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POV: They just killed Jesus for helping the people

i had actually been thinking about that era & the psg tape specifically earlier in the day yesterday, i love how they would blend boom bap with some modern elements & still had bars without being superfluous

sidenote, retch wrote what may be the rudest bar i've ever heard on since my dog died

"i keep it dapper, up in maine eating snapper,
at the table its loud with chatter without manner,
place the drink next to the coaster"

ive heard dozens if not hundreds of songs w things like f***ing someones b**** or threats of violence but something about the simple act of seeing the coaster & deliberately placing the drink next to it struck me so much harder lmfao. part is as 1:30

thats a wild concept im gonna have to check this album out

@op that LUM song is actually autobiographical, although it's vague, it's from his perspective, not a random kid being kidnapped. It's part of why he didn't originally want to release the project and hasn't released a pt 2, he said it was too emotional for him

i never knew that, thats f***ing horrible :(

that explains why the terror & anxiety shine through the track so strongly, i cant imagine the fear he must have felt in the moment or how much that must have f***ed up his head

i wonder if the kendrick leaks from earlier this year will end up being on his album or if he scraps them all

i dont want to derail the thread but honestly it makes the project really disturbing to listen to knowing that, it's unsettling knowing why he's so emotional during the songs he's actually rapping on

Lmfao I never thought about what that bar meant before

that definitely gives me a deeper appreciation for the project, im going to have to relisten now that i know its autobiographical. the bravery it takes to even write about something like that let alone put it on record & release it publicly is truly incredible

god damn

eminems fall off is such a shame, he had some really great storytelling on his early stuff which now seems to fall into this weird limbo of often being underappreciated due to his youtube commenter tier fans overrating his entire discography leading to non fans being apprehensive towards giving it a fair shot. being a white rapper certainly had a large part in him becoming as successful as he did, but his pen was sharp & there's a reason so many old heads rank him highly

this is nice, i like the video

i havent heard much keem but i like everything i've heard. i like the hey ya interpolation in his flow & the low passed warbly beat makes this song feel like when you're drunk in your feelings at the end of the night

one day people will appreciate lil b beyond his status as a meme, he really has some great deep tracks

this has always been one of my all time favourite songs & now i cant listen to it without tearing up

writing songs about hiphop (usually personifying it) may be a bit of a trope, but theres something so pure about an artist expressing their honest feelings toward their artform within that same medium. here's another great example

'why eve made him eat that? thats why i dont eat b**** food now'

'okay i f*** w adam, but i'd beat the s*** outta eve'

and i thought nas saying 'when i was 12 i went to hell for snuffing jesus' was sacrilegious , these bars are f***ing hilarious

edit: every time i think he's said the most absurd bar so far he drops one twice as good

@Rickon (i wish we could still quote multiple posts)

lupe has some of the most interesting concepts ive heard in music & is easily one of the greatest writers. whether its something as deep as the drogas wave album

"it's about a group of slaves on a slave ship on their way from Africa to the West Indies and they are thrown off the boat. But they didn’t die. They stayed alive and they lived under the sea. And they dedicated their lives to sinking slave ships – so they became this super, underwater force against slavery."

or something more 'simple' like on switch & dumb it down

These sound cool af . I got the chorus for dumb it down but the verses were hard to understand

Lupe discog can make up the bulk of this thread forreal