Feb 14, 2016

He's already stated its about Paul (The Apostle) on Twitter so lets move forward with that.

The Life of Pablo (Paul) is the full journey. It's made up of various elements of his other albums because they have all been part of the journey along the way.

Some parts have been plain sailing, other parts have been during rougher times. It's my belief that this is why the album was renamed initially to 'WAVES'.

However, the entire album in total is about his transformation and path to redemption, which is why it was also called 'So Help Me God' at one point. The previous album titles make a lot more sense now on reflection.

Now on to specific tracks in the album.

The first track, 'Ultralight Beam' is about the start of his journey and his outlook on life. Whenever he feels down he turns to God and believes he will be alright because of it. It's very similar to work early on in his career on The College Dropout.

This continues into the second and third songs, whereby he talks about past and present relationships that have occurred during this journey. He mentions Amber, Kim and his father who put work before everything. He also mentions other personal moments.

The track 'Famous' also carries on from 'Pt. 2' with the reference to Taylor Swift. He is moving through the stages of reflection here whilst also at times being nostalgic.

'Feedback' was the one that took me a while to work out, but I believe its his message to people that he is not going to apologise for success or that part of his life. It's part of his journey and is as relevant as any other phase even if he has made mistakes, regardless of what people believe about him. It's the start of him also proving the doubters wrong and actually going out and becoming successful.

The track 'Highlights' I believe is in reference to a time when he started transitioning, but also with a nostalgic feel towards the phase earlier on in his career. He is looking back at the highlights of his career up until this point, but now he's transitioning into the next phase of his career. There's more money, there's more recognition and it's tough to deal with it. He's human just like the rest of us.

Freestyle 4 is about the crazy time in his life, battles with drugs and other things. It's when things started to get turbulent on the journey due to the success. This then leads to the reaction of some fans who started turning on him, which transitions perfectly into the next track.

The track 'I Love Kanye' where he's talking about some fans who've not stayed with him on that journey and moan that they want the old Kanye and dislike the new Kanye, and can't accept him for what he has become.

The song 'Waves' is in reference to a phase in his life where the waters started getting rougher, and possibly the most difficult time in his life - notice how this track comes immediately after 'I Love Kanye'. It's no coincidence, its intentional. Also, it's about difficult times with women and Chris Brown, who also features on this track, has had his own difficulties in this regard.

'FML' is about the difficulties in life and the mistakes he has made. its about the struggle throughout the rough period trying to ride the waves, but its not easy. He's a human, he will make mistakes. He wants to change, become a better person. Another intentional addition to this track is The Weeknd. He is known for being someone who loves partying and his lyrics are important in this because they contrast Kanye. Its like Kanye is trying to go the right way but The Weeknd is the voice in his head trying to pull him back the other way.

Then you have the track 'Real Friends' whereby he alludes to similar people who turned on him when he went through certain points in that journey. For example, the 'Wolves' are the media who have constantly tried to portray him in a negative way, constantly there ready to pounce on Kanye whenever he does something bad, but never highlight anything good.

'No More Parties in LA' is in reference to how he wants to move on from the Hollywood lifestyle and he's highlighting many of the bad things from it. The temptation, the influence and the struggles its brought him and he wants to move on and become better than that and put Kim and his family first.

Finally, I believe 'Fade' is about how his love is fading and how he's become tired. He's tired of the parties, he's tired of the Wolves, he's tired of the 'real friends' who aren't there for him in a time of need and he's tired of the constant expectation of delivering art whilst being vilified rather than being respected by the media and masses. I think all of this is taking its toll and most likely has done with Kim and he just wants to be a good father and husband. This album took 3 years, plus a stint in 2010 to produce. Surely it has had to take its toll on him. Even other famous people have said it has done.

Also, I believe this is his last and final album. Its the last day of his journey. He delivered today, on Sunday the 7th day, the 7th album. Each album equates to a point in his life in the journey, and is representative of a day in the journey of Paul (Pablo) the Apostle on the path to the transformation. This final album on the 7th day is the bringing together of everything else created, much like how God delivered everything on the final day, and rested.

What we have just witnessed is the final closing chapter in the story of Kanye's journey through life, and in the process we've seen the culmination of the greatest discography ever to grace hip hop. In years to come, it may even gain the respect it deserves outside of the hip hop community.

Thanks to anyone who took the time to read this.

Source: https://www.reddit.com/r/Kanye/comments/45qiw6/my_theory_on_the_album_kanye_is_a_genius_but_we/