Along with the media craze in TV and video games that has glorified gangs, a whole sub-genre of Hip-Hop is dedicated to gangs as well. Gangsta Rap has been around almost as long as the genre of Hip-Hop has existed and a large number of rappers are gang affiliated as well.

When people see their favorite rappers glorifying these gangs in their songs it creates an image that being in a gang is a great thing and coupeled with the gang craze in the media, only further extends the craze of gangs in America.

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A muse by definition is a time of reflection or deep thought away from the world. Green feels that he can use drinking as a muse like many men use sports or the outdoors as a mental escape away from the stresses of the world.

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Though Oddisee has been in the Hip-Hop world for over a decade he has been busy with production to actually release a studio album. People Hear What They See was his first album after years in the music industry, but it has been more than worth the wait due to how great of an album it is.

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The Cunninlynguists went from obscurity to one of the most prominent underground hip-hop groups n the span of a few short years, heir popularity grew so quickly that they could be compared to darts due to how quick they can fly.

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The Cunninlyguists are against the rappers that only make their music for the record sales, or the rappers who sacrifice making good music just so they will be wealthy enough to buy things like a car made by Maybach.

Instead, the Cunninlynguists set out with the hard task of making their music appealing to listeners without sacrificing the quality and talent in their music.

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Listening to the Cunninlynguists' is an awesome musical experience, you don’t have to struggle or strain yourself to enjoy it due to how great it is.


This line also alludes back to the history of the South, for hundreds of years African-Americans were forced as slaves to work on plantations in the South. These days these people no longer have to struggle to “dig” something like their ancestors did on farms.

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The Cunninlynguists have been a hot group in Hip-Hop for a while now, they’ve been so hot that their heat has created some humidity, but all this heat they’ve been gathering has been countered by the critics being a cold front by not getting their name out which has stopped their music from being heard by more people.

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Southpaw is a boxing stance where the right hand and right foot are forward, it is the dominant stance of left handed boxers., the Deacon is using this stance to beat the rap game and take it by storm.


The Cunninlynguists have referenced this stance several times in other songs.

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Dallas Green, the man behind the name City and Colour has traveled all over the United States performing his music, from the groves of Georgia in the South,

to the shores of California in the American West.

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NoCanDo doesn’t drink alcohol, smoke weed, or use any other stimulant drug that will result in the high wearing off and the user crashing. Instead NoCanDo gets a natural high off of the great and exciting life he has, that way he never crashes because his life will never cease to be great.

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