
Can Kanye Change? | BULLY by Ye Analysis (w/ Racquel Callahan)
This week on "I've Been Meaning To Listen To That", former Kanye West stans analyze BULLY by Ye, and boy oh boy our feelings are complicated! We dive deep into the impact of Ye's unforgivable antisemitic & anti-black outbursts, how our stanhood has transitioned into a more measured fandom, the trajectory of Ye's career and his relationship to culture/capital, how BULLY functions as a multilayered Simulacrum of a Kanye that no longer exists, whether or not Ye has the best hip-hop discography of all time (and if his actions over the last decade disqualify him), what it would take for him to earn redemption in the public eye, what Kanye West's legacy should be in a perfect world, and more!
0:00 cold open
0:48 theme song
1:25 introduction
3:09 history w/ Ye
19:49 feelings about 2026 Ye
48:01 Themes of Bully
1:07:51 Father
1:12:10 this one here
1:22:12 circles
1:27:19 all the love
1:33:27 sisters and brothers
1:38:08 I Can’t Wait
1:40:16 Better Call Saul Spoilers
1:41:13 stray observations
1:43:19 final thoughts and ratings
1:48:29 Kanye West Album Ratings
1:57:42 Conclusion
SOURCES:
Harmless? "Bully" by Ye analysis by Professor Skye
https://youtu.be/09BT0oVjmBY?si=D0niP_aZAyP6Iloy
Does "Bully" exist??? A Post-Modern meditation on Ye's newest non-Album ( How many CLASSICS for Ye?) by @professorskye https://youtu.be/c7Fvu3Fwrd8?si=HCs4sN_kq5MEgpLg
Kanye West Color Theory by Courtney Presto
https://www.tiktok.com/@courtney.presto/video/7617994681191861534
Charlamagne and Akademiks said a lot without saying anything by Signified B Sides
https://youtu.be/wIcpFKspzNQ?si=dwepHJUCb6hIBl5N
Simulacra Explained: Jean Baudrillard's Theory of Simulation by Magdalen Rose
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h7urGFiy_3g
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Cover Art by Megan Rika Young (Instagram: @meganrika)
Theme Song by OTNES (Instagram: @mxotnes)
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