well, I was going to make another post in slanguistics, but it vanished
[vanished is the wrong word, I have a good idea what happened to it
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so you all get another thread v_v
COMPLETION OF THIS THREAD WITH LISTENING TO THE SONGS WILL TAKE A LITTLE OVER 5-6 MINUTES, IF YOU WATCH THE TRIBUTE VIDEO IT TAKES ANOTHER 5:15, THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME
Architeuthis'[/color] thread served an excellent purpose, it enabled me to realized how alien it looks to people who have no clue what is going, so I'm going to continue building the base for a healthy understanding of Mac Dre, as I'm going to point out the creme dele creme of his songs.
THIS MUSIC *DOES* HAVE A PARENTAL ADVISORY FOR EXPLICIT LYRICS, IF YOU HAVE QUALMS ABOUT SWEARING DO NOT PASS GO, DO NOT CLICK LINK, AND GO STRAIGHT TO OTTrack 12 is going to be our guinea pig, as it's a song I have just started "slaping" on a regular basis at work. Also notice the album cover :lol:
appreciating rap comes from two things: The beat [how the track sounds], and the flows [the verses themselves]
However, before we start with track 12, lets take a gander at something more familiar to the common square: Dr. Dre
you of know him right?
well besides being a rapper, he is mainly a producer. Track 10 is a very good introduction to rap because it's playable on the radio with very minimal editing, the flows are easy to understand [most people complaing about being unable to understand what they are saying] also the beat was made by Dr. Dre himself.
okay, so we've clicked track 10, and now we hear weird foreign sounding music.
First step: Pause, take in the beat
Step two: Nod your head to the beat, it doesn't matter how you do it, as long as it's syncronized to the "music" [track 10 is a good one becuase it's easy to feel the beat]
step 3: just listen
okay, after hearing the song, progess onwards into the land of no return by clicking on track 12
I personally like this beat, it hits hard. Especially when teamed with a decent subwoofer. The first voice you will hear is non other than Mac Dre.
Please complete steps 1 and 2 again
okay, after the first flow [which is good enough to warant listening to more of it] after the chorus we find ourselves in verse 2. Verse 2 is not mac dre, however it is one of his homies so bear with it [it's decent, but can't touch the first verse, which intern can't hang with the third]
Now comes the part about this song that made it go gold in my humble opinion
2:15 into the track the third and final verse hits, and Mac Dre just kills it ["killing it" means he stole the spotlight, did such a fantastic job it makes the rest pail in comparision, etc]
listen to this third verse several times, notice the "october can't be gone till november" I took me several days then I realized that it's basically a shout out to Wyclef Jean, who had a song [many years ago, it came out on tape] called "gone till november" execellent song, played with an acoustic guitar and sung decently, but it's a classic. Even thou it's a classic it's off topic. I'm going to post the lyrics for the last flow, and what aspects of it that I enjoy. In the meantime, if you actually spent the time to go thru the song and listen to it, sit back, think for 30 seconds and find an aspect of the songs that you personally found enjoyable
If you have trouble understanding or comprehending what was said in one of the songs, give me a time in the track and I will clarify, or if you hear any slang you don't understand, post it as well, I would reference you to the slang list, but it's gone :help:
The third time will be a charm because it's going to be the "healthy understanding of mac dre" with
~bio
~links to notable good tracks [streamed, of course]
~pictures of MD
~Links to several articles that go into depth about MD, like the 90's bank robbery fiasco, etc.
~other key factiods about him
I look forward to seeing you all in that thread, thank you for taking the time out of your hectic schedule to broaden your horizons
I will not tolerate any off topicness in this thread, or attempts to derail it. If you have nothing productive to say leave, and if you do say it, don't be suprised when I report it and it get's nuked.[edit]
! <-- MAC DRE TRIBUTE MUSIC VIDEO, I just found it and it's set to the song "California Living" recorded in 91, but it has excerpts from other songs of his, including "to hard for the :Ding radio", and "I need an eight" to name a few, it also shows pictures of his album covers and is pretty informative when it comes to broadening the understanding of underground rap, I highly recommend you check it out
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