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Alphabetically listed they're Big Juss, Mr. Len, and I Company Flow (Ft. Breeze Brewin & J-Treds) – The Fire in Which You Burn

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In an interview with Dead End Hip Hop, El-P explained the meaning behind this ordering once and for all:

“Basically, it was a joke… That was our sense of humour, we used to do stupid shit like that.”

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I always thought it was Jus, Len, Producto.

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Be the freak you wanna see Death Grips – Hacker

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Death Grips' way of saying, “be yourself.”

Perhaps a twist on the phrase, “be the change you want to see in the world.”

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Also refers to phreaking, slang for hacking telecommunications systems.

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Also possibly playing off the idea of morbid curiosity. The bike lane line following shortly after this shows an example of morbid curiosity, with everybody nearby watching the person get dragged around. Ride suggests that you cause the savagery and brutality that your subconscious wants to see in the world, then shows an example of doing so.

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Still in Brooklyn
Lullabies chime crooked El-P – $4 Vic / Nothing But You + Me (FTL)

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In Brooklyn, the home of El-P, the idealized world of lullabies “chime crooked”–just don’t sound right–because of the brutal realities of the streets.

Perhaps a reference to Children’s Story by Slick Rick, although he was from the Bronx.

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Could be a callback to El-P’s song ‘Up All Night’ from 2007 where the opening line is “I’m from Brooklyn”.

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Lullabies might also chime crooked because of New York’s famous insomnia.

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Post-Christian shit Death Grips – Hacker

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Obviously Ride is an atheist, but it is more likely that this refers to being past the point of philosophy. That he is done thinking and it’s now a time for action.

Also a commentary on an era after the “death of God”, i.e. Christian values mean nothing to him. No gods, no masters.

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MC Ride is the furthest thing from an atheist. He makes explicit references to Abraxas in a reverent way, implying he worships Him in some way.

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Obviously Ride is an atheist, but it is more likely that this refers to being past the point of philosophy. That he is done thinking and it’s now a time for action. Ride also has satanic symbols/metaphors tattooed on him, showing his passion for the disregard of conventional church establishment.

Also a commentary on an era after the “death of God”, i.e. Christian values mean nothing to him. No gods, no masters.

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By any means necesserated, blade cut me, sewer drain grated Death Grips – The Fever (Aye Aye)

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Ride does a play on words and combines necessary with serrated to refer to being cut with a serrated blade.

This actually happens to be one of Ride’s most ambiguous lyrics to date.

This is an instantiation of the contradictory duality theme; taking two words, combining them and making a new third word out of their fusion(compromised existence). (derived from the earlier imagery of a single person(body) housing two permanently opposed personalities, forced to share the body).
“Necesserated” could be a jittery version of “necessitated” so that it rhymes with “grated.” This could imply he was compelled to cut himself by a lack of reasoning (“by any means”) or for the thrill of it, which is a bit Nietzschean.
The first line recalls the phrase “by any means necessary”, which was co-coined by Jean-Paul Satre, an existentialist thinker like Nietzsche, and Black Power leader Malcolm X, who was known for his provocative views on White America and avocation of gun ownership for defense.

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Ride does a play on words and combines necessary with serrated to refer to being cut with a serrated blade.

This actually happens to be one of Ride's most ambiguous lyrics to date.

-  This is an instantiation of the contradictory duality theme; taking two words, combining them and making a new third word out of their fusion(compromised existence). (derived from the earlier imagery of a single person(body) housing two permanently opposed personalities, forced to share the body).

- "Necesserated" could be a jittery version of "necessitated" so that it rhymes with "grated." This could imply he was compelled to cut himself by a lack of reasoning ("by any means") or for the thrill of it, which is a bit [Nietzschean](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friedrich_Nietzsche).

- The first line recalls the phrase "[by any means necessary](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/By_any_means_necessary)", which was co-coined by [Jean-Paul Satre](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean_Paul_Sartre), an existentialist thinker like Nietzsche, and Black Power leader [Malcolm X](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malcolm_X), who was known for his provocative views on White America and avocation of gun ownership for defense.

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Mc ride is a drainer

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Necesserated as in serrated blade

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“necesserated” = “necessary” + “serrated”

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I think it just means that after he’s cut himself (or someone else?) he drops the blade down the drain.

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Nietzsche is not an existentialist philosopher and also cutting yourself for the thrill of it is not even a bit nietzschean. There is no reason to include Nietzsche in this.

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So I just stayed in the crib
Until I got a buzz... Public Enemy – Anti-Nigger Machine

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Chuck waited until he found the words to speak. This line neatly segues into the next track, Burn Hollywood Burn, where the phone is answered by Flav, and instead of being the police it’s Big Daddy Kane and Ice Cube wanting to go to the movies…

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Flesh will burn when exposed to the poetical germ grenade Organized Konfusion – Releasing Hypnotical Gases

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Monch is comparing the power of his rhymes to the power of a germ grenade – meaning a kind of chemical weapon such as white phosphorous or other incendiary weapons like napalm. As in, people will be infected or burned when they’re exposed to Pharoahe Monch’s technical rhyming ability.

N.B. – Burns from chemical weapons have been seriously shocking in warfare, too discomforting to show here. Monch isn’t playing around.

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No need for sunlight Organized Konfusion – Releasing Hypnotical Gases

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Sunlight being one of the few ways said to kill a vampire. Monch is saying that he doesn’t have the underground scene and become a household name – that would destroy his credibility and licence to be complex. Otherwise, he will be revered by intelligent music listeners forever.

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I'm highly intoxicating your mind
When I'm operating on cell walls to membranes
Cytoplasms and protoplasms
Disintegrate 'em, eliminate 'em, now no one has 'em Organized Konfusion – Releasing Hypnotical Gases

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Monch is say that he can disorientate your mind enough to start breaking down your cell structures, your brain unable to respond to the attack. This leaves everyone at a massive disadvantage should they ever wish to battle or be on par with him.

(Cytoplasm and protoplasm are interchangeable terms and basically mean the same thing)