Genius Meanings
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Aaliyah (Ft. Static Major) – Loose Rap
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“Loose Rap” is the 2nd track off of Aaliyah’s eponymous third album. It was originally intended to be the album’s first single but “We Need A Resolution” replaced it in April 2001.
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Aaliyah – I Can Be
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“I Can Be” is the twelfth track taken from Aaliyah’s third and self-titled album, Aaliyah.
In 2001, VH1 asked Aaliyah what the track meant for her, she responded saying,
I like
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Drake – Middle of the Ocean
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In a track that does indeed make you feel exactly where the title is, Drake lays a detailed verse filled with ear-catching one-liners and sneaky remarks over an O'Jays sample.
The
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Aaliyah – Try Again
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The lead single of the soundtrack to the 2000 action film Romeo Must Die, later released as the 15th track of Aaliyah’s 2001 self-titled album. “Try Again” is about a woman who
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Timbaland & Magoo (Ft. Aaliyah & Missy Elliott) – Up Jumps da Boogie
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“Up Jumps Da Boogie” is the lead single off of Timbaland and Magoo’s debut album, Welcome to Our World. The track has four members of the so-called “super friends” (leaving out
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Aaliyah – Rock the Boat
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“Rock the Boat” is Aaliyah’s second single from her eponymous album released one month before the tragic airplane crash that killed her and eight others in the Bahamas on August 25
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Aaliyah – It's Whatever
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[Intro] / Hmm, it's whatever / It's whatever, yeah / Ooh, oh / Whatever / [Verse 1] / Just like the birds that whistle in the trees / Hid in the leaves, so happily / Well you're my
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Aaliyah (Ft. Timbaland) – We Need a Resolution
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“We Need a Resolution” is a song performed by Aaliyah. It was written by Static Major and Timbaland, who also produced and contributed with a featured rap verse.
The song was
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Aaliyah – More Than a Woman
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“More Than a Woman” details Aaliyah’s attraction to a man and her desire to be a better lover than anybody he has ever been with.
It was first written by Static Major as “Draw The
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Brent Faiyaz (Ft. Drake & The Neptunes) – WASTING TIME
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On “Wasting Time,” Brent Faiyaz unites with Drake for a song about their respective connections to the women in their lives. They understand that both they and their women have
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Aaliyah – I Care 4 U
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“I Care 4 U” is a song by Aaliyah written by Missy Elliott and Timbaland.
It was released as a radio single in 2003 in promotion of Aaliyah’s posthumuous compilation album I Care
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Aaliyah – Extra Smooth
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[Verse 1] / So, he got big brown eyes, so he built nice / Ooh, comin' on strong, six pack showin' / Oh, he's too cool for his own shoes / Ooh, nothin' rude, but way too sure for me
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Aaliyah – Those Were the Days
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[Verse 1] / We ain't lovers no more / We don't laugh no more, we don't play no more / We don't make-up no more / We don't kiss no more, we don't hug no more / You don't please me
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Aaliyah – Read Between the Lines
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[Intro] / Uh-huh / You got to read between the lines, lines / You got to read between the lines, lines, lines / You got to read between the lines, lines / Uh, uh, uh, uh / [Verse 1
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Aaliyah – Messed Up
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“Messed Up” is a hidden track that was included in the U.S version of Aaliyah’s self-titled third album, Aaliyah, released on July 17, 2001. The track was later included in
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Drake – Is There More
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Throughout “Is There More,” Drake discusses how life is about more than the rapper life that artists (including himself) talk about, while at the same time pondering what that “
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Tyla – Water
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“Water” serves as the lead single from Tyla’s self-titled debut album. The Pop-Amapiano track began gaining online traction after Tyla shared a TikTok featuring a dance to the
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Aaliyah – Never No More
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On this fifth track to Aaliyah’s self-titled album, she touches on a relationship that is seemingly coming to and end. In the beginning, she believes she can have a future with
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Frank Ocean – Self Control
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“Self Control” is a slow ballad which features Frank describing a relationship that is slowly falling apart. Throughout the song, Frank hints the reason their relationship fell
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Joi – Freedom (Theme from Panther)
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“Freedom (Theme from Panther)” was a single released from the soundtrack of the 1995 motion picture Panther. Over 60 female African-American R&B and hip-hop artists met after the
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Seventh Floor Crew – Seventh Floor Crew
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This inspired posse cut was recorded at the University of Miami’s Mahoney Hall, detailing the lurid exploits of a group called the Seventh Floor Crew, a crew that included at least
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Seno (Ft. Dominic Fike) – Aaliyah
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[Verse 1: Dominic Fike] / I started in my mind, I'm tryna find the peace and the quiet / And I move like a beast in the wild, ain't feast in a while / Tryna get the peace of D
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50 Cent – Many Men (Wish Death)
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“Many Men (Wish Death)” is the third single from 50 Cent’s debut studio album Get Rich or Die Tryin'. This track deals with 50’s near death experiences (infamously, 50 was shot 9
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Mahalia – Grateful
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First teasing fans with a snippet back in January, Mahalia released her soul-tinged single “Grateful” with an accompanying exclusive visual through Refinery29 on Friday, April 26th
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Marvin Gaye – Got to Give It Up
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“Got to Give it Up” chronicles the nervy night of a man too shy to get out there on the dance floor and let loose. It’s only once he gives in – or Gives it Up – to the rhythm and
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Victony, Don Toliver, Rema & Tempoe – Soweto (with Don Toliver, Rema, Tempoe)
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[Intro] / Mad! / [Verse 1: Victony] / Call all your brokoto / No go dey slogodo oh / Body dey draw me like ogbono oh / Body dey rise my tonono oh / I say, call all your brokoto
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Aaliyah – U Got Nerve
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[Intro] / Uh, come on / Watch out, come on, yeah / Come on, come on / [Verse 1] / Gave you chances on top of chances / Opportunities taken for granted (Watch out) / My reality is
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Aaliyah – I Refuse
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“I Refuse” is a track from Aaliyah’s third and final album Aaliyah. The ominous midtempo song about ending an emotionally abusive relationship is awash in dramatic strings and
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SWV – Rain
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“Rain” peaked at #25 on the Billboard Hot 100 and #7 on Billboard’s R&B chart.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7S2quCoO880
The song samples Jaco Pastorious' song “Portrait of
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Kendrick Lamar (Ft. Ab-Soul & Jay Rock) – The Heart Pt. 3 (Will You Let It Die?)
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Recorded in Las Vegas three days before the release of his second album and major label debut, good kid, m.A.A.d city, Kendrick unleashes the third edition of his “The Heart
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Adele – Easy On Me
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“Easy On Me” marked Adele’s return after a six-year hiatus. The song is the lead single off her fourth studio album 30. In an October 2021 BBC Radio 1 interview, Adele revealed
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Aaliyah – What If
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[Chorus] / What if every guy I saw / (What if) sittin' down at the bar / (What if) told him, "Give me a call" / What if, what if, what if / What if every guy in the place / (What
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702 – Get It Together
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Get it Together peaked at #10 on the Billboard Hot 100 and #3 on Billboard’s R&B Singles chart in 1997.
The song was written & produced by Donell Jones.
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Ashanti – Baby
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“Baby” is the third and last single from Self-titled. The single achieved the number fifteen on the Billboard Hot 100 and number seven on the U.S. Billboard Hot R&B Songs chart. A
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Nas (Ft. Q-Tip) – One Love
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“One Love” was the final single released from Illmatic. Fellow Queens native Q-Tip provided the vibes from the Heath Brothers' “Smilin' Billy Suite Part II” as the backdrop for Nas
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Big Ghost Ltd – Nothing Was The Same Review
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The Hands of Zeus himself presents his official Nothing Was The Same album review.
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Central Cee – Loading
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“Loading” is up-and-coming West London artist Central Cee’s breakout single, released on the 22nd of October 2020. The song, backed by an intoxicating beat by HARGO, watches Cench
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MC Lyte (Ft. Xscape) – Keep On Keepin' On
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This song is about continuing to do what you’ve always done and never stopping.
This also Lyte’s highest charting single in the U.S. and also became her second single to achieve a
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Jonwayne (Ft. Jeremiah Jae & Oliver the 2nd) – Mean Muggin'
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[Verse 1: Oliver the 2nd] / Put the shine in your face like an eye doc / Rep the squad every day, homie, why stop? / See I was born cold, likely I'mma die hot / Baggin up in live
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J. Cole (Ft. Missy Elliott) – Nobody's Perfect
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This Missy collab features Cole talking about the ladies and wondering about his girl’s “number”. Maybe he should talk to Anna Faris.
The first verse of this song is widely
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Inspectah Deck – The Movement
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Track 5 from the album The Movement released on June 10, 2003.
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Jermaine Dupri (Ft. Ludacris) – Welcome To Atlanta
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‘Welcome To Atlanta’ is the second single off Jermaine Dupri’s (a.k.a JD) album, Instructions. It was also included in Ludacris’s album ‘Word Of Mouf’ as a hidden track.
The
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Joi – Freedom
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[Intro] / Mmm-mmm-mmm, yeah / Talk about freedom / Talk about freedom (Oh, oh, oh, oh) / What is freedom? / (Yeah, yeah, yeah-yeah, yeah) / Can you truly define it? / I know you
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KAWALi (Ft. Clavish & wewantwraiths) – Let It Rip (Remix)
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[Intro: KAWALi] / (Moe Alka on the mix) / Yo / You know it's the killers, drillers, drug dealers in the building right now / Yo, yo / [Chorus: KAWALi] / We the-we the Mali niggas
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