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Sources have confirmed that after this move Detroit Leprechaun’s actions were as such:

#SWA-SWAG!

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Tonedeff wishes he could get over these problems that stress have cast down on his mind, however, he has been overtaken by these problems, he can’t simply cast them aside. The stress and anxiety has caused his mind to constantly running, he never has a moment of peace. This is beginning to diminish his mind, the anxiety is truly ruining him and his brilliant mind.

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Ha! The wordplay!

Trey Songz is a popular pop singer with a lot of mainstream appeal, but no real musical respect. On the other hand Busriver, or Regan Farquhar is the exact opposite, he might not be the most well known musician, but his music is highly regarded.

Busdriver also happens to share the same name with the 40th president of the United States, Ronald Wilson Reagan.

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Red Bamboo is an extremely popular Asian-fusion resturant located in New York City, and NoCanDo is showing off his rapping money there by being a gracious tip giver to the waitress serving him.

Also, notice that since he can teleport, it was no issue getting there!

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The Hoover Crips are known for wearing Houston Astros hats to show their affiliation. The old logo for the team featured the letter H, hence the tie in with Hoover.

There is even a Crip saying based off of the acronym, A.S.T.R.O.S.

Always Shoot The Red Off Slo6s

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Tonedeff’s stresses over time that he has faced in his life have left him prone to anxiety, the theme of this verse. He constantly feels pressured by all that he wants to achieve.

Tonedeff’s anxiety has come off in the form of hyperactivity and loss of appetite, two common symptoms of anxiety. Tonedeff has been affected by his ailments to such a degree that they’ve begun to degrade his life.

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Chi in many civilizations is believed to be the life force contained in a living creature. The Chi travels through our bodies, which must be maintained by taking care of ourselves to keep ourselves alive.

The stress and anxiety Tonedeff feels by his issues with limited time are depleting this Chi,he can’t take care of himself properly because his mind is constantly occupied by the facets and trials of being an artist. These problems are ruining him both mentally and physically, which is ruining his Chi, and ultimately his life.

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808s & Heartbreak is one of Kanye’s most polarizing projects to date. The “chipmunk” soul samples so prevalent in his first three albums were left behind, and in their place were lush electronic sounds, and booming 808 Drums that help give the album it’s name.

Love Lockdown fits the artistic direction of the album perfectly, and Kanye and famed producer Jeff Bhasker deliver a somber, lush, and beautiful instrumental for Kanye to write his words of remorse over.

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Unlike much of Kanye’s work, Love Lockdown contains no samples at all. Instead, the beat begins with a repeating 808 pattern that runs the course of the whole song. The first part of the first verse contains only this repeating drum, only to be met with descending and ascending piano chords for the latter half of the first verse.

When the chorus begins the 808 Drums and piano chords are then further accompanied by driving African drums that add energy to the chorus, without changing the mood of the song.

The second verse’s musical construction is almost a complete opposite of the first verse. The second verse begins with the 808 Drums and piano chords, only to end with the drum pattern repeating over and over.

After the chorus, the third verse follows the same progression as the first verse. The third verse is followed by the chorus, and leads into the outro. The outro features further layers of African drum patterns and a synth accompaniment of the piano chords which adds even more energy to this instrumental.

The last, and perhaps most memorable, musical aspect added to Love Lockdown are the screeching vocals that begin as the song is coming to a close. After the vocals are over the instrumental is stripped down layer upon layer until only the 808 Drums that began the song remain.

Kanye’s forward-thinking production when producing beats has long been one of the strongest facets of his music. His ability to create a diverse and lush instrumental like Love Lockdown, with so few musical parts truly exemplifies his skill as a producer.

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Dallas never wants to hurt this girl. He would rather die than do that, yet he know that this fate is inevitable.

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Nice wordplay with apple, tree, and branch.

This part of the song takes place in New York City, which has long been known as the Big Apple, which is a large city housing millions of people. But all these millions of people can’t stop Oddisee from running into this old girl.

If New York City is an apple, then the rest of the world can be viewed as the tree. And with how large this “tree” is, the odds of two certain people meeting at a certain place at the same time is very slim. However, this exact thing happened to Oddisee, which brings the idiom “It’s a small world.” to mind, hence the inclusion of “small ass tree.”

The tree wordplay is further continued in the next line using the word branch, and since this tree we live in is in reality small, living in an area as confined as the Big Apple makes it nearly impossible to branch out and separate away from the world, and in this case, an old flame.

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