It's April 28, 2024, 07:44:52 PM
i got no 'explanation' for who killed it I just listened to that shit and figured it was a character rap....was there an explanation printed in some interview or some shit somewhere that further illuminates it?-T
look here see, pretty mike shanked two face alover some galtransalation: the microphone murdered the hypocritical MC over H.E.R.find the body dead in the aislesdeath by strangulation, microphone cord a dirty broadtransalation: nas the detective sees the hypocritical emcee get strangled by the mic due to whoring hiphop (a dirty broad)...in other words, wack emcees normally kill themselves eventually and real hiphop prevailsguess theyll never play it again Samdamn that was my jamtransalation: speaking of that one-hit wonder, like "ice, ice, baby" WAS the jam whether you acknowledge it or notnow she's on the lambshe made it out wit 200 grandwhat a scamtransalation: speaking about hiphop cashing in as the result of this microwave music, which is all too typicalwhile these two compete on who's the star of the showgolden legs there makes off wit the doetransalation: because of that commercial rapper fell off, you got two now wanting to compete for the crown, meanwhile "golden legs" (i presume the jewish executive or manager...i.e. the jerry hellers or jimmy iovines or clive davis...fuck it, the jews practically RUN the industry, go ask lyor...) cashes in off of their beefI read the paper there wit joe da butcherhe said "one glance is all it took ya, she's a real lookertransalation: "joe da butcher" is presumely that street thug, gangsta rapper or whutever, and how he got attracted to H.E.R.they say her old mans a bootleggertransporting in any weather and at this rate we'll never get hertransalation: pretty much self-explainitory, i guess, but speaking on the issues with bootlegging, illegal downloads or whutever...something like lupe's album was passed down so much due to bootlegging that we never got the ORIGINAL version...alot of shelved albums happened due to thisfellas think its time to call it a nightall this talk of this mystery dames gettin me tighttransalation: the conversation about the current state of hiphop continued until late at night and it was getting nas a bit uptight about how messed up hiphop is right nowthought I saw her in my eyesight, righthate to spoil the partywhat are you guys havin? the same?waiter another round for the gangtransalation: still uptight about hiphop, nas thought he seen REAL hiphop, but it was at the club, partying it up (speaking on how hiphop is not more clubbish these days than ever)its strange how I always felt outta placejoe da butchers my ace, but in comes freckle facewhile at this "club scene" nas admits he was trying to fit in, but still feels out of place, he's cool with being a "thug" AKA "joe da butcher" but parts of him wants to be that "backpack rapper", that nerd or geek, AKA "freckle face"pretty much, nas right there is reflecting on how his career been contradictory..speaking about fronting the thug image, or being the party-goer, or being that packpacker all at once...so I said see you laterfore hurt him and his two ugly thumb breakersmet them in louisiana wrestling gatorsand any idiot can tell there involved wit the capertransalation: nas pretty much leaving the thug image behind to be down with the more conscious effort...the rest of that line is a subliminal knock on the south and how they embraced that thug image in which they're as much to blame in killing hiphopso I pulled the revolver on my waist upbetween the patrol car and the grey truckbehind the streetlamp was a silouhettewhite gloves and a real long cigarettewhattya ya know all this time she's got me in her scopetransalation: now since nas is NOW more "conscious" in whut he's doing, it means he's more apprehensive in whut's out there, in reference of hiphop...especially with the aforementioned domination of the south and them being the supposed culprit of "killing hiphop"..but that's until he sees H.E.R. being hidden...that "got me in her scope" is an obvious knock on INTERSCOPE records, suggesting that label is keeling "real hiphop" hiddenshe spoke says "the devils got you guys be the throat"transalation: nas is stating that the industry that controls hiphop now got us looking like pawns attacking each other for no reason or merit"your conspiracy theories won't work without evidencethat's the reason why eric b is not president"transalation: nas is stating that here we are blaming this or that as the REASON of killing hiphop, but we don't have no proof to back it up, and while we're too busy trying to point fingers at each other, we forgotten whut "true hiphop" used to beya see?look here see, "I know you got soul" your trying to hide ittransalation: hiphop today is "souless", nas begs to differ and has optimism that there's still some soul in hiphop"how did you kill a man" out in "cypress"?one eyed charliehe only hangs with the "criminal minded"says you guys did it "doggystyle" is he lyin?transalation: returning back to the beginning of the tale about the death of the commercial rapper...speaking about how these commercial rappers always want to front a STREET GANGSTER image, hence "he only hangs with the criminal minded", and also how this character is fucking hiphop over doggystyleshe says " "walk this way" ill tell you a "childrens story"we hit the bodega got her a few 40swe jumped in my ridewe drove and she criedtwist off the cap there and opened her mouth wide"swallowed it"whole bottles half emptydrinks like a fish, now she's past "tipsy"transalation: a quick trip back memory lane to where hiphop used to be the bodegas and drinking 40oz and (suprisingly not mentioned) smoking blunts...her drinking like a fish details how easily "loose" hiphop can gettruth came out as we got to her "suave house""chopped and screwed" her mouth and sat me on the couchtransalation: another obvious knock on the south, but not in a negative tone, just stating that the south put in some game into hiphopI said, "its gettin late cmon give it to me straightwho's ya sponsor lady?"she says, "bill gates"transalation: i would believe it...bill gate probably OWNS hiphop right now as well as everything else, lol"whattya born 77? 78?"she says "nah it goes way to an earlier date"slave timesclaims the slaves said rhymesbut she fell in love wit some fella named clivewho?"clive campbell from sedgwick ave, the bronx"now she shows me the cashI said who's clive? don't play wit me skirt!she said clive campbell.....he's kool herctransalation: now if you don't get this then you're slow as hell, but i will say this part thoug...that line where she ask to show him the cash, you got to rmemeber that hiphop is now a prostitute, and being whored over for moneyAhaaa Ahaaaaalisten up sweetheart, now we gettin somewhereas she's talkin she starts vanishing in thin airtransalation: nas STILL don't know who kills hiphop, but implying it maybe US that killed it, because as soon she starts talking, she begins to vanish, in other words we tend to IGNORE or ACKNOWLEDGE, alot of our culture have "vanished" due to lack of acknowledgementbut before she drops the money bag on the floor and diedshe said if you really love me, ill come back alive"hiphop is so fuckin' dead!"transalation: the love of money is the root of all evil, hiphop dies once she accepts the money, however hiphop will ressurect IF we really want true hiphop back....BUT the last line in a whisper states otherwise...hiphop is so fuckin' dead
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