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Felon on bass, getting hoarse at the mic Ken Ashcorp – 20 Percent Cooler

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‘Hoarse’ sound like horse, a play on words.

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From a Non MLP stand point, this could mean how most rappers “boast” that they’re felons. Rappers are usually good at rapping, and this could be a comment on how felons could be good at rapping, with little trying in prison, and having a hoarse voice isn’t good for singing.

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like the later points with “20 percent cooler” (from an episode of my little ponys) and call me a “rarity” (wordplay as its also the name of a my little pony) it is indeed supposed to be a wordplay on horse. original should be upvoted, walrus is an idiot.

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Party machine like Charlie Sheen Rusko & Cypress Hill (Ft. Travis Barker) – Lez Go

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Charlie Sheen, infamous for his skills in partying (or so he claims).

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Never teams up in your dreams Rusko & Cypress Hill (Ft. Travis Barker) – Lez Go

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No one expected that Rusko and Cypress Hill would team up to make an EP.

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Oversold on the win and unaware of the cost Omar LinX (Ft. Zeds Dead) – You and I

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Although he spent all of his time thinking he never looked at the situation in full perspective.

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stranger than earth Purity Ring – stranger than earth

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“stranger than earth” compares the eruption of a volcano to the eruption of emotions during a relationship.

I just kind of try to make a song out of one idea but with stranger than earth that was the first time I really lifted that limit and just was like where can this go if it… like what if it went here… what if it went there?
– Corin Roddick

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Netsky Netsky

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Boris Daenen, better known as Netsky, is a Belgian drum and bass producer signed to Sony (previously having released on Hospital Records up until 2012). His first hit was “Come Alive”, which has racked up millions of YouTube views.

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Taches de rousseur blancs et noirs Ariel Pink – White Freckles

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French: “Spots of black and white freckles”

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Obvious Bicycle Vampire Weekend – Obvious Bicycle

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“Obvious Bicycle” depicts the life of a man who has lost hope in life while growing, believing he is so small in a vast world, and that he has no importance.

One could see this song as the bookend to a song from their self-titled album, “One (Blake’s Got A New Face),” which was apparently about an acquaintance then at Stanford. On the Vampire Weekend Reddit AMA, Ezra Koenig described the “Obvious Bicycle” narrator as a grown-up/wizened version of the narrators of earlier Vampire Weekend songs:

M79 –> White Sky / Cape Kod Kwassa Kwassa –> Finger Back / The Kids Don’t Stand a Chance –> Obvious Bicycle

This song samples the drums from “Keep Cool Babylon” by Ras Michael & the Sons of Negus. To NME, Rostam Batmanglij described the evolution of the sound:

“It started with really hectic drums, like Aphex Twin, but we got rid of them, and it’s inspired by the Dollar Brand record ‘Good News from Africa.’”

Vampire Weekend premiered this song along with “Everlasting Arms” on April 30, 2013 during a live gig in New York.

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"Obvious Bicycle" depicts the life of a man who has lost hope in life while growing, believing he is so small in a vast world, and that he has no importance.

One could see this song as the bookend to a song from their self-titled album, "One (Blake's Got A New Face)," which was apparently about an acquaintance then at Stanford. On the Vampire Weekend Reddit AMA, Ezra Koenig described the "Obvious Bicycle" narrator as a grown-up/wizened version of the narrators of earlier Vampire Weekend songs:
> M79 --> White Sky / Cape Kod Kwassa Kwassa --> Finger Back / The Kids Don't Stand a Chance --> Obvious Bicycle

This song samples the drums from ["Keep Cool Babylon"](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ebYd-cwfXs) by Ras Michael & the Sons of Negus. To *NME*, Rostam Batmanglij described the evolution of the sound:
>"It started with really hectic drums, like Aphex Twin, but we got rid of them, and it's inspired by [the Dollar Brand record 'Good News from Africa.'](http://www.amazon.com/Good-News-Africa-Dollar-Brand/dp/B000005C63)"

Vampire Weekend premiered this song along with "[Everlasting Arms](http://rapgenius.com/Vampire-weekend-everlasting-arms-lyrics)" on April 30, 2013 during a live gig in New York.

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