Baby Keem names his favourite Kanye West songs of all time
Carson rapper Baby Keem has been teasing a new album for months, but fans have yet to hear a new project from the West Coast emcee. In 2023, the lyricist released a song featuring his close friend, Kendrick Lamar, entitled ‘Hillbillies.’ However, Keem let his fans know it wasn’t a single and wouldn’t be appearing on any future project. Keem has been quiet recently and hasn’t released a full-length studio album since The Melodic Blue, which hit streaming platforms in 2021.
Still, the West Coast emcee is an influential figure and has appeared at various evets over the years. In 2023, he headlined Tyler The Creator’s Camp Flog Gnaw festival and last year he announced that he will be releasing an album entitled Child With Wolves. Although his sophomore project is yet to materialise, his cult fanbase are still hopeful.
That said, Baby Keem still engages with the community and during an appearance on Rap Pack with Carl Chery, the ‘Orange Soda’ lyricist opened up about some of his influences and spoke on his love for Kanye West.
Delving into how he was influenced by West, Keem told Chery, “I didn’t know what it was at the time but hearing Graduation on the radio all the time I was like ‘Okay I’m getting tired of these songs now, let me go and find something myself.”
His exposure to Kanye’s third album, Graduation, led to baby Keem to West’s other bodies of work, and one that he loved was Ye’s 2008 hit project, 808s & Heartbreak. Explaining this more, Keem continued, “Then I found 808s [& Heartbreak]. I was like, ‘Whoa! this reminds me of the wintertime. This is the best winter ever!’ I think it had snowed in Vegas, and I was like, ‘This is the soundtrack to what’s going on right now.'”
Still, Baby Keem didn’t just enjoy Kanye West’s 2000s bodies of work but also began enjoying his new material as the 2010s began. The fiirst Kanye album of the 2010s was My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy, and this hit a spot with the West Coast emcee.
The ‘Durag Activity’ rhymer explained how he loved the 2010 album, elaborating, “i remember getting Dark Twisted, and ‘All of The Lights’ that was my favourite song that and ‘Amazing’, and ever since then those have been my favourite two Kanye Songs!”
Carl Chery even asked Baby Keem if he had a favourite Kanye album. Still, the Carson native found it extremely tough to answer due to the sheer number of projects West has managed to release during his career. That said, he still had an answer to the question.
While attempting to nail down his favourite album, the lyricist admitted, “That’s so tough, man! I think my most influential album would be 808s & Heartbreak. But my favourite album could be My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy.”
However, he conceded that there is no final answer to that question, insisting, “It goes back and forth one day it will be 808s and the next day it will be Dark Twisted. There’s no wrong answer. That guy is a creative genius!”
While Baby Keem is most probably still riding high from his cousin, Kendrick Lamar’s win over Drake last year, his loyal fans still await a new project. However, at least he has given a working title for the forthcoming project.
Baby Keem’s favourite Kanye West songs:
- ‘All Of The Lights’, My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy, (2010)
- ‘Amazing’ ft Jeezy, 808s & Heartbreak, (2008)