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jimmydoreisalefty OP , 1 month ago

On October 23, 2002, Kanye crashed his car and fractured his jaw. The “Through the Wire” title comes from the fact that Kanye recorded the original version while his mouth was still wired shut. The track samples Chaka Khan’s “Through The Fire”.

“Through the Wire” became certified platinum on November 20, 2018.

https://genius.com/Kanye-west-through-the-wire-lyrics

jimmydoreisalefty OP , 1 month ago

On October 23, 2002, Kanye crashed his car and fractured his jaw. The “Through the Wire” title comes from the fact that Kanye recorded the original version while his mouth was still wired shut. The track samples Chaka Khan’s “Through The Fire”.

“Through the Wire” became certified platinum on November 20, 2018.

https://genius.com/Kanye-west-through-the-wire-lyrics

jimmydoreisalefty OP , 1 month ago

“Hind’s Hall” (stylized as HIND’S HALL) was released by Macklemore through social media on 6 May 2024.

The track broadly addresses the State of Israel’s attack on Palestinians in Gaza which began in October 2023. The attack, which has caused tens of thousands of casualties, overwhelmingly civilian, has been widely characterised as genocidal, including as plausibly amounting to genocide by the ruling of the International Court of Justice in South Africa v Israel.

More narrowly, the track addresses the 2024 encampment movement which took shape around the world in protest of other states' response, or lack of response, to the Israeli attack. Macklemore, who is based in the United States, particularly criticises US institutions' coercive, brute-force, often militarised response to student protesters using their (nominally) guaranteed rights to free speech.

“Hind’s Hall” is named in reference to Hind’s Hall, a building at Columbia University in Manhattan known as Hamilton Hall prior to its takeover by student protesters. The building was named in reference to Hind Rajab, a 6-year-old Palestinian girl murdered by Israeli occupation forces. Hind’s fate is known because the civilian car she was riding in was disabled by an Israeli tank, killing most of her family and injuring her, whereupon her cousin placed a call to Palestinian emergency services crying and begging for help before also being killed. Hind subsequently spent three hours on call with Palestinian emergency services, allowing an ambulance to be dispatched and reach her. Upon its arrival, that ambulance was destroyed, and its crew and Hind were murdered, by the same or another Israeli tank.

Hind’s call was leaked online and instantly became a focus of widespread notoriety due to the cold, calculated nature of her and her family’s murder — Hind and her cousin’s calls and evidence from the scene consistently indicate Israeli forces were in the immediate vicinity and in visual range at the time of each killing, meaning there is no reasonable chance the Israeli tank crews did not fully realise what they had done. Moreover, the Israeli tank destroyed the ambulance after Israeli forces had provided the Palestinian Red Crescent Society and Gaza Health Ministry with a “guarantee” of safe passage and the ambulance had proceeded along a route laid out for that purpose. In addition, after the killing, Israeli spokespeople chose to lie about it and attempt to cover it up.

The song also features a sample from “Ana La Habibi”, by legendary Lebanese Arab singer Fairuz, to fit the theme of making a song for Palestine. Fairuz has also been vocal in her support for Palestine over the course of career with the album Jerusalem in my Heart, featuring the single “Zahrat al Madaen”, which became a pan-Arab anthem, releasing only two weeks after the 1967 Six-Day War.

https://genius.com/Macklemore-hinds-hall-lyrics

jimmydoreisalefty OP , 1 month ago

“Hind’s Hall” (stylized as HIND’S HALL) was released by Macklemore through social media on 6 May 2024.

The track broadly addresses the State of Israel’s attack on Palestinians in Gaza which began in October 2023. The attack, which has caused tens of thousands of casualties, overwhelmingly civilian, has been widely characterised as genocidal, including as plausibly amounting to genocide by the ruling of the International Court of Justice in South Africa v Israel.

More narrowly, the track addresses the 2024 encampment movement which took shape around the world in protest of other states' response, or lack of response, to the Israeli attack. Macklemore, who is based in the United States, particularly criticises US institutions' coercive, brute-force, often militarised response to student protesters using their (nominally) guaranteed rights to free speech.

“Hind’s Hall” is named in reference to Hind’s Hall, a building at Columbia University in Manhattan known as Hamilton Hall prior to its takeover by student protesters. The building was named in reference to Hind Rajab, a 6-year-old Palestinian girl murdered by Israeli occupation forces. Hind’s fate is known because the civilian car she was riding in was disabled by an Israeli tank, killing most of her family and injuring her, whereupon her cousin placed a call to Palestinian emergency services crying and begging for help before also being killed. Hind subsequently spent three hours on call with Palestinian emergency services, allowing an ambulance to be dispatched and reach her. Upon its arrival, that ambulance was destroyed, and its crew and Hind were murdered, by the same or another Israeli tank.

Hind’s call was leaked online and instantly became a focus of widespread notoriety due to the cold, calculated nature of her and her family’s murder — Hind and her cousin’s calls and evidence from the scene consistently indicate Israeli forces were in the immediate vicinity and in visual range at the time of each killing, meaning there is no reasonable chance the Israeli tank crews did not fully realise what they had done. Moreover, the Israeli tank destroyed the ambulance after Israeli forces had provided the Palestinian Red Crescent Society and Gaza Health Ministry with a “guarantee” of safe passage and the ambulance had proceeded along a route laid out for that purpose. In addition, after the killing, Israeli spokespeople chose to lie about it and attempt to cover it up.

The song also features a sample from “Ana La Habibi”, by legendary Lebanese Arab singer Fairuz, to fit the theme of making a song for Palestine. Fairuz has also been vocal in her support for Palestine over the course of career with the album Jerusalem in my Heart, featuring the single “Zahrat al Madaen”, which became a pan-Arab anthem, releasing only two weeks after the 1967 Six-Day War.

https://genius.com/Macklemore-hinds-hall-lyrics

jimmydoreisalefty OP , 1 month ago

“Cool It Now” is the first single from New Edition’s 1984 self-titled sophomore album.

It peaked at #4 on the Billboard Hot 100 and topped Billboard’s Hot Black Singles chart for a week in November of 1984.

https://genius.com/New-edition-cool-it-now-lyrics

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https://oldtimemusic.com/w2/the-meaning-behind-the-song-cool-it-now-by-new-edition/

https://www.songfacts.com/facts/new-edition/cool-it-now

jimmydoreisalefty OP , 1 month ago

“Cool It Now” is the first single from New Edition’s 1984 self-titled sophomore album.

It peaked at #4 on the Billboard Hot 100 and topped Billboard’s Hot Black Singles chart for a week in November of 1984.

https://genius.com/New-edition-cool-it-now-lyrics

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https://oldtimemusic.com/w2/the-meaning-behind-the-song-cool-it-now-by-new-edition/

https://www.songfacts.com/facts/new-edition/cool-it-now

jimmydoreisalefty OP , 1 month ago

• Bill collector called today (Shove)
• IRS is on my pay (Shove)
• My boss says I should comb my hair (Shove)
• My father thinks that I'm nowhere

• Landlord doesn't like my dog (Shove)
• My eyes are burning from the smog (Shove)
• The neighbors say I jam too loud (Shove)
• America thinks it should be proud

https://genius.com/L7-shove-lyrics

jimmydoreisalefty OP , 1 month ago

“Talk” is an energetic guitar-driven track where beabadoobee describes her regular days where she’d often go out on a Tuesday night when she should remain at home to relax for her midweek duties for the following morning.

On March 23, 2022, she spoke with NME in an interview, where she’s depicted herself opting to enjoy life:

I wrote ‘Talk’ just after my first album. I was obsessed with Tuesday because I thought it was the best night to go out, not too much chaos but just enough to have a good time. Generally, it’s about doing things that aren’t necessarily healthy or great for you but you can’t help indulging. It’s like that unavoidable feeling that you get, you can’t get rid of it and you know it’s bad but you love it really and it’s whatever, so you do it anyway.

On March 15, 2022, Bea first teased the instrumental on her Twitter, telling her followers to subscribe to her mailing list to stay up to date on her latest releases:

sign up to my mailin list if u wanna be first to find out more…welcome to beatopia <3

A few days later, on March 21, 2022, she posted a preview for the music video on her Instagram, along the release date announcement:

TALK is out on weds :-) the 1st single from beatopia !! set a reminder for the premiere n subscribe to my yt, i’ll be joining early to hang out !! link below <33

https://genius.com/Beabadoobee-talk-lyrics

jimmydoreisalefty OP , 1 month ago

https://genius.com/Paul-baribeau-ten-things-lyrics

jimmydoreisalefty OP , 1 month ago

How to Rob - 50 Cent [4:25 | Diss, Rap] https://youtu.be/mrXiVvjBSXI

50 fantasizes robbing the era’s biggest of rapper and singers; many of his targets clapped back (and 50 appreciated the publicity!)

Although he’s fully famous now, 50 still engages in “beef marketing” (e.g. a blatantly corporate scheme with Kanye West and silly jabs at Jadakiss and Fat Joe)

Two excellent commentaries on the song:

• From Combat Jack
• From Trackmasters

And as said in Beef (2003):

?50 Cent’s “How To Rob” mocked a new phenomenon. An MC dissing dozens of artists, who take his threats seriously and his disses personally.

This single off 50’s first (unreleased) album Power of the Dollar came out in 1999 and made him almost famous.

https://genius.com/50-cent-how-to-rob-lyrics

jimmydoreisalefty OP , 1 month ago (edited 1 month ago)

Edit:

• added more info and two other disses

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This is 50 Cent’s response to Ghostface Killah’s skit “Clyde Smith” that Raekwon disses him in

https://genius.com/50-cent-peace-god-wu-tang-clan-and-ghostface-killah-diss-lyrics

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Edit2: added info below

https://oldtimemusic.com/w3/the-meaning-behind-the-song-peace-god-wu-tang-clan-ghostface-killah-diss-by-50-cent/

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Clyde Smith - Ghostface Killah [2:40 | Skit, Rap]

https://youtu.be/aeeSiefVY9E

This is Raekwon’s response to 50 Cent’s song “How to Rob”. In the song, 50 cent talked about robbing different rappers. Specifically, he said he would rob Raekwon, Ghostface Killah, RZA, and Ol' Dirty Bastard.

Catch Rae, Ghost and RZA for them funny ass rings.

I’d rob ODB, but that’d be a waste of time
Probably have to clap him, run and toss the 9.

Raekwon responds to 50 cent by threatening to kick his ass and by insulting him

https://genius.com/Ghostface-killah-clyde-smith-lyrics

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How to Rob - 50 Cent [4:25 | Diss, Rap] https://youtu.be/mrXiVvjBSXI

50 fantasizes robbing the era’s biggest of rapper and singers; many of his targets clapped back (and 50 appreciated the publicity!)

Although he’s fully famous now, 50 still engages in “beef marketing” (e.g. a blatantly corporate scheme with Kanye West and silly jabs at Jadakiss and Fat Joe)

Two excellent commentaries on the song:

• From Combat Jack
• From Trackmasters

And as said in Beef (2003):

?50 Cent’s “How To Rob” mocked a new phenomenon. An MC dissing dozens of artists, who take his threats seriously and his disses personally.

This single off 50’s first (unreleased) album Power of the Dollar came out in 1999 and made him almost famous.

https://genius.com/50-cent-how-to-rob-lyrics

jimmydoreisalefty OP , 1 month ago

https://genius.com/Yasiin-bey-mathematics-dirty-lyrics

jimmydoreisalefty OP , 1 month ago

Little bit of comedy, for those that have not seen this video, hahaha

jimmydoreisalefty , 1 month ago

This is a cover of a Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five’s song first recorded in 1947.

Louis Jordan Early In The Morning [3:21 | R&B] https://youtu.be/Z7CwowI2kpI

https://genius.com/Louis-jordan-early-in-the-mornin-lyrics

https://genius.com/Harry-nilsson-early-in-the-morning-lyrics

jimmydoreisalefty OP , 1 month ago

In a 1994 interview to New York magazine, Kim Gordon said this song was about:

using passiveness as a form of rebellion — like, I’m not going to participate in your male-dominated culture, so I’m just going to be passive.

https://genius.com/Sonic-youth-bull-in-the-heather-lyrics

jimmydoreisalefty OP , 1 month ago

Bantu Stephen Biko OMSG was a South African anti-apartheid activist. Ideologically an African nationalist and African socialist, he was at the forefront of a grassroots anti-apartheid campaign known as the Black Consciousness Movement during the late 1960s and 1970s. His ideas were articulated in a series of articles published under the pseudonym Frank Talk. Raised in a poor Xhosa family, Biko grew up in Ginsberg township in the Eastern Cape. In 1966, he began studying medicine at the University of Natal, where he joined the National Union of South African Students. Strongly opposed to the apartheid system of racial segregation and white-minority rule in South Africa, Biko was frustrated that NUSAS and other anti-apartheid groups were dominated by white liberals, rather than by the blacks who were most affected by apartheid. He believed that well-intentioned white liberals failed to comprehend the black experience and often acted in a paternalistic manner.

jimmydoreisalefty OP , 1 month ago

Bantu Stephen Biko OMSG was a South African anti-apartheid activist. Ideologically an African nationalist and African socialist, he was at the forefront of a grassroots anti-apartheid campaign known as the Black Consciousness Movement during the late 1960s and 1970s. His ideas were articulated in a series of articles published under the pseudonym Frank Talk. Raised in a poor Xhosa family, Biko grew up in Ginsberg township in the Eastern Cape. In 1966, he began studying medicine at the University of Natal, where he joined the National Union of South African Students. Strongly opposed to the apartheid system of racial segregation and white-minority rule in South Africa, Biko was frustrated that NUSAS and other anti-apartheid groups were dominated by white liberals, rather than by the blacks who were most affected by apartheid. He believed that well-intentioned white liberals failed to comprehend the black experience and often acted in a paternalistic manner.

jimmydoreisalefty OP , 1 month ago

“The Drums of War” by Jackson Browne, Mark Goldenberg, Kevin McCormick, Mauricio Lewak and Jeff Young appears on the Jackson Browne album, Time, the Conqueror (2008).

This is a political protest song, a staple throughout Browne’s career. Although he’s now 40 years older than when he released “Doctor My Eyes”, his righteousness is as strong now as it was then. Here he takes on the George W. Bush administration and its zeal for the Second Iraq War.

Browne tells about how the song came about in this Rolling Stone interview.

https://genius.com/Jackson-browne-the-drums-of-war-lyrics

jimmydoreisalefty OP , 1 month ago

Regime change does not work.

Just look at our track record in Middle East, Africa, Latin America.

It does force mass immigration, famine, violence, and much more in the regions though.

We must contine to grow as humans, let us keep lesrning and teaching as we head to the future!

jimmydoreisalefty , 1 month ago

Cover by Los Lobos of an old Mexican folk song from Veracruz most famous for its 1958 adaptation by Ritchie Valens. It was used as the title track to the 1987 film La Bamba (which followed the life and career of Valens), and topped the US and UK charts in the same year, proceeding to stay there at the top for three straight weeks.

It was this version of the song that made it to the on-disc setlist of the 2008 rhythm game Guitar Hero: World Tour.

https://genius.com/Los-lobos-la-bamba-lyrics

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La Bamba | PG-13 | 1987 | 1h 48m | Biography/Drama

Biographical story of the rise from nowhere of early rock and roll singer Ritchie Valens who died at age 17 in a plane crash with Buddy Holly and The Big Bopper.

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0093378/

jimmydoreisalefty , 1 month ago

Song playing in the background:

LIL YACHTY - COFFIN (OFFICIAL VIDEO) [1:45 | Rap, Trap] https://youtu.be/RV2DdfwCMQ4

“Coffin” was released unexpectedly on Yachty’s YouTube channel on October 1, 2020, as a music video. He posted the audio on his SoundCloud on the 3rd.

After the initial release, the song’s audio became a viral track on TikTok, which led to Yachty having the mastered version released on streaming services on the 24th.

On the 808-heavy banger, Yachty raps about his wealth and sexual prowess, notably proclaiming that he puts a girl in a “coffin” (puts her to sleep) during sexual intercourse.

https://genius.com/Lil-yachty-coffin-lyrics