Kanye's "Backhanded Apology" | All of the Lights Breakdown

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Today I’m breaking down the Kanye song, “All of the Lights” - the metaphor and warning behind it, talking to one of the musicians involved, and seeing how this song and album was Kanye’s “backhanded apology”
Thanks to Ken Lewis for chatting about his work on this song. Catch more clips from our conversation on Digging the Talks, or our full conversation on the Digging The Greats Podcast.
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@ChristianFoleyRaps 10 месяцев назад

Hey man, I'm a music teacher in the UK, focusing on sample-based beatmaking for students who are excluded from regular school. I use your videos in class, as they are amazing - the kids love them. Thank you so much.

@jonesconrad1 7 месяцев назад

Nice work mate. I bet they are much more interested in that

@ashtmslf2315 10 месяцев назад

It's impressive how you put such well edited videos out so frequently

@stoowie4856 10 месяцев назад

Called presets

@dreddiknight 10 месяцев назад

Agreed

@bagboy9200 10 месяцев назад

Very consistent content creator!....And its always fire 🔥

@sirfizz6518 10 месяцев назад

Minimizing is not a cool look FYI. Editing is nothing without great concepts, scripting, planning, lighting and filming etc. 😊

@esoteridactyl 10 месяцев назад

Just writing these videos takes time, I can't believe he pumps one out every week.

@pervertedalchemist9944 10 месяцев назад

Kanye pulled out all the stops for "My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy". He had everything riding on its success - which is why it is considered his best album.

@MrMiguelForster 10 месяцев назад

I cant be the only one who thinks everything after graduation is trash 😂

@WoozyYami 10 месяцев назад

@@MrMiguelForster you're not the only one but yall have no taste

@MrMiguelForster 10 месяцев назад

@@WoozyYami 808s sounds like me playing with fl studio when I was 12, everything after that sounds good sonically but its just pretentious crap lol

@thomasnelson5758 10 месяцев назад

@@MrMiguelForster You might not be the only one but I can surely tell you that you are the wrong ones

@sho-m-er5194 10 месяцев назад

@@MrMiguelForsteroldhead

@ajuister 10 месяцев назад

MBDTF is Kanye's magnum opus. May not be my personal favorite, I personally can listen to the college dropout everyday all day, but it's so perfect for what it is. Best album of the 2010's in my opinion

@napoleansolo5849 10 месяцев назад

Yes

@maryannappiagyei4277 9 месяцев назад

Agree. Album hip hop best. 2010s

@rafaeljp 10 месяцев назад

I'm huge fan of 808s & Heartbreak, despite the general opinion about the album. It was a change in Kanye music that I think nobody was prepare at that time, and people look at it now and realize how important was the album, it change the game

@Canelo3 10 месяцев назад

So true. I remember a lot of people hating on 808’s when it came out due to it sounding different and the high bar set by Graduation before it. With the benefit of hindsight, ppl finally see that it was groundbreaking and inspired the sound of hip hop over the following decade+

@saqib7965 7 месяцев назад

Ik he was a genius around that time 4 classic albums back to back was rare

@oyinwaritimi1820 5 месяцев назад

Probably my favorite

@zaggnutt 10 месяцев назад

Despite what I feel about Kanye now, this album is a masterpiece. I hope he gets all the help he needs.

@derrikferguson3219 10 месяцев назад

It really is a masterpiece.

@kyussfan6 10 месяцев назад

Yeah, a fist to his mouth

@KnowledgeSeeker78491 9 месяцев назад

@@derrikferguson3219I personally liked 808 the best, but I guess I'm in the minority

@derrikferguson3219 9 месяцев назад

Yeah that's fine. The receipt of music is a subjective experience. @@KnowledgeSeeker78491

@Mooneater7.-_ 6 месяцев назад

8/10

@keldrickdunn6430 10 месяцев назад

Bro is consistently great and improving with each drop, AND giving us more on other channels??? Salute to you and the team, my good sir 🫡

@noirknight9770 5 месяцев назад

I really love how every kanye album is a story about where he was at life at that point..makes it relatable to the person listening..its like how the quote goes , if you're a fan of kanye you're a fan of yourself

@wifimanboy 10 месяцев назад

This is one of Kanye's best crafted songs. The amount of detail put into this song is impressive not one bar or note goes to waste.

@NerdyFrames2000 10 месяцев назад

Despite all the controversy this man has caused. You cant get him out of your head and can't blame ya. Kanye is a genius. A mad, misunderstood genius.

@joshb9516 9 месяцев назад

I only listen to that album when I pronounced it kane west.

@OrionVX 10 месяцев назад

You’r videos are amazing. The delivery, details. You can reflect the main ideas of each album and artist!

@diggingthegreats 10 месяцев назад

🙏🙏

@tshore0601 10 месяцев назад

You just don't miss. Love this album.

@diggingthegreats 10 месяцев назад

🙏🙏

@gemsound 10 месяцев назад

Kanye wasn’t wrong tho. That “Single Ladies” video was re-enacted by everyone you could think of that year. It broke the Internet…I don’t even remember the video or song Taylor Swift won for.🤷🏾‍♂️

@mjstray7961 10 месяцев назад

Beyoncé won the far more important “Video of the Year” award while Swift won “Best Video by a Female Artist”, he was in the wrong. Beyoncé didn’t even side with him.

@vogelvogeltje 10 месяцев назад

😂😂 when Beyoncé doesn’t even f with your attempt, you know you in the wrong.

@ScottThePisces 10 месяцев назад

@@zym6687 EXACTLY

@mjstray7961 10 месяцев назад

@@zym6687 I didn’t make the rules for the award show, I wouldn’t have cared if Beyoncé won both awards. All I was pointing out was that the “Video of the Year” award is seen as more prestigious and Beyoncé won that award.

@Jonathan_Doe_ 8 месяцев назад

@@mjstray7961Pretty sexist really

@ajwilson1985 10 месяцев назад

Class in session. One of the only channels I have notifications on

@diggingthegreats 10 месяцев назад

🙏I appreciate you

@chickenpw33 8 месяцев назад

A way I’ve always looked at All Of The Lights and the interlude before it, is that he is “changing acts” in his performance and slowing it down. The first few songs are big and letting everyone know Kanye can still rap and he knows it. The literal interlude sets the stage for him to get up in front of everyone and address his behavior and actions. He is explaining how everything looks and feels to him. Quite a lot of pressure. “Turn up the lights in here baby I want y’all to see this” could mean “look at everything going on in my life outside of fame “.

@WareWolf831 9 месяцев назад

All of the light is one of the most beautiful intros to any song ever

@dopeboyfreshest1 10 месяцев назад

This is the single greatest deconstruction of a single song I've ever heard, seen, and felt... ever! This is your best video yet! Thank you ❤

@Canelo3 10 месяцев назад

Great video! Such a beautiful, complex, multi-layered song. MBDTF was such a rich album sonically. It’s weird looking back and remembering how Ye was portrayed after 808’s and the Taylor Swift incident. I remember it feeling as though he was really going to stop making music forever - even President Obama dissed him lol. His antics combined with the fact that many ppl didn’t appreciate 808’s when it first came out turned him into an underdog. And then he came back with what many consider to be his best album.

@DJTheDJ. 10 месяцев назад

Yo bro I love your videos my professor is 9th wonder and Id love to see a video on him and some of his work

@emilebaujard7048 10 месяцев назад

I wanna work in the music industry and you are a huge inspiration to me man !

@diggingthegreats 10 месяцев назад

🙏🙏🙏Definitely check out the new channel and podcast - going much deeper with the guests than I can in these videos (links in description, explanation in video). I think you'd dig it

@jesperschultz2727 10 месяцев назад

Not gonna change my view of Kanye, but an amazing analyses of this song. I've heard analyses of the song before and they didn't come close to this, but you make it sound perfectly spot on! Excellent work, once again!

@omarrochdi1583 10 месяцев назад

Bruh this channel is dope!!!! I wish I had you as my music teacher back in school

@peteyesco 10 месяцев назад

Definitely my favorite Kanye album. More analysis on MBDTF, please!

@benedictjephcote6815 8 месяцев назад

Another thing about the everything-turned-up quality of 'All of the Lights' is that it's not overwhelming for someone with bipolar going through mania/hypomania, instead it's music turned up in sympathy with one's amped up frequency/intensity -it's the level you feel 'you need' in that part of your wave.

@tiagofelicio4113 10 месяцев назад

Bless you for another amazing episode! Cant thank you enough for all these insightful music history/ production lessons! Mbdtf is one of my all time favorite hiphop projects and one not many youtube tend to break down. Also the brilliant p0rn player at 5:54 😂ai subtitles know how sexy that brass melody is

@diggingthegreats 10 месяцев назад

😂😂 Fixed! 🙏

@Jalexander14 10 месяцев назад

Incredible stuff! Wow! Never would have known this 🥹 Kanye is a genius and with these metaphors just shows how much more he is 🙌

@bp2000k 10 месяцев назад

I feel like MBDTF is a reflection of what’s going on about him today. It’s more than just Rap & very spiritual tho. One of the most craziest album in music history.

@HorneATL 10 месяцев назад

7:12 Now subscribed to the new channel. Love what you’re bringing to us!!

@90cpett 10 месяцев назад

Favourite channel on RU-vid mate. Love your videos

@shawncharles6077 10 месяцев назад

I’m locked in of course. Great video again. Can’t wait to listen to the podcast. I think the artwork logo would be dope on a shirt or other merch. That’s fire 🔥

@diggingthegreats 10 месяцев назад

🔥🔥🔥

@David__J 8 месяцев назад

Bravo on opening a new channel for the content over most creators that would just make a partron and put em there

@philipngo5005 8 месяцев назад

You made me fall inlove with the album all over again.

@benjaminpaz5854 9 месяцев назад

These vids are amazing. Love the Kanye content.

@franckateba2970 10 месяцев назад

This album was something else every song in that album was out of ordinary. All of the lights was soooooooooo great. Thank you for this episode

@modestoestudio 10 месяцев назад

Another fantastic video!! This channel just keeps raising the bar everytime. Congrats man

@valdemarnoer1031 10 месяцев назад

Love your way of making videos!

@ucopiedyibo1959 10 месяцев назад

Great Video! Can you please do a video on the purple tape in the future?

@HandscharGeorgeCostanza 9 месяцев назад

You blew my mind man subbed

@cxsanchez28 10 месяцев назад

I've always thought that 808s & Heartbreak came from Katt Williams' dis in WNO of "you can't make a song without a sample"

@FalseFlagAmerican 10 месяцев назад

This is really solid, interesting and I appreciate engaging with this intelligent, passionate content.

@ScruFaceJeanOfficial 10 месяцев назад

Somehow you made this song better for me. ✊🏿

@saqib7965 7 месяцев назад

Rihanna also payed homage with the kanye floating stage from the saint pablo tour and his red outfit from donda listening party /ruanway vma performance

@AverageBlud 10 месяцев назад

I'm early! Stoked for this video

@giannis4mvp400 10 месяцев назад

Best videos on youtube. Keep up all the hard work. Here's your flowers while I can still give them to you 💐

@davidhardy5670 8 месяцев назад

This is partially related but i always wondered if the "cop lights, flash lights, Spot lights" line was a not so subtle allusion to "Flashlight" by Parliament Funkadelic. i wonder if anyone else ever thought about that line.

@8teenOfficial 10 месяцев назад

A+ video fr. Please make more videos about edm legends too like the Daft Punk videos ❤

@bl2528 7 месяцев назад

Though Graduation is my personal favorite KW album, I acknowledge the impact that 808 and Heartbreaks had in influencing the next wave of hip hop production for the next decade. And I also can see why MBDTW is considered his magnum opus.

@jesseshort8 10 месяцев назад

Excited about the new channel Brandon.

@diggingthegreats 10 месяцев назад

🎉🎉🎉 Me too, lots more great stuff on the way 🙏

@niceguyeddie 10 месяцев назад

This song gave me goosebumps when I first heard it

@EdgeKnox 10 месяцев назад

Man, your videos are amazing.

@nocrownking97 10 месяцев назад

damn, you're good at this!

@saqib7965 7 месяцев назад

A masterpiece song, album

@broolkeez 10 месяцев назад

Another dope one bro 👑🔥💪🏽💯‼️

@obertcal11 10 месяцев назад

It’s criminal how underrated this channel is!!!

@Ramos-Lavina 10 месяцев назад

DTG never misses… every vids a banger💯

@marcoboulais475 10 месяцев назад

I’ve always had the hunch that the piano from the Temple of the Golden Pavilion by Philip Glass inspired the intro to Runaway. I’m curious what your thoughts are.

@alexj835 2 месяца назад

300k subs now?! This channel was always going to blow. Guy is too talented of a creator.

@coreyworthingtonii9230 2 месяца назад

MBDTF is my favourite album of ALL TIME. So many bangers and so much talent all in one album.

@badbelly 10 месяцев назад

Always a quality video

@diggingthegreats 10 месяцев назад

🙏🙏🙏

@lRlMlGl 10 месяцев назад

Bruv I was literally just thinking about you uploading a new video lol

@diggingthegreats 10 месяцев назад

🪄🪄🪄

@MrBobbyFreakout 10 месяцев назад

Love hearing more about one of my fave albums. i miss the old kanye.

@natura808 10 месяцев назад

You’re doing amazing job, thank you!

@Samdud 8 месяцев назад

You should make a video about homecoming! That’s my favorite Kanye song!

@amoron123 10 месяцев назад

Nice, a podcast!! Subbed!

@diggingthegreats 10 месяцев назад

🎉🎉🎉 FIRST SUBSCRIBER ALERT 🔥🔥🔥 🙏🙏🙏

@amoron123 10 месяцев назад

Looking forward to hearing more! Your videos are incredible so know the pod is gonna be great too!

@saqib7965 7 месяцев назад

Quality video

@chbrabo 9 месяцев назад

Man u break it, this channel is the real goty

@rizingpho3nix 6 месяцев назад

OMG I wish you could cover Kanye West's song "Gorgeous" with Kid Cudi. That song is crazy and more importantly Kid cudi's hook was the chef's kiss.

@T_R_O_Y_McClure 10 месяцев назад

I have an unusual comment. I have posed this question to as many people as possible that have a great knowledge of sampling. I need help solving a 30 year arguement. In group home's living proof intro there is a collage of samples of variations of "im ready" who is the very first voice we hear? And where is it from? I think you may be the man for the job. Any help is much appreciated.

@stephenforde4735 10 месяцев назад

The "Rick Beato" of Hip Hop and beyond. This cat deserves as many subscribers as well. Crack on brother.

@Myshtuff 10 месяцев назад

At the end of each video where you point to a past video, how long do you stand there perfectly still staring into the camera without blinking? I like to imagine its for hours.

@diggingthegreats 10 месяцев назад

“We good? We get it? Can I move?!?”

@lucristianx 8 месяцев назад

The layered Star Wars reference got me to subscribe

@davehandelman2832 10 месяцев назад

Love these!!!

@pmuppuehtemulov 10 месяцев назад

808s is a process record. a rare insight. it won nothing? nah, it won our hearts.

@davidcache 10 месяцев назад

Great content!

@thatmightyninja8465 26 дней назад

May you please do a few vids on Nujabes. I feel in my deepest heart that both Dilla and Nujabes were two of the greatest producers and there's a lot of people that need to know about the genius of Nujabes

@tobbetobster9930 10 месяцев назад

Banger video as always

@TYBO-xl1xz 10 месяцев назад

I have to actually listen to this album because to me Late Registration is my favorite album from him

@diggingthegreats 10 месяцев назад

Late Registration is also 🔥

@indestruct4000 6 месяцев назад

If you have ever lived at the housethat was the party spot everyone went to when it was time to get crazy instead of being one of the ones that went to someone else's house to party, then you got a small glimpse of what it is like to live as a famous person. Privacy takes on a whole new level of importance. Sometimes you just want to just chill, but can't you are the spot...

@kidsonicofficial 10 месяцев назад

"Turn up the Lights in here, extra bright I want you to see this" could also mean the constant media attention that follows celebrities.

@davido3109 10 месяцев назад

Thanks again thanks!!!! Always musical and life.. Namaste Haribol Asewe!!!

@munny_1206 8 месяцев назад

Your look of amazement as he talks about the 20 something horns

@e66iu 10 месяцев назад

Thank you. I've been trying to put into words why that song makes me sad. Everybody I know thinks it's because i got depression (jesus is the one), but it's deeper. Kanye said "I used to want this thing forever, ya'll can have it back."

@younghan3573 10 месяцев назад

I liked you interpretation of his metaphors, but are there concrete examples of Kayne backing them up? Some sort of Rosetta stone to translate his stories?

@WillChomicaRollout 10 месяцев назад

Great video it is cool that you got to talk to the horn producer and you get a podcast and a second channel! Still checking Donny Hathaway your favorite Christmas artist? How it was created is crazy! Imagine a friend of a friend was a professional songwriter and your song was released!!!

@diggingthegreats 10 месяцев назад

🙏🙏 THIS CHRISTMAS NOW AND FOREVER 😂

@FKnox123 10 месяцев назад

I'm predicting 1M subs for this channel soon 💪

@diggingthegreats 10 месяцев назад

📈📈📈

@GiangHPham 5 месяцев назад

“My beautiful dark twisted fantasy” is top 5 best album any genre of all time.

@Jdilla1988 8 месяцев назад

This version of ‘Ye was a genius

@Phat_TONY 10 месяцев назад

hows anyone in our days even give him any time?

@jesseshort8 10 месяцев назад

Not the biggest fan of Ye but I've always lived this song.

@killagilla24 10 месяцев назад

This guy knows music.

@azido 10 месяцев назад

missing that DDJ man, but congrats on the upgrade!

@mojojojo6400 10 месяцев назад

Top hip-hop albums front to back all time

@d.a.c.e.3198 8 месяцев назад

👑

@JorgeTorres-tl7vo 8 месяцев назад

I keep thinking about on one episode of Wild N Out where Kat Williams big insult to Kanye was “Make a song without a sample.” And then Kanye did it a few years later, and Kat Williams did was get his ass kicked by a 7th grader. Life is good sometimes.

@matttheking1655 10 месяцев назад

The greatest Kanye West album, and probably one of the greatest album from all genre of music...👌

@AKSourGod 10 месяцев назад

WOAHHHH really didn't realize how many people sung on this song. No wonder it had such a different energy.

@KnowledgeSeeker78491 9 месяцев назад

I've listened to this song like 3 times in the last week... Google is obviously all in my business

@ScottThePisces 10 месяцев назад

14:00 i'm pretty sure Kanye was supposed to be at this show, based on all of the staging and themes throughout. Especially when All of the Lights went straight into Run This Town with Jay Z

@electrixfyingipod6206 10 месяцев назад

Can you please explain how 808’s and heartbreak change the whole genre of hip hop this album is so influential and hip hop would look totally different without it