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HP uses dark imagery to set a dreary tone or mood like few others. Tone is how the author feels, mood is the character’s feelings. Since Lovecraft writes in the first person, he gives you both.

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The singer wants to know who the attractive female is. This is a guaranteed “panty dropper” live when identifying the lady of choice and then dedicating the song to her. It also helps that the parenthetical portion is one of the all-time call and responses.

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After checking in on the criminals, Cam is now checking to make sure the FBI isn’t listening in to catch him on some RICO. Feds and other undercover officers are supposed to ID themselves if a criminal asks.

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Having an ill flow means you’re good at rapping, because you are “bad”, in the sense that being ill is bad and being bad is good. Cam is saying you wish you could rap, but he’s so nice he cures your illness with medicine. So, even if you had an ill flow, Cam deletes it with medicine.

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This is who the song is for. He specifically mentions Lenox Ave, the Danger Zone

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Girls funny Casio keyboard rap 25 years before everyone else started doing it

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That’s supposed to happen to the critics and haters of Yeezus, not legendary musical icons like Rick Rubin

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Here, Ron is making reference to the music video from “Down Low”, which features Isley’s character.

In the video, R Kelly had worked for Mister Biggs years earlier, only to be nearly killed and left with his lover dead:

http://youtu.be/fXdu3pwT4ps?t=4m53s

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The Mississippi River is misty and Tom drifts down the river. Peart (the song’s co-author) connects mist to myth, something that can’t be seen, and mystery to drifting, an adventure that unfolds like drifting down a river.

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In their early days, Metallica was all about playing as fast and loud and aggressively as they could. This is a song literally about performing thrash metal.

Before packed stadiums and special effects, there was this:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p6eS_K1ZzZQ

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