Women love this song. No lie. I don’t know why, though. I can’t explain it—but I’ll try anyway. Here, West raps about low-down, triflin’ women who attach themselves to men for their money. Why in the world would women celebrate a song like this? Maybe it’s just the beat—and it’s a great beat, too, one that spotlights the kick drum by surrounding it with just the sparest of instrumentation. Maybe it’s the expert looping of Jamie Foxx singing a variation of Ray Charles’ “I Got a Woman.” Maybe it’s West’s clear, well-enunciated speech, which is easy to decipher and comprehend even upon first listen. Maybe it’s the fact that West is rapping a type of woman that most women are sure they’ll never be—they see these gold diggers as an extreme type of woman, one that they can ridicule and point out to their friends, making them feel better in the process.
Or maybe—just maybe—the women who love this song are proud. As many times as women have been raped, beaten, emotionally abused, stereotyped, sexually harassed, and left pregnant, broke, and alone by men—then maybe women see this song as some sort of vindication. As West serves the scene here, it’s a comic situation, but maybe these humorous elements provide the levity needed for women to proclaim their love for this song…without worrying about any repercussions later.
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