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| k-os – I Wish I Knew Natalie Portman Lyrics
| 14 years ago
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here's something that really explains the meaning to this song well haha
K-os explained to Jam! Music that though he is a fan of Natalie Portman, this song is more about her homeland than anything else. "I think Natalie Portman is the best America has to offer, the ideal that America has to offer," said k-os. "I think it's my subversive thing on, 'Go south, Kevin.' I was afraid of America for a long time. When I toured, I opened for a band called Gym Class Heroes, and it was the first time I went to Alabama, Oklahoma, New Orleans. It blew my mind because I had considered myself a fairly well-read, intelligent person (but I ) had all these preconceived notions about America based on press and I was meeting amazing people every time, every night, so that and Obama becoming president, totally made me cut ties with fear of America. So I Wish I Knew Natalie Portman over this California beat is kind of like I'm ready to sort of immerse myself in that. Maybe it's not really necessarily about being a superfan of a beautiful woman."
Artist Direct asked k-os if Natalie Portman has heard this track. He replied: "She has! A friend of mine who works for Entertainment Tonight in Canada was interviewing her for the Toronto Film Fest. At the end of the interview, he was like, 'Have you heard of K-Os?' She responded, 'Yes, I have.' So he said, 'Do you know he has a song called, "I wish I knew Natalie Portman?'" She laughed in a humble but embarrassed way about it. She knows the song exists. It was cool of my friend to ask her that."
from http://www.songfacts.com/detail.php?id=18429 |
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| Brother Ali – Tight Rope Lyrics
| 14 years ago
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It's remarking what he did here, I'll admit it didnt occur to me what the last verse was about, it's very unexpected, even though it doesnt surprise me that it's coming from Brother Ali, one extraordinary human being. |
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| Brother Ali – Babygirl Lyrics
| 14 years ago
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Great comment. This is one of my favorites as well, his flow goes so well with the verses, beautiful. |
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| Brother Ali – The Travelers Lyrics
| 14 years ago
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this song is incredible.. it's just absolutely mind-blowing, extremely sad. This one ugly truth still hits us very hard |
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| Brother Ali – Fresh Air Lyrics
| 14 years ago
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It's great to see he's doing this well after all the struggles :) I really like this song, very happy-type of Brother Ali! |
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| Cunninlynguists – Things I Dream Lyrics
| 15 years ago
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Natti: My verse is simple; fuck you, Smooch. Pay me.
Kno: This might be my favorite beat on the record. It was really hard to EQ and mix this son of a bitch, though. The sample was so airy, and the buildup of the strings gets so big that it was hard to make sure the vocals were audible all the way through without being too loud. As for my verse, it’s all based in truth. I’ve read a few reviews that question if songs like these are just "stories", but my verse comes from a very real place. I grew up with parents who did hard drugs, were alcoholics; my dad spent my tenth birthday locked up for trying to feed a habit. I’ve been through bouts of clinical depression twice in my life, it’s not fun. I’m doing good though and my Dad is 100% clean now. I’m very proud of him. |
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| Cunninlynguists – Mexico (ft. Club Dub) Lyrics
| 15 years ago
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Kno: We made this beat from scratch with the live band we work with, Club Dub. It just felt like some summery shit, some feel-good shit. I played the kalimba on this track, and it was actually really crazy because it just happened to be in tune with the rest of the instruments and I just picked it up, went in the booth and played the melody. I really wanted to make something to end the album on a bright note, something for everyone who wants more out of life or anyone that realizes relationships are 99% trust and faith. I wanted to get David Bowie on the track, but of course that was just a fantasy so I went in the booth and did my best impression. Dave, if you read this, holler at me. Let’s get you on the remix. |
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| Insane Clown Posse – Play With Me Lyrics
| 16 years ago
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This song has got a great energy to it. I want to believe this is simply about the life of a toy that has got its ups, and then it's all downhill from there x) The toy is mad too haha. |
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| Cunninlynguists – The Park (Fresh Air) Lyrics
| 16 years ago
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Natti: This, regardless of what anyone else feels, is probably my favorite track on the album. I think we pulled it off flawlessly, and for anybody that’s ever been to a dirt bowl (if you don’t know what that is, you’ve never been to one) or a barbeque in the park where everybody just gathers, you gon’ feel this song. If not, you need to find something new to do with yourself in the summertime.
Deacon: Plus Chizuko murdered the piano on it. I didn’t realize how ahead of it’s time that beat was. So grown. You ain’t living in reality if you don’t feel this one. |
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| Cunninlynguists – Yellow Lines Lyrics
| 16 years ago
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Kno: I put this beat together initially for Witchdoctor’s album. In order to get the guitar part just how I had it in my head, I sang it using my best Stevie Wonder impression to our guitarist Willie Eames and he executed it perfectly. The track sat around for a long time and we had no idea when or if it was ever going to be released, so we told Phonte he could use it for Getback because he and Pooh loved the track. He thought it was too mellow for their album, which was almost finished, and he thought it was too dope for a mixtape. I agreed, so we finished it up and meshed it into our album. Shortly afterwards Adult Swim signed Witchdoctor and wanted to use an OG version of the song on his album, so we did both. Fuck it, more music for everyone. |
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| Cunninlynguists – K.K.K.Y. Lyrics
| 16 years ago
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Kno: This beat was actually sampled from a local compilation called "Homegrown" that was pressed to wax by a Lexington company. So it adds to the Kentucky flavor that I sampled local talent for the track, but unfortunately it was a test press with no real label and I have been looking for the name of the band who performed the song to no avail. I have a few leads.
Natti: Me and Deac heard the beat and knew what we wanted to do with it. We felt like people around our parts never really had a real anthem for the region and put it out on a global scale and it was long overdue. In the end I was real happy with how it turned out. |
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| Cunninlynguists – Dirty Acres Lyrics
| 16 years ago
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Natti: I heard the beat several times after Kno made it, always liked it, and always thought somebody would scoop it up. After a while we was like, "You know what, we gonna keep this for our album." Smoked a blunt and spit our feelings over it. |
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| Cunninlynguists – Valley of Death Lyrics
| 16 years ago
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Deacon: I loved having people from my family sing on a track.
Kno: This beat was specifically made for Jay-Z; parts of the hook intact, after our pedagogue and good friend Kevin Mitchell (used to manage Nappy Roots and now manages Bobby Creekwater) told us Jay needed tracks. He didn’t use it obviously, and then it made it into Nas’ A&R’s hands. He liked it, but it sat for a long while. Lil’ Scrappy wanted to buy it around the same timeframe we produced "Sometimes" for him. That didn’t pan out either, so we ended up keeping it. |
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| Cage – Stripes Lyrics
| 16 years ago
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"this is about Cage's father, the last time Cage saw him, he had a shotgun in his hands and was pointing at Cage and his mom" |
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| Atmosphere – Painting Lyrics
| 16 years ago
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He's obsessed with his past mistakes, and with how his actions might have caused pain on people that he loved. I believe that this song has got a lot of room for personal interpretation, because we all dwell on the past sometimes, and medicate ourselves along the way ;)
Great song |
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| Atmosphere – You Lyrics
| 16 years ago
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it's like she's trapped there, there's no other way, but to be a waitress. The lyrics are sad and call for some action on her behalf, but the beat is actually happy and comforting, which makes me believe that's she's not that unhappy. |
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| Aesop Rock – Coffee (feat. John Darnielle) Lyrics
| 16 years ago
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Well, I'm a bit biased after reading all of your comments, but I'd actually go for the consumerism theory as well, there are many metaphors that can attest to that, and using "coffee" brilliantly as the one symbol of America's senseless consumerism sheep-like population, no offense of course, but it's true, and I guess Aesop condemns it. |
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| Atmosphere – Dreamer Lyrics
| 16 years ago
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I love this song, it's one of my favorites of Atmpsphere period. Beautiful and moving storytelling |
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| D12 – Blow My Buzz Lyrics
| 16 years ago
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haha Proof's verse is the shit. This song gives me really good vibes, cause well, when you're high the last thing you want is some nagging person blowing your buzz, you just wanna chill.
lol dunno how the fuck you got the idea that eminem dislikes potheads lmao must have been high n confused :S |
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| Sage Francis – Black Out On White Night Lyrics
| 16 years ago
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This song is great. Sage explained this one in a very clear way.
" A majority of this song was written while seeking shelter in a telephone booth during a brutal thunder storm in Rome during a festivity where business establishments were supposed to stay open all night long. Everything got chaotic when the thunderstorm knocked out all the electricity in the city. Not only was I in the middle of an area I know nothing about, but I didnt have the means to call anyone or ask anyone how to get back to my hotel. So what else are you supposed to do in a predicament like this other than turn the booth into a confessional?" haha :)
Also, what you hear Jolie Holland singing "are segments from Dante's Inferno. I have no idea if she's pronouncing the words correctly or if we edited it in a way that makes any sense, but I'm sure that my Italian fans will let me know." |
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| Sage Francis – Waterline Lyrics
| 16 years ago
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Lol yeah there's a meaning for this in each one of us, but I can see the New Orleans catastrophe here as well.
The waterline is rising
All we do is stand there
This song is touching.. amazing. |
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| Sage Francis – Keep Moving Lyrics
| 16 years ago
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Good find ^
This is what Sage had to say about it on the album's booklet "I could have stuck with you like a tick and sucked without notice. You could have ripped me off like an ex-girlfriend. But then there would be the others. They chant from the sidelines of survival with big sponge hands while they clap for themselves in slow motion. A few cut themselves in secret places and wish that the people who loved them knew them well enough not to. I'll be there for them, as usual, with a suitcase full of Band-Aids to sell. It's a time honored tradition in the way poets are unable to live off their words unless there is some side hustle involved. Those who believe otherwise aren't poets. Those who don't care either way are probably gettin hustled right now."
So yeah, as always, it's not easy to decode these lyrics, which brings challenge and personal insight to the table, and that's why I listen to Sage Francis. |
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