Ye Universe

The definitive Kanye West encyclopedia. Every song, sample, producer, and story — mapped into an interactive experience.

Live at yeuniverse.com

Features

Core Experience

• Interactive Galaxy — Force-directed graph of 208 songs and 91 samples with album cover thumbnails at cluster centers
• Discover — Sortable/filterable table with mood, energy, streams, Billboard positions, Grammy data
• AI Chat (YeAI) — Grok-powered analysis on every song, album, sample, and path. Personalizes based on user's favorite songs.

Daily Engagement

• Song Battles — Daily "This or That" matchup (Wordle model). Same battle for everyone. Streaks + shareable results.
• Daily Trivia — One Kanye trivia question per day + 10-question weekly quiz. 65 questions across songs, samples, producers, life events.
• Taste Profile Quiz — Find your Kanye archetype, get a curated playlist, share the result with dynamic OG image.

Content

• 14 Album Pages — Deep analysis, tracklists, sample maps, Spotify album embeds, streaming links
• 208 Song Pages — 208 deep meanings (100% coverage), Spotify track embeds, production stats, video embeds, ratings, community takes
• 91 Sample Connections — Traced to original artists with WhoSampled links
• 41 Music Videos — YouTube embeds with lazy loading
• 25+ Producer Pages — Individual /producer/[slug] pages with photos, discography, notable songs
• 5 Era Pages — /era/[id] with album grids, themes, notable tracks
• 63 Guest Features — Watch the Throne, Kids See Ghosts, BULLY collaborators
• 48 Unreleased Tracks — Yandhi leaks, scrapped albums, demos
• 62 Life Events — Timeline from 1977 to 2026
• 6 Listening Paths — Curated journeys through the catalog
• 25 Archetype Playlists — Curated playlists for each taste quiz archetype with Spotify links
• 11 Blog Posts — SEO-targeted articles including BULLY deep dives

Community

• Song Ratings — 1-5 star ratings on every song page (Supabase)
• Short Takes — 280-character community comments on songs
• Favorites — Pick your top 1-10 Kanye songs, used by AI for personalization
• User Profiles — /profile page with favorites and sign out
• Social Login — Google + X/Twitter OAuth via Supabase

SEO & Sharing

• Dynamic OG Images — Every page type has a custom social preview card
• JSON-LD Structured Data — On 9 page types for AI search engines
• Sitemap — All routes indexed (songs, albums, samples, eras, producers, archetypes, blog posts)
• PWA Manifest — Installable on mobile home screens
• 11 Blog Posts — Long-tail SEO content

Tech Stack

• Framework: Next.js 16 (App Router, TypeScript, Tailwind CSS 4)
• Visualization: react-force-graph-2d (canvas-based, works on mobile)
• Animation: Framer Motion
• AI: xAI Grok API (grok-4-1-fast-reasoning)
• Auth: Supabase (email/password + Google/Twitter OAuth)
• Database: Supabase (profiles, ratings, takes, favorites with RLS)
• Payments: Stripe ($4.99 one-time for AI chat)
• Music Embeds: Spotify iframe embeds (80+ verified track IDs)
• Analytics: PostHog + Vercel Analytics + Speed Insights
• Deployment: Vercel
• Domain: yeuniverse.com

Environment Variables

# Required
XAI_API_KEY=                        # xAI/Grok API key
STRIPE_SECRET_KEY=                  # Stripe secret key
NEXT_PUBLIC_SUPABASE_URL=           # Supabase project URL
NEXT_PUBLIC_SUPABASE_ANON_KEY=      # Supabase anon/public key
SUPABASE_SERVICE_ROLE_KEY=          # Supabase service role key

# Optional
NEXT_PUBLIC_POSTHOG_KEY=            # PostHog analytics key
NEXT_PUBLIC_POSTHOG_HOST=           # PostHog host URL

Development

npm install
npm run dev

Open http://localhost:3000.

Data

Database Schema

Supabase tables (see supabase/ for SQL):

• profiles — User profiles with payment status (auto-created on signup)
• ratings — 1-5 star song ratings (one per user per song)
• takes — 280-char community comments on songs
• favorites — Ranked top 1-10 favorite songs per user

All tables have Row Level Security (RLS) policies.

License

Private project. All rights reserved.