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Fogging my bifocals, window shopping at the Gucci store VIC MENSA – Orange Soda

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Shopping for expensive clothing is clouding Vic’s vision (or bifocals) of what’s important in life. Clothes or rap?

Window shopping is the act of admiring a store’s stock, but not actually purchasing anything. 50 said it best.

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“Teachers never thought I’d come out of my shell and well, now I hop on beats and go pistachio” Jake Learned – Rap Genius Senior Project

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I feel like I have a lot in common with XV in particular. He’s kind of a nerd and I’m kind of a nerd, and Smallville in particular is a song I can relate to. I grew up in Winooski, VT, a town that is exactly one square mile.

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808’s and Heartbreak by Kanye West was an influential album. Jake Learned – Rap Genius Senior Project

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Regret even making a draft of this, but part of me is glad I made the draft because I learned what NOT to do. This is a lesson learned by every writer. 808’s is a great album, though.

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I got my status as a moderator from writing, more specifically on a piece on why rappers “hate fame” Jake Learned – Rap Genius Senior Project

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I wrote this piece originally because I was listening to The Calm. As I go over in the article, rap is a lifestyle, but a life nonetheless! With ups, downs peaks and valleys.

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In my case, the site analyzes lyrics, so one of our interview series is called “Inside The Lines” Jake Learned – Rap Genius Senior Project

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Shouts out to Shawn for holding down the series! He was my community consultant, and when I visited the Brooklyn offices, he was there doing an OTL. Check out the whole series its great!

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“As a white rapper do you feel constricted stylistically?”. And he took it great, saying “Good question, but surprisingly no. I’ve been writing songs since I was about 11 years old, choruses and verses. Back then, honing my craft, I definitely felt constricted, because I didn’t know how to properly exert myself in my music.” and “when you “find yourself” in your music, you don’t feel constricted, you’re just being yourself”. I was happy with the answer because it showed I asked the question in a way where he wasn’t offended and its something he had thought about. Jake Learned – Rap Genius Senior Project

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One of my first interviews was with OnCue. We discussed what the perfect rap would look like, and as I highlight, being a white rapper. I’m a white music writer, I’m glad we had something in common. Check the full interview here!

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Interviews are one of the most essential parts to knowing what to do in any outlet of Journalism, professional or otherwise. Jake Learned – Rap Genius Senior Project

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My professor of the first college class I took preached this. And I agree, its interesting to know what the thoughts of the people creating things are. And for the listeners of rap in particular these interviews are great. It’s a genre where they may be be speaking with code in their songs sometimes.

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