"Barry Bonds" is the seventh track on Kanye West's third studio album, Graduation (2007).[1] The song features Lil Wayne. The song is about how the two made it and bragging about money and rich lifestyles.[2]
Background[]
The song was recorded sometime in 2007. The title of the track: "Barry Bonds" and some of the lyrics are about the American baseball player Barry Bonds. Kanye West and Lil Wayne both make many jokes on this song adding comedy rap elements to the track.[3][4] Lil Wayne and Kanye were both very popular rappers and at a good time of their careers, this was also the first track that the two made together making this track very anticipated. The song was supposed to feature Jay-Z as well as Wayne.[5] A demo of Barry Bonds was leaked on March 21, 2022, as a part of a group buy. It features different production, different lyrics, worse mixing, a guitar intro, and an instrumental outro.[6]
Reception[]
The track is considered one of the worst songs on Graduation by many. On Album Of The Year, the song has an average rating of 73/100 based on 2,744 ratings.[7] On Rate Your Music the song has an average rating of 3.15/5 based on 5,099 ratings.[8]
Video[]
Not a music video, but an official video clip that was shown during a listening party for Graduation that Kanye hosted in 2007. The footage in the video clip was from the Japanese movie Oldboy (2003).[9]
lyrics[]
https://genius.com/Kanye-west-barry-bonds-lyrics
Trivia[]
- This was the first collaboration between Lil Wayne and Kanye West.
- Despite not being released as a single, "Barry Bonds" was peaking at number twenty-four on the U.S. Billboard Bubbling Under R&B/Hip-Hop Singles chart
References[]
- ↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graduation_(album)#Track_listing:~:text=7.,%22Barry%20Bonds%22
- ↑ https://genius.com/Kanye-west-barry-bonds-lyrics#:~:text=Embed-,About,-Genius%20Annotation
- ↑ https://genius.com/1708
- ↑ https://genius.com/32669618
- ↑ https://djbooth.net/features/2016-08-03-kanye-west-barry-bonds-story/
- ↑ https://pillowcase.su/f/c1e2cc27c61891079aa57ece1d1f4346
- ↑ https://www.albumoftheyear.org/song/6687-barry-bonds/
- ↑ https://rateyourmusic.com/song/kanye-west/barry-bonds/
- ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O1drqkkyfzs