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[Verse 1] Mitski – Your Best American Girl

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Verse 1 & 2 feature prominent metaphors, something we don’t see a whole lot from Mitski’s previous works.

In an interview with NPR, Mitski says:

[Puberty 2 is] the first album where I kind of stretched outside of my own experience […] they’re still my stories but I just kind of use characters or use metaphors to kind of describe better what I’m feeling at the moment.

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...now it into a tailspin. One of hip-hop’s greatest trolls, he’s beefed with everyone from the entire U.S. Army to Ice-T, and once claimed to have made his most famous song, “Crank Dat,” in 10 minutes. He worked with Lil B, Odd Future, Chief Keef, Riff Raff, and Migos way before they were big, and he worked with Lil Wayne, Drake, Nicki Minaj, and Andrew W.K. well after they were household names. As we look back at the past decade in rap’s various microgenres—ringtone rap, bop music, cloud ... Soulja Boy Is the Father of Modern Rap Music | Complex

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I think it’s a bit of stretch to paint Soulja Boy’s collaborations with these artist as if he had some kind of foresight that they would have big careers. These rappers already had notable online buzz before Soulja worked with them, and if you listen to songs like “Foreign Cars” with Keef or “30 Thousand 100 Million” with Lil B, Soulja basically steals their flows.

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... was marked by the site’s admins as a candidate for speedy deletion because it did not “credibly indicate the importance or significance of the subject,” it was less than a year later that his single “Crank Dat” became a viral smash, its simple lyrics and complicated dance Supermanning its way into the hearts of mainstream America. In September 2007, the track hit No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100. Soulja Boy Is the Father of Modern Rap Music | Complex

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With the speed and scope dances like the ‘nae nae’ and ‘dab’ spread these days, one could only wonder how big “Crank Dat” would’ve been if the social media apps we have today existed in 2006.

Even with just Youtube and MySpace, “Crank Dat” spawned dozens of spin-offs, from “Crank Dat Spiderman” to my personal favorite, “Crank Dat Spongebob”:
https://youtu.be/tYrklF7vJzc?t=19s

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“We gon’ start it off like this. Bam!” he says, and begins rattling off his favorite anime films. “Naruto. Cowboy Bebop. Death Note. Full Metal Alchemist. Akira.” In Japan, there’s a word for rabid anime fans: otaku. I am not even a tenth the otaku that Soulja Boy is. “Death Note, that’s my favorite one.... Soulja Boy Is the Father of Modern Rap Music | Complex

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One of Soulja Boy’s best mixtapes, 1-Up, actually features a Naruto-themed cover.

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“We gon’ start it off like this. Bam!” he says, and begins rattling off his favorite anime films. “Naruto. Cowboy Bebop. Death Note. Full Metal Alchemist. Akira.” In Japan, there’s a word for rabid anime fans: otaku. I am not even a tenth the otaku that Soulja Boy is. “Death Note, that’s my favo... Soulja Boy Is the Father of Modern Rap Music | Complex

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The author wasn’t lying about not being ready for this; the only film on this list is Akira, the rest are just television series.

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I love my Motorola (Brrr), I love my Motorola (Brrr)
I love my Motorola (Brrr), I love my Motorola (Brrr) Lil Yachty (Ft. Quavo, Skippa Da Flippa & Young Thug) – Minnesota (Remix)

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Even though they mostly advertise their high-end smartphones, Motorola makes several cheap models of prepaid phones that are hard to track and easy to dispose of. That makes them perfect for trappers like Quavo.

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he really does love his Motorola

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Rolie on, it's glistenin', and my darling, kissin' O.T. Genasis (Ft. Young Dolph) – Cut It

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OT’s Rolex watch (presumably purchased with drug money like Dolph’s Porsche ) shines bright due to high amounts of diamonds and exotic gold. His woman is mesmerized by this, going as far as kissing the watch.
https://www.instagram.com/p/7jJujhv78l/?taken-by=otgenasis&hl=en

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I trap in Minnesota like a viking (Swear) Lil Yachty (Ft. Quavo, Skippa Da Flippa & Young Thug) – Minnesota (Remix)

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Keeping with the song’s theme, Skippa is selling drugs out in Minnesota, the home of the NFL’s Vikings, who are based in Minneapolis.

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“Deepthroat” is a raunchy banger from Chicago rapper CupcakKe. The song’s explicit lyrics and risque video have helped it become a viral hit.

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What else could this be missing Jayden? This is a song about deepthroating.

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We made the dab and all of y'all biting (Dab) Lil Yachty (Ft. Quavo, Skippa Da Flippa & Young Thug) – Minnesota (Remix)

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The YRN camp popularized “the dab” dance move, but its creation is credited to Skippa, who can be seen doing the dance in 2014 in his video for “How Fast Can You Count It”.

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