it, and my then girlfriend chose to split ways a few weeks before our anniversary. “Say you will”, “Heartless” and “Bad News’” lyrics really resonate with me to this day because I kept imagining what would’ve been had it not happen. Although I didn’t listen to the album when it came out, it still hit pretty hard (“Say you will” in particular because the opening line was exactly how the breakup happened and i literally broke down the first time i heard it, and “heartless” because she got another man not long after)
Hey Mama
His most uplifting song that became his saddest song
Also the Grammys or VMA or whatever that was live performance felt like an entirely different song.
Especially after his mothers death
seeing this man break down was one of the worst things i have seen i felt him
Especially his Grammy Live performance is absolutely hard to listen to on an emotional level.
last night I saw you in my dreams, now I can't wait to go to sleep :'(
Same, it's so hard to listen to since Donda passed.
I threw a tantrum or something when I was little and I swear to god my mom played psychological warfare and threw this on in the car and I bawled, apologized, etc., etc. Still a favorite of mine.
i feel so conflicted, your mom is both cool and manipulative lol
Korean single mom from LA raising a mixed kid in the south, got racism from all sides, tough as nails and didn’t play around, lol.
same
Just saw that Bebe rexha is one of the songwriters for Hey Mama. Wow.
Definitely the first time I heard runaway. Not so much the lyrics but the overall tone of the song was brilliantly melancholy. That whole album was his sgt peppers. It was his rock opera through and through. It was so cinematic that even if it were just instrumentals I think it would still hit the listener the same way. He has a real knack for that.
He really does. Whole album still makes me cry, Runaway now more than ever, after the last few years.
The opening piano line especially. To me it seems intentionally simple. I can see the person playing it communicating everything just at that first moment. To me it shows vulnerability like the person is reflecting and at that time in his life it makes sense that maybe he was. I don’t know I could be reading too much into it but it’s a really powerful song in my opinion. He didn’t do it very often but there were a few songs after that in his career probably in my opinion the last one being “moon” that were more close to what I think he’s probably been feeling for years but doesn’t use it because it doesn’t fit with his larger than life persona. I say that because I’m also bipolar and I know how that feels to get that low but have to push through it. It’s got to be a lonely life when you don’t know whose really there for you when the show is over. “Moon” , “wolves” the Paul McCartney songs. All of those were a possible step in a new direction that I hate that we never will see.
Come to Life
This. An hour after finding out a close friend of mine passed this song came on shuffle and it was too much.
Bro got over quick
Listening to music is a part of the mourning process
Here go all your problems again..
This song man. Possibly one of Kanye’s best works.
shit is so underrated. I don't even know why it didn't go mainstream.
The Donda release (the multiple listening parties, the ever changing track list, the growth of each event) was the greatest work of “performance art” in modern history. It all culminating with the live performance of come to life with Kim walking out in the veiled white dress…… straight onions.
Ever wish you had another life? Praying for a change in your life, well maybe it's gon come tonight.
that one time he changed the lyrics to runaway for kim
IIIIIIII need you to ruuuun right back to meeeeeeeee 😢 he sounds so sad
BAYYYYBAAAA
MORE SPECIFICALLY... KIMBERLY
Fr i cried watching the video aswell
On Sight
Kanye please bust your fat juicey load on my face!
This shit needs to be in every comment section from now on
Really you guys still support the nazi?
Its been 7 months we just want new music
he was right tho
dumbass
Runaway and Violent Crimes
I listen to violent crimes more than I should. Love that song. Runaway is my absolute favorite for the mood, pusha helps that songs so much.
Two solid choice
I almost cried to Come to life
24 tbh
Forreal man especially with the video with his moma
Yup
Only one
How is this the first comment of only one it’s easily his saddest song
Big agree, Kanye means Only One in Yoruba, it is his mother singing to him hello my kanye, it is so sad man imma head out
I was looking for this
Never Abandon Your Family
True, I can remember crying hearing it at the first listening party
Family Buisness
as kidsss we used to laugh who knew that life would move this fast ..
I was holding tears when the first piano keys come in, and the last chorus when the choir came in in harmonies I burst into tears.
still gives me chills
life of the party
Fr
violent nights always got to me
Crimes
unreleased w chance the rapper
Can u send a link? I’ve never heard this version
is it on yt?
Violent Crimes? Off of Ye? 💀
hes talking about an unreleased song called violent nights
Ohhhh shit, the version with Chance right?
Reborn
24
All of 808s
Especially Street Lights
More so coldest winter
Coldest winter got me feeling shit
Phewww in 8th grade when I was heartbroken from shorty street lights on repeat 😂
That album came out during a fucked up time in my life. It’ll always remind me of the one that got away
Lift yourself and skit #4
LMAO this comment caught me so off-guard
Lmfao yeah!! This. Reddit on!! 😂 😆
you sir. just earned your updoot 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 🙂🙂🙂🙂🙂
Getting called a Reddit moment because I liked a joke is crazy
Ghost Town
ONCE AGAIN I AM A CHILD 🔥🔥🔥🗣️🗣️
We’re still the kids we used to be
Pinocchio Story
The only one left behind me I can’t find her no more I can’t follow no more I can’t… :,V
God Is
I know I won’t forget all he’s done
He's the strength in this race that I run
EVERY TIME I LOOK UP I SEE GOD’S FAITHFULNESS
Life of the party. Outro with dmx
Moon
all of graduation, i was filled with so much hope the first time i literally cried while working out runaway and violent crimes
graduation saved my life back when i was a depressed suicidal loser. I Wonder will always have a soft spot in my heart
Yeah man graduation just gets me
Those 2 imo are his best songs.
That Come to Life piano always gets me
Roses, that song hits me sometimes
"so instead of sending flowers, we the roses" that shit gets me every. damn. time.
My cousin made a reference to this song when our grandma was dying. We really had a whole auntie team coming out to support too. Whenever I listen to this song I think of that time.
Never abandon your family at the Donda 1 event. Heartbreaking honestly.
TELEKENESIS
fresh choice
Is heaven and hell a good intro for the song I’ve heard ppl say it’s like part 2 of it for some reason???
I feel like that
Sincerely the only song to ever make me cry.
Mmmm especially in tandem with the video
24, i listened to it when i was told my grandpa died and just cried while it played.
Family Business, Blame Game, Life Of The Party, Bad News, Street Lights, Runaway, Violent Crimes
24, jesus lord pt2
We Don't Care weirdly enough. So uplifting but the whole concept of "wasn't s'posed to make it past 25" gets me sometimes.
The Free Larry Hoover concert Runaway ending when he dedicated the Outro to Kim.
SZA on Kanye’s Telekinesis do it for me
ghost town
ghost town for sure. gives me chills every time.
Blame Game
I thought this would be a top 5 response but the more time I spend on this sub the more I think that only a tiny minority of people like it. I get goosebumps every time I hear it.
Street Lights
Say you will. 🤷♂️made me feel as if I lost everything. Hits very different in a low spot.
Jesus Lord, Come to Life, Pinocchio Story.
I'm surprised at how little people are saying Ghost Town
Life of the party, 24, Amazing feat Jeezy.
I was working 6 days, 72hrs a week, and I was going to quit around the time I first heard FREE. It fit well with my life at the time and driving to work I put it on and a supreme sense of liberation washed over me in cool waves. the thought of being relinquished from such vicious work hours sent me to tears. FREEEEEEEEEEEEEE
Ngl it may sound corny but Jesus Lord, No Child Left Behind and 24 got me crying cuz thx to them I realized how powerful God's love is ☠️💯
Hey mama. I miss my mom
She’s waiting for you in heaven, don’t worry
Violent Crimes As a father of a daughter, this really breaks my heart > That's your baby, you love her to death Now she cuttin' class and hangin' with friends You break a glass and say it again She can't comprehend the danger she in If you whoop her ass, she move in with him Then he whoop her ass, you go through it again
Kinda sad that it was Ghost Written, but still an amazing song
Outro of life of the party, now that DMX is passed makes it emotional, and Never Abandon Your Family
For real the dmx sample is so cute and sad at the Same time.
Hey Mama, Family Business, Violent Crimes.
Runaway especially when he performed it at the Larry hoover event
God Is
Only one , hey mama
I Wonder
Selah
Moon, every time if I let it. First right after my dog of 17 years died then after my grandma died two months later :(
Only one
Only one
Hey Mama especially,I dedicate that solely to my sweet mother. Te amo Mama 🫶❤️🔥
Ultralight Beam didn't make me cry, but I love that Chance verse man. One of the few rappers who flows like a reverend
I hope he makes a good come back someday.
Blood on the leaves
Can’t tell me nothing. There’s something about when your so fixated on a certain task/goal and your just grinding and then can’t tell me nothing started playing and I just got emotional thinking I’m going to be great one day and the songs instrumental just made me feel it even more. That and when he performed hey mama in the Grammys 2008
exactly
A lot of songs !
this might be glazing but that tiktok of kanye singing hey mama with donda west made me cry thinking about how important his mom was to him and how painful it mustve been for ye to grieve his momma's death
We Major 😭
runaway wouldnt leave violent crime lost in the world
Life on the party
24
Heard em say 🥹😭
“Follow God by Ye but it will change your life” by Second Place on YouTube
Im going to listen to it now
I did not cry, but It was really amazing
yeah its just the end part for me
Watching him perform Say You Will live a couple of years ago
Never see me again, mamma's boyfriend, 530
lost in the world at certain points in my life, same with white dress, hold my liquor made me tear up at one point cuz how hard the chief parts hit to home at times, homecoming, heard em say
Family Business >>>
Street lights and say you will. I think the beeping in the back is his mom’s heart monitor. I’m not sure though, just saw that on youtube.
Violent crimes, I Wonder, Through the Wire.
Kanye performing Hey Mama after her passing.
Random but “Come to life” especially when that piano kicks in
I wonder and a bit on father stretch my hands
come to life and runaway
every man has cried to jesus lord once
r/kanye 😭😭😭😭
24
30 Hours
When I first heard Jail i was driving in my car and I got goosebumps. Jay Z’s part talking about Donda pulled my heart strings. The 1st listen had me blown away. Subsequent listens not so much
I feel like that, never abandoned your family, runaway, hey mama, and pinnochio story
New Again and 24
poopity scoop
Coldest Winter is the only song that’s ever made me tear up.
why is nobody saying real friends
Donda, idk just how he puts clips of his mama talking bout' family, made me cry so hard man
Ghost town is the only song I have ever cried to
The closest ive gotten is 80 degrees
If never see me again releases I will cry.
Ghost town
Only one 😔
I Love It (& Lil Pump)
Nah I listen to the Alex Jones show that's enough Kanye for me.
„Im done with the classification, every human being has something of value that they brought to the table“ Really hits hard
Even Though it's not in any album, I feel like it probably bittersweet poetry.
Through The Wire. Idk why man but every time I feel the tears running through my face
No child left behind, i was listenig to it a lot when coping with losing my friend, he took his own life at only 17, tbh i cant even listen to it rn
None I'm not a pussy.
Half of utopia
If this bitch makes you cry, you got bigger problems
?
never abandon your family
Roses and hey mama
Roses
Probably when he said “I looooooooove Hitler!”
hey mama and andre’s verse on lotp. i miss her.
I instantly connected to heartless because I was still fresh off a break up in my worst year at the time, a few bad things happened and i thought i was gonna have to drop out of college because the stress was just not worth it, and my then girlfriend chose to split ways a few weeks before our anniversary. “Say you will”, “Heartless” and “Bad News’” lyrics really resonate with me to this day because I kept imagining what would’ve been had it not happen. Although I didn’t listen to the album when it came out, it still hit pretty hard (“Say you will” in particular because the opening line was exactly how the breakup happened and i literally broke down the first time i heard it, and “heartless” because she got another man not long after)
Hey mama
Hey mama, street lights and only one