![]() Dating back to his debut a decade ago, fashion has been one of Yeezy’s most rapped about subject matters. “On Sight”įuck what- fuck whatever y’all been wearing Here, we offer up 20 of the best fashion-inspired lines from Kanye West’s music. Within the first seconds of Yeezus, Kanye makes it clear that he’s not just frustrated about music but about fashion as well, kicking off the biggest motivator behind the album. Look at this pea coat, tell me he’s broke” “Am I shallow ‘cause all my clothes designer?ĭressed smart like a London bloke, before he speak his suit bespoke Kanye reminds everyone that not only is all other music irrelevant when he’s around, all other fashion is as well.Įssentially a “fuck you” to established fashion designers who don’t recognize he’s among the best. Sneaking in a cheeky guest verse on Estelle’s number one UK hit, Kanye puts down a rival suitor like only he can-comparing the other guy’s lacking fashion sense to his own expensive style. Kanye is far from the first rapper to rhyme about his clothes. ![]() But can you ever remember another rapper bragging about his pea coat? 18. There is something both ridiculous and incredibly sad about these lyrics. The fact that “Pinocchio Story” is a live freestyle closing the morose 808s & Heartbreak, this line has little filter, giving insight on how important fashion is to Kanye. How can something so wrong make me feel so right?” “Spend your whole life trying to get that ice Even when mourning the death of his mother and the loss of his fiancé, he can’t help but reference his love for designer clothes. One of the more politically charged lines about fashion, Kanye suggests on this Late Registration track that there is a disconnect between the desire for fashionable things and the moral implications of wearing conflict diamonds. If nothing else, West has always been a socially conscious artist, and in this lyric he reconsiders one of his passions. “Black Skinhead”īelieve it or not, this actually isn’t the first time Kanye references both his jeans and Malcolm X within the same line. In a fit of anger, the song was supposedly recorded following Hedi Slimane’s refusal to allow Kanye attend any other shows other than his own at last year’s Fashion Week in Paris. “As soon as I got salad I spent it all on dressin’įrench to be exact, that Balmain was impressive By mentioning the most memorable line from Malcolm X’s most famous speech, along with the leather jeans that have become Kanye’s go-to style choice, West intertwines his desire to be respected as a fashion designer despite his rapper persona. Kanye often blurs the line between clever and ridiculous, but his wordplay is bitingly humorous here. Kanye has the audacity to rhyme Balmain with Hedi Slimane on this G.O.O.D. ![]() Yeah, that tuxedo might have been a little Guidoīut with my ego I can stand there in a Speedo “So yeah, at the Grammys I went ultra Travolta Just to emphasize the absurdity of the name-dropping on this song, Kanye also demands, “take off that Givenchy and let’s get raunchy.” Maybe Slimane was less than flattered about the mention? 14. If half of looking good is about confidence, then Kanye has no excuse to ever look bad. Graduation, his third album, is where West first started to adopt his current fashion sense. Here he offers a slight critique on his past sartorial decisions, but explains that with his ego he pull off any fashion faux pas. Just to reiterate, he then goes on to say he’s “Hugo’s Boss.” They ordered champagne but still look thirsty She say she only here for her girl birthday “’What you doing in the club on a Thursday?’ Kanye ends Yeezus with a soulful throwback, and keeping with the mood, he gives a classic Yeezy fashion reference. Rather than his more recent vitriol-filled lines, West harkens back to his older, lighter style. Known to care about women’s fashion just as much as his own clothes (he’s been trying to launch his own women’s line), Kanye puts down a woman who won’t grow up by implying that she probably shouldn’t be wearing Forever 21 duds at the more mature age of 30. Kanye’s guest verses are usually fairly lightweight affairs, but this one for electronic duo N.A.S.A is among the best of them, and it never grows tired.
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