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A “Big Willie” rapper is a slang term to describe “big time hustlers” in the 1990s. This lifestyle and ambition to succeed though hustling was prevalent throughout early Hip Hop culture and still remains a part of it to this day. Aes just can’t wait to see these egotistical and self centered hustlers fail because they do it for the money and not for the music

It’s also worth noting that Will Smith’s first studio album was titled Big Willie Style. However it is not very likely to be a direct diss against him, instead just a connection through reference.

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I wrote this poem while working the graveyard shift.

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Busdriver notices the trend of tastemaker hipsters praising socially conscious, emotional rap as more “real.” Driver wonders if he needs to fit the cultural stereotype of an ecologically conscious, sensitive artist, in order to gain popularity.

The stereotype of poets and poetry needing to be feminine is a long standing misconception that dates back even to early society. For an example, take a look at the translation of the roman poet Catullus' work from around 50 BC. Even then there were artist rebelling against this idea.

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Sadistik is describing what he believes to be a major flaw he experienced in his own character, in that he was so wrapped up in his spirituality that he campaigned a just cause but fell into an addiction which means all his ideals where turned into idol talk.

Thirteen circles is a reference to the Flower of Life and sacred geometry which you can read more about HERE

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This is the current list of Moderators and Community Staff on Genius. If you ever feel you need to contact one of us, just look for the annotations on our names to learn about us and to get in contact with us!

Mods, please include the following information:

  1. What’s your niche? What genre/tag do you focus most of your time in? E.g. rap, pop, news.
  2. What is your “specialty” on this site? E.g. coaching, annotating/writing, keeping the front pages fresh?
  3. Aside from #1, what other tags could you see yourself contributing to?

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Join the official thread to submit any additions to this months releases!

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These are the Hip-Hop/Rap releases between January 1st and January 28th of the year 2014.

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This is a deck made to quickly and efficiently damage your opponent in early to mid game by constantly having threats on the field. Your opponent will either exhaust their options trying to keep up with the army of monsters or be forced to take damage slowly and painfully.

Its a great deck for a newer player and once you get the hang of it, you will see a steep incline in victories. There is also plenty of room for change in he build so feel free to give it a new spin!

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In the first two weeks of 2014, I conducted a survey of the users on RapGenius to learn more about them. They were given four surveys to complete, this being the first one released.

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#M18

Aesop Rock has been one of the leading pioneers of the independent Hip Hop scene since 1996 with his debut album Music For Earthworms. He was born Ian Mathias Bavitz on June 5th in 1976 in Syosset, Oyster Bay in New York just north of Long Island. Aesop Rock is well known to most hip-hop fans for his cryptic and metaphor driven lyrical approach. He has a unique style that has yet to be reproduced and is truly one of a kind in a genre filled with copycat homages and downright lyrical plagiarism.

If you enjoyed his track Wise Up on the wall, then you are in for a treat as this song was not only one of his best flows but also produced by the man himself! Some of his easier to get into works are None Shall Pass and Skelethon. Once you are adapted and hooked to his style, you can check out what may arguably be his two best works Labor Days and Float.

Other notable projects include Fast Cars, Danger, Fire, and Knives, Appleseed, Daylight EP and Bazooka Tooth. He also has some amazing collaboration albums, one with Rob Sonic and DJ Big Wiz called Hail Mary Mallon released in 2011 and one with folk singer Kimya Dawson in 2013 under the name The Uncluded which has a unique mixing of sounds along with the being a premise for the first self-help album.

You can also check out his whole discography HERE

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