Been into Ye (formerly Kanye West) recently, and I'm not the type to say "OMG THIS [piece of art] SAVED MY LIFE!!" but his work and how confident he is in himself and his art despite his issues or how he's perceived have made me feel a bit better about myself too, especially in this age of self-deprecation and especially especially (x2) in a time when I feel that my art is meaningless. And yeah, I'm aware that Kanye is a really controversial figure, and I might not agree with a lot of the things he has said, but to be honest I don't really care about cancel culture for the most part, I stop engaging with an artist's work if they commit an actual crime, and at that point I don't even think it's just about "cancel culture" but more about common sense. I don't really give a gaf about a few problematic tweets/opinions and I'm okay to disagree with an artist I like, even the ones I don't like. I also appreciate when problematic people are their genuine selves even if they are disliked or disapproved over people who try so hard to be a "Good Fucking Person™" but are actually so fake and performative that it's disgusting.

With that out of the way, I've been really enjoying Graduation, super normie and basic take but it's just so good and catchy, once I listened to a few songs they got stuck in my head and before I noticed I started playing the whole album almost every day while working out, cleaning or drawing. Good Morning is such a good and nostalgic song, both because of the nature of the song but because it's one of these songs that I really feel capture the essence of the time it came out while also remaining timeless, I listened to it when I went outside the other day for the first time in ever and it made me feel so good and chill, it helped with my social anxiety so much. I Wonder was the one that made me actually start listening to Kanye lately, I heard it once and I feel like I immediately went "Oh my God.....I get it". I think it's a really good example of Kanye's sample game too, I know there's a million better examples of this but this one is just so good how the original and the sampled version complement each other so well. It's also kinda funny that Labi Siffre opened My Song with "This is my song, and no one can take it away", such a funny line for a song that many people found out about from the sample, and don't get me wrong, the original is beautiful, I'm really happy that I found out about it even if it was this way, such a sweet song that added so much to "I Wonder", I love this version, I feel like the age in his voice adds so much to it. As for Graduation and the more known songs that I also like (what song on this albums is not known? lol) Homecoming and Flashing Lights are bangers.

I've been enjoying Jesus is King too, I really like the fast pace of Follow God and this version might be one of my favorites, I've listened to that Sunday Service like a hundred times too, such a feel good experience. Closed on Sunday has such weird but interesting lyrics at a first listen, and I don't mean to be like "DAMN I HEAR IT!!" but trying to distance myself from social media and brainrot (I'm not perfect, but I'm trying) made the lyrics hit close home, not to mention that I'm also trying to find comfort in religion lately. A friend asked me the other day what made me listen to Kanye lately and I think it was just the timing, right now I relate to a lot of what he writes about, the good and the bad, and trying to find the good and the bad on myself.

DONDA is kinda tricky to me, because while I'm not completely in love with it the songs that I do like have a piece of my soul, Moon is one of these songs that I can't listen to that much because it just makes me sad, "Don't leave so soon, how could I get through?" it's a heartbreaking line considering the context of the album, the Sunday Service version melts my heart too, oh my God I think that "I wanna go to the moon" could make me cry even on those days when I feel absolutely nothing. 24 is one that makes me emotional, not necessarily sad, it's just that lyrics like "Know you're alive and God's not finished" and God's not finished really get to me. Then you get to Off The Grid and shit GOES HARD!! I had Heaven and Hell on repeat a while back, especially this version, that "amazing grace it saves, oh how sweet the sound" gave me so much serotonin, it inspired some of my art pieces too so I guess it was a matter of time 'till Kanye got to me lol. The official video is so damn pretty too DANG!!

Yeezus is a crazy listen, it fills you with energy from the very beggining with On Sight, this album really reminds me of that one interview in which he said that you can't expect someone who makes crazy art to not be a little crazy themselves. On Sight being followed by Black Skinhead was amazing on a first listening and ON EVERY listening to be honest, I have no words for this album, just amazing back to back.

And Oh my God, My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy is so good too. This is a super cliché thing to say but I relate to Runaway so much, and on itself is such a great song, even the piano at the beggining is so iconic, I know is one of Kanye's most popular songs but I think it's for a good reason, just beautiful. Dark Fantasy, Monster, Devil In a New Dress are such bangers too.

AND I DON'T WANT TO JUST TALK ABOUT EVERY ALBUM mostly because I'm still listening but also because I want to keep these entries a bit on the short side, but Late Registration (and Late Orchestration) are amazing too, Touch The Sky, Roses, Diamonds From Sierra Leone and the whole album are PEAK!! I also love Dropout Bear so much, especially Takashi Murakami's version, I need all the plushies AS SOON AS POSSIBLE!! and I might add him somewhere when I revamp my site.

I ALMOST FORGOT ABOUT BULLY!! Even though I enjoy his older work more (I'm not a "I miss the old Kanye" type tho) I really enjoyed this one too, might be the hype of currently being into his music overal but I don't really care, PUNCH DRUNK has been on repeat in my mind, having Ceelo Green on the title song BULLY goes so fucking hard, and both WHITE LINES and ALL THE LOVE have me feeling love that I currently don't have, I feel like it's a shame that most of these songs seem to be so short, I might listen to them a hundred times more because of it. KING almost made me feel the hype from On Sight, honorable mention to LAST BREATH because realizing he had a feat with PESO PLUMA caught me so off guard lmao bro HASSAN YOU'RE EVERYWHERE BRO 😭

Company is a musical that I watched a few years ago, the version I originally saw was the one with the New York Philharmonic and I did like it! But I feel like for some reason, back then, it didn't really hit as it should have. Of course since I first watched it I've had "Bobby, Bobby, Bobby baby, Bobby Bubi!!" come up to my head randomly, and I really enjoy LuPone's version of Ladies Who Lunch, but that was mostly it.

I recently watched the 2006 Broadway Revival, and oh my God, it hit me like a truck. Might be this version in specific, might be the age, or even the obvious fact that I kinda see myself in Bobby. I also think it's a musical that hits more the older (and more lonely) you get, and boy oh boy...

Raul Esparza is so good, his version of Being Alive both breaks and melts my heart, this song is NOT for the weak loners and touch starved (and by this I mean ME!!). Esparza did an amazing job as Bobby, he sounds to defeated, and yet, so hopeful.

Being Alive is such a vulnerable song that I can't listen to that often because it gives me too many feelings, it just really hits too close to home. I cried like a baby when I watched this version. Oh my God, Sondheim, how do you do it, motherfucker?

I've also been enjoying the original cast. I really like how the musical works no matter the tone it goes for; even though I like the more minimalist version of the 2006 revival I also enjoy the more colorful vibe of the original and the humor on the New York Philharmonic, but for the opening song my favorite version is definitely the one from the original cast, it's just so full of life, it's one of these songs that fills me with energy any time I need a little boost! Such a fun song that sticks with you. Honorable mention to Getting Married Today that's a classic "Sondheim loves to make difficult songs", Heather Laws is definitely my favorite Amy.

Poor Baby is also one of my favorites, it's super fun in the original scene and such a fun song on its own, maybe because of the mini-reprises or the intro song. Also the original cast honestly sounds so fun I wish I could watch it besides that short movie of the cast they did T_T the downside of enjoying musicals "a little bit too late".

And lastly, although mentioned before, Ladies Who Lunch. It's a bit hard to pick a favorite because of how unique they are and how much each actress brings to their own interpretation, Elaine Stritch as the original is simply unbeatable; As mentioned before, LuPone's was the first version I heard, and hers is the one more on the song-side if that makes sense? Like for example, in her version, the "I'll drink to that" after the "Another vodka stinger" is just a high note instead of a scream, which is fine and I enjoy it, but it's an example of what I mean lol after years of hearing LuPone's version, finally hearing Elaine's version caught me off-guard, it was like listening to the song for the first time altogether, they are so different yet so beautiful in their own way. Elaine is so full of raw emotions, the frustrations and even resentment of Joanne as a character, watching her perform it's just so great, she sings the fuck out of this song, I adore it! And last but not least, Barbara Walsh's version. Barbara is definitely my favorite version of Joanne (I feel like the kid from the "that's my favorite!" meme but the revival is just so spot on with the cast!) which makes me feel like her version of Ladies Who Lunch might be my favorite. Hers is like a beautiful mix of the song and the snarky nature of the performance, the melancholy and minimalism that I really love from the revival is on point for this song too, it makes Joanne exposing her feelings more elevated with less of a spectacle and it really comes up as a drunk rant for both Bobby and us, ooh Barbara Walsh, the woman that you are!

Justo cuando había superado (entre comillas, todavía me gusta un monton) $ad Boyz 4 Life II, Junior, en compañia de Gael, llegan con DEPRESSED MFKZ, oooh T__T

Hay algo en Junior H que no me suelta, esa melancolia que tiene que no termino de decidir si el estilo agitado y movido de los corridos tumbados, o el lado lento y nostalgico del mismo genero, le resta o le agrega. Sea lo que sea es algo que amo. He llegado a leer la opinion de que Junior H es como Lana Del Rey pero de los corridos tumbados ASJDHKAS.

Todavía DEPPRESSED MFKZ todavía no me pegaba tanto cuando POLE DANCE ya vivía en mi cabeza. Tiene ese estilo tan melancolico, casi tan derrotado, como diciendo "siempre es un tiempo jodido para enamorarse, pero nos damos la oportunidad de todas formas", tanto deseo en una canción.

Mientras que en Dinastía la voz de Peso Pluma y Tito hacen un contraste entre la voz más "agresiva" de Tito y la más suave de Peso Pluma, Gael y Junior se complementan en un estilo bastante similar que queda perfecto para lo que es el album. Y hablando de Peso Pluma, su feat en DROGA LETAL quedó ideal también por lo mismo de que tienen un estilo similar, pero agregando cada quien de su parte. Con DEMENCIA desde que escuché esa intro me atrapo, ese eco de guitarra que tanto me gusta de este genero que pega todavía más después del coro, a veces pienso que me gustaría andar toda dolida para disfrutar estas canciones como Diosito manda.

La primera vez que escuche Dinastía y llegué a bckpckbyz me quedé como OMG!!! La original es de esas canciones que escuchaba de lejos y siempre me pregunté como se llamaba, esa parte de "Cierro tratos con gelato" sobre todo era de esos ritmos que me repetía en mi cabeza a pesar de que no sabía exactamente que decía la letra, el tipico "no escucha pero bien que repara".

Es tremendo escuchar la versión del album después de años de la versión original, me llegó a dar nostalgia porqué es una canción que me recuerda mucho a mis hermanos y de ellos la escuche incluso de antes que empezara a escuchar corridos tumbados yo misma (T_T)! me recuerda también a mis tiempos de maquila, cuando teniamos horas extra y nos dejaban poner nuestra música, o cuando iba en mi camion de salida. Siento que la versión original aun se sostiene, pero la versión de Dinastía suena tan bien, el piano con el coro de fondo?? WAOS!! Tito DoubleP le agrega un montón no solo a esta canción pero a todo el album y gracias a esta colaboración empecé a escuchar más de él, justo ahora sueno mucho POR SUS BESOS por acá.

De Dinastía además tengo tu con él, trucha y dopamina en repeat, en general los corridos tumbados son música que me dan mucho pa'rriba y me ayudan cuando no me puedo concentrar mientras dibujo o a veces incluso cuando estoy moviendole a mi pagina, y estás, en especial dopamina, no me fallan >:{3!!

VALGAME DIOOOOS XDDDD

Fuerza Regida para mi es un gusto adquirido, escuché TQM en el viaje donde conocí el mar por primera vez (ya se la saben que por allá en territorios de playa suena mucho el regional mexicano) y me gustó, pero escuchar otras canciones suyas al principio es un constante ???? porqué, o sea, las letras de los corridos tumbados en general son medio (bastante) cuestionables, no? pero no me había topado letras tan, explicitas? ASDAHAJKSDH

Hace unos meses me tope con ANSIEDAD y sorpresivamente me gustó, también me agarro en bajada, Ansiedad es una canción extrañamente vulnerable comparada con las canciones que había escuchado de ellos, que aunque sigue con esas vibras de "que esperabas? soy un fuckboy te fuck y me voy" tiene un tono medio melancolico, es como el sentimiento de culpa (si es que un hombre como JOP puede sentir culpa) en una canción, una opulencia que no tiene llenadera. Así que sorprendida de lo mucho que me gustó Ansiedad me fuí a escuchar 111XPANTIA en su totalidad, que por cierto, el nombre del albúm es una mezcla del numero angelical "111", el cual significa y "ixpantia", palabra náhuatl que significa "manifestar", lo cual se me hace bastante cool ajksdha.

Escuchar 111XPANTIA fue lo mismo que antes, un ???? constante, pero Dios que si me atraparon tanto que terminaron aparecieron en mi top del YouTube Wrapped del año pasado y junto a Junior H, se volvieron de mis más escuchados, ahora me ven repitiendo:

espontaneamente porqué esta canción vive en mi cabeza todo el tiempo, es tan vulgar y tan boba PERO NO PUEDOOOOO, JOP tiene la voz para esto y toda la banda toca tan OOF!! Al principio cuando escuchaba la canción era como "esta buena, simplemente voy a ignorar la letra" pero SE TE QUEDA GRABADA, ahora soy prisionera.

De 111XPANTIA mis favoritas son Ansiedad, Peliculiando, Marlboro Rojo (esta me da super para arriba LAS DURAS PA' LOS IMPACTOS LAS BALAS DEL DIABLO Y YO SOLO PIENSO EN TUS OJOS!!) y Nocturno, mención honorifica para TU SANCHO que de todo el album fue la que más me inspiro para este dibujo.

De Pa' las Babys y Belikeada sueno mucho la ya mencionada TQM, BARBIEZ y EXCESOS.

No hay canción de de Sad Boyz 4 Life II que no ame, es de mis albums favoritos en general, Junior me gustaba mucho ya de antes pero escuchar este álbum me movio algo en la quimica de mi cerebro y de tanto que lo escucha el 2025 se Junior se volvió mi artista más escuchado, como dije en DPRSSD MFKZ (porque si, esto lo voy escribiendo al final AKJSDHA) Junior tiene algo que desde que lo escuché ya no me soltó, no se si sus letras, si su estilo, si los instrumentales, o TODOO TODOOO!!

Sinceramente descubrí este album porqué en mi ultimo trabajo (funfact: mi último trabajo fue un oxxo) mi jefa solía poner TRES BOTELLAS y me termino de gustar un montón, asi que la busque y de ahí me fui al album, el resto fue historia.

De SB4LII mis favoritas son LA CHERRY, la ya mencionada TRES BOTELLAS y ROCKSTAR, DIOS mi familia tiene suerte de que tenga audifonos si no seguro ya los tendría hartos de tanto que repito esta canción, y eso solo por mencionar nomás algunas porque la verdad pondría el álbum entero.

Aparte de SAD BOYZ 4 LIFE II me gusta mucho Intro de Cruisin' with Junior H, fue posiblemente la primera canción suya que escuche, ese solo del final fue lo que me hizo ir con mi hermano para preguntarle como se llamaba esa canción. Nací Para Amarte de Mi Vida en un Cigarro 2, que joyita de canción Dios mio, de principio a fin con la letra y sus vocales, me parte mucho la madre, y NI HABLAR DE Extssy Model del mismo album, esta canción ME PARTE, de esas canciones que no puedo escuchar cuando me siento mal porqué me da un sentimiento T__T JUNIOR H PQ ESCRIBISTES ESO??.