Studio Random Thoughts

[Misogi]

Finally figured out the deeper meaning to the lyricism of Kick Push II. Like, the words on the surface are simple enough, but some of the transitions and such you might not even see the meaning of.

...Care to share then?

Isn't it weird when you forget about old music you used to listen to, and then spend a whole day listening to old shit? Weird and awesome.

[Woy]

Thoughts on Donnis? I'm going to give him a listen now after a suggestion from a friend.

[Fox1994]

...Care to share then?

Isn't it weird when you forget about old music you used to listen to, and then spend a whole day listening to old shit? Weird and awesome.

Like some shit you don't think makes grammatical sense does. It's just like... almost psychedelic. Lupe's just so damned talented.

"And see his girl was a white girl/but just cause she was white, see her life wasn't light world/She too had the drama thick/Had a daddy and a mama but her daddy used to mama hit/Daddy caught something chasing fatties/Made her mama sick/Couldn't afford the medicine, pimped her to the pharmacist/As suicidal feelings would rise/Switch over, transitions help her conquer it"

When he says the bold, we realize that these aren't merely lyrics, but a dream/thought sequence in our female protagonist's mind.

She's going over the other shit in her head, thinking about her life, as Lupe's explaining it to us.

He says "Switch over, transitions help her conquer it." She's coming out of her mental zone and going back to skating. This is all going through her mind as she's skating. The switch over is the physical action that Lupe's announcing... that's not in her head. That's happening. "Transitions help her conquer it" is a further announcement, it's an explanation of why she's 'switching-over'.

And this is all to help her deal with the aforementioned problems in her life.

It's literately fascinating to me.

"A traveling band of misfits and outcasts/Nod they heads from Misfits to Outkast"

He calls them misfits and outcasts, and then references a punk band a rap group. Perhaps he is alluding to his own work with Japanese Cartoon, in addition to the diversity of the group.

"A lot o scars they did this without pads/A lot o hearts who did this without dads."

Another seamless transition. He goes from talking about skating to talking about life. How these kids have gone through life without a father figure, without someone to raise them. From the recreational (skating) to shit that he references at the beginning (like getting money to provide for the family).

"One's father was filthy rich, two was middle class, and one was homeless/Add in the paralyzed girl in the wheelchair who just liked to watch and that was the whole clique/I think about em everytime I see this old flick/That was taken in the park in front of this old bench/They wrote on the back 'Thanks for Push, Kick, hope you make a video, the beat is so sick.'"

If it wasn't apparent already, it becomes clear here that he's talking about his friends. This is his upbringing, these are his amigos from the Chi, and that's what Kick, Push, and Kick, Push II are about. 'wrote on the back' is alluding that on the back of one of the skate tapes they made, his friends signed the back of it wishing him luck in his rap career.

"Well, I did. Hope you seen it/It's on MTV, Soundtrakk's a genius/love from Tony Hawk, beef from the Ice Creamers/Before we put it out, had to pay the filapenads (no idea how to spell that)/Just so show em how to kick, push..."

He's talking about how the song came out. "Filapenad" (I don't know how to spell it at all... I don't think I'm even close) is one of those things you can get served by the courts. As I recall, it's like a court summons or some shit. Edit: Figured it out - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Subpoena

I'd have to assume he'd have to pay fines and shit for filming and skating where they shouldn't have been.

UNLESS, A-Z Lyrics is right and he said Fillapinas, in which case I have no idea what's going on. Like, what the fuck do Fillapinos have to do with this situation.

Anyway, that's what I meant.

[Fox1994]

This thread doesn't get enough hits... Anyway, the girl fight scene in Undercover Brother has got to be among the funniest in movie history.

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"Nothin like safe sex." lol

[SHOGUN]

When he's not fumbling over his bars, Dot Rotten is incredible on sets.

[Palooza]

[JayDizzle]

Nic Cage will do anything for a dollar...

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NrTucI34Cew&feature=player_embedded"]Anything.[/ame]

The dude is dangerously in DeNiro/Sam L. Jackson territory as far as doing movie-after-movie with no end.

[Diivox]

I just found out tool played here a week ago and i missed it. im fucking devastated. (I have 46&2 tattooed on my back, they are, to say the least, my favorite band)

[Fox1994]

So will Sam Jackson, except I like to see Sam Jackson in movies.

[Woy]

I really hope for J. Cole's album that he does his own rendition of A Star is Born from Jay-Z. Yeah, he killed the guest spot on The Blueprint 3, but when performing it at the BET awards, he added another verse to the original one.

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7KOCxo-a_FI"]YouTube- J.Cole 2010 BET Awards - A Star Is Born (New Verse)[/ame]

Dear Lord, what am I here for?
Is it the girls or the money or is there more?
I know the world about to come to a endin
So before it does let me finish all my sinnin
I see the devil grinning, as if he winning
This is the bottom of the 9th inning
I’m coming back like light skinnin
What a sad sight looking at my gas light
Damn man I just threw ten in
Look 5 dollars wont get you what it used to
And look love don’t mean what it used to
And everybody and their momma on youtube
Is it just me or is this unusual?
Don’t want to lose you
Just want to reach ya’ll
So let me slow down, to the beat ya’ll
Put the remote down, move your feet ya’ll
One time for the boys holdin heat ya’ll
Keep that tucked before somebody get hurt
See me I’d rather cut catch a body give birth
Now if you was the last man walking on earth
Turn this up, clap your hands like this was church

[Fox1994]

Definitely.

[Woy]

http://muzikfiendz.net/new-music/j-cole-problems-tags/

New J. Cole track called Problems. Not finished yet though.

There's no doubt in my mind his album is gonna be a classic.

[Fox1994]

http://muzikfiendz.net/new-music/j-cole-problems-tags/

New J. Cole track called Problems. Not finished yet though.

There's no doubt in my mind his album is gonna be a classic.

You keep singing it's praises, so I'm looking forward to it. Guess I'll wait till it drops and bootleg it. :2thumbs:

[Palooza]

http://muzikfiendz.net/new-music/j-cole-problems-tags/

New J. Cole track called Problems. Not finished yet though.

There's no doubt in my mind his album is gonna be a classic.

I can't stop listening to the Blow Up.

[Palooza]

I don't care what anyone says, Starsky and Hutch makes me LOL pretty hard whenever I see it.