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You'll Cowards Don't Even Smoke Crack Viper – You'll Cowards Don't Even Smoke Crack

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In this advanced hobo-core release by the hottest MC in the rap game right now, the title track of Viper’s magnum opus “You’ll Cowards Don’t Even Smoke Crack” uses woozy low end and Viper’s hypnotic flow for a fantastic result. It’s definitely considered one of the most underrated tracks in Hip Hop. With 7 Grammys and 16 BET Awards, Viper has gained the support of 2Pac, Ronald Reagan, Jason Alexander, and uncountable celebrity others.

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Solid, concise discography too.

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Sweet secret indictments Gorgeous Children – Bobby Fischer

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Reference to the GC song “Secret Indictments”.

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I'm Tony Montana, shes the tiger in my living room Gorgeous Children – Bobby Fischer

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This is both a reference to the amount of cocaine in Bolivia (that Scarface probably sold) as well as the quote in Scarface in which De Niro compare’s Michelle Pfiefer’s character to a tiger.

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de niro isn’t even on Scarface…u mean al pacino. hes probably just saying hes the boss and shes the trophy

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I'm chopping and screwing Gorgeous Children – Bobby Fischer

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Chopped and screwed music is very common in Houston as popularized by DJ Screw and among other lean-sipping communities.
There is a possible double entendre with the large amount of blood used in GC’s videos to the point where face may literally be chopping people.

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Freakin' out to Missy on a Timbaland M.I.A. – Fire, Fire

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A shout out to Missy Elliott and Timbaland who produced “Get Ur Freak On”. M.I.A. is a huge fan of both.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FPoKiGQzbSQ

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Fire, Fire M.I.A. – Fire, Fire

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I wrote this about the music industry. It’s not actually that political at all. It’s basically just saying that if the mainstream doesn’t communicate with the marginal people, they’ll turn around and create it themselves, ya know? That’s really what it was. I felt like the mainstream had stopped catering to me, and I was pissed off that they think that my mental age was twelve & You know how everything is geared up towards, like, brainwashing people and telling them that they’re dumber than they actually are, or thinking that people aren’t capable of digesting more what they are actually capable of digesting. And I really felt like I was hearing a lot of that with the music industry people sort of going, You can’t really talk about politics in music. You can’t talk about this in music. You have to keep your music real simple so people get it. And really, we were actually playing a part in dumbing people down, and I felt like I didn’t really want to be a part of that and I wanted to make a statement and be like, no! You can carry on doing that this is how you build the other.

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>I wrote this about the music industry. It's not actually that political at all. It's basically just saying that if the mainstream doesn't communicate with the marginal people, they'll turn around and create it themselves, ya know? That's really what it was. I felt like the mainstream had stopped catering to me, and I was pissed off that they think that my mental age was twelve & You know how everything is geared up towards, like, brainwashing people and telling them that they're dumber than they actually are, or thinking that people aren't capable of digesting more what they are actually capable of digesting. And I really felt like I was hearing a lot of that with the music industry  people sort of going, You can't really talk about politics in music. You can't talk about this in music. You have to keep your music real simple so people get it. And really, we were actually playing a part in dumbing people down, and I felt like I didn't really want to be a part of that and I wanted to make a statement and be like, no! You can carry on doing that  this is how you build the other.

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Whoa, oh-oh-oh-oh
There's a party at a rich dude's house
Whoa, oh-oh-oh-oh
There's a party at a rich dude's house
If you wanna go, then you know
We're gonna fight 'til we do it right
So let's whoa, oh-oh-oh-oh
Tonight (Tonight) Kesha – Party At A Rich Dude’s House

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The song is a hyperbolic, larger-than-life display of the “party girl” lifestyle. Here, Ke$ha calls back to the “Tik Tok” hook, when she also wails the letter O and promises. Don’t forget that this same fight is a nod to the Beastie Boys' “(You Gotta) Fight For Your Right (To Party)”.

The hook implies that there’s a wrong, illegitimate way to party. Ke$ha will fight for the right to party correctly. This gets at the meaning of the first verse: causing a scene and pissing in expensive drinks is the right way to do it. “Keeping it classy” is not.

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TiK ToK Kesha – TiK ToK

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“TiK ToK” was Kesha’s debut single, written by Ke$ha, Benny Blanco, and Dr. Luke, the latter two doubling as the song’s producers. Kesha had previously found success as the hook singer on Flo Rida’s “Right Round,” but this 2009 party anthem made her a star in her own right.

The song follows a group of friends through their night out: from getting ready and arriving at the party to swatting away unwelcome guys and dancing till the cops show up. “TiK ToK” might seem like just another aural glitter bomb, but underneath the beat-heavy electro-pop is a message about being confident and showing no shame in having fun. It turned out to be a message that hit with a lot of listeners.

The song spent 38 weeks on the Billboard Hot 100.

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You take your time, young lion
You take your time, young lion
You take your time, young lion
You take your time, young lion Vampire Weekend – Young Lion

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While Ezra was rushing to the studio to finish their previous album, Contra, a stranger stopped him, smiled and said, “You take your time, young lion.” Once Ezra got to the studio he told Rostam about the encounter. (From the album booklet)

These lyrics perfectly tie up this album on a fairly uplifting note. As noted in the description, this phrase is sort of a soothing mantra, even lullaby, for all those twenty-somethings who are feeling frantic and lost in the face of the lifetime and headstone they see before them.

Where as much of the rest of the album deals with a feeling of helplessness and abandonment, this song, combined with the nostalgic piano riff and the Panda Bear-like vocals, dispels these emotions with a ethereal wave of calm and hope.

From the Tanach (Jeremiah 2:11-15)

Hath a nation changed its gods, which yet are no gods? But My people hath changed its glory for that which doth not profit. Be astonished, O ye heavens, at this, and be horribly afraid, be ye exceeding amazed, saith the LORD. For My people have committed two evils: they have forsaken Me, the fountain of living waters, and hewed them out cisterns, broken cisterns, that can hold no water. Is Israel a servant? Is he a home-born slave? Why is he become a prey? The young lions have roared upon him, and let their voice resound; and they have made his land desolate, his cities are laid waste, without inhabitant.

Coincidentally, the lion is also the mascot of Columbia University, where all of the Vampire Weekend members attended.

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While Ezra was rushing to the studio to finish their previous album, [*Contra*](/albums/Vampire-weekend/Contra), a stranger stopped him, smiled and said, "You take your time, young lion." Once Ezra got to the studio he told Rostam about the encounter. (From the album booklet)

Where as much of the rest of the album deals with a feeling of helplessness and abandonment, this song, combined with the nostalgic piano riff and the [Panda Bear](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=25_gjUbvqNg)-like vocals, dispels these emotions with a ethereal wave of calm and hope.

From the Tanach (Jeremiah 2:11-15)
>Hath a nation changed its gods, which yet are no gods? But My people hath changed its glory for that which doth not profit. Be astonished, O ye heavens, at this, and be horribly afraid, be ye exceeding amazed, saith the LORD. For My people have committed two evils: they have forsaken Me, the fountain of living waters, and hewed them out cisterns, broken cisterns, that can hold no water. Is Israel a servant? Is he a home-born slave? Why is he become a prey? The young lions have roared upon him, and let their voice resound; and they have made his land desolate, his cities are laid waste, without inhabitant.

Coincidentally, the lion is also the mascot of Columbia University, where all of the Vampire Weekend members attended.

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Face goes over the thundering beat to brand new guy.

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