Genius Meanings
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Chance the Rapper (Ft. Murda Beatz & TisaKorean) – GRoCERIES
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“GRoCERIES” is Chance the Rapper’s first release of 2019. The single marks his first collaboration with Houston rapper TisaKorean.
Over production by Murda Beatz, Chance and Tisa
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Spotify – This Is Chance the Rapper
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1. Chance the Rapper- All Day Long (feat. John Legend) / 2. Chance the Rapper- Do You Remember (feat. Death Cab for Cutie) / 3. Chance the Rapper- Eternal (feat. Smino) / 4. Chance
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Chance the Rapper & Jeremih – Ms. Parker
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Chance The Rapper debuted this song on “Power 92.3,” a Chicago radio station, on the 18th of December after it being teased on his Instagram story weeks prior.
Chance said the
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Juice WRLD – Juicy
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[Intro] / Na, na-na-na, na, na / Na, na-na-na / This song is literally my canvas, I can say whatever the fuck (Yeah) / M-M-Murda / [Chorus] / Ayy, drownin' in the Hennessy, it feel
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Childish Gambino – Bonfire
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On Friday, July 22nd, 2011, Childish Gambino released the first song off of his album, Camp titled “Bonfire”
This track contains some of CG’s most hilarious, genius, and
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Chance the Rapper (Ft. Lil Wayne & Young Thug) – Instagram Song 8 (CWYN)
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“CWYN” is a collaboration between Chance the Rapper and two frequent collaborators: Lil Wayne and Young Thug. Each artist takes a turn discussing their respective love life, with “
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Brian Fresco (Ft. Chance the Rapper & Lil Xxel) – Bad 4 You
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[Lil Xxel] / Sorry, I’m no good for you / Girl, I’m sorry, I was bad for you / Baby, I’m bad, bad / I can tell when you told me that you love me / Girl, I love you too, I never got
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Chance the Rapper – 65th & Ingleside
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The song 65th and Ingleside is about Chance’s relationship with his child’s mother and fiancée.
He talks about when they used to live near 65th
and Ingleside, an intersection in
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Kanye West (Ft. Chris Brown) – Waves
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“Waves” is about Kanye’s relationships with loved ones. Waves never truly die; they flux and reflux, but are ever present. The song features Chris Brown, who first worked with ‘Ye
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Lil B & Chance The Rapper (Ft. Noname) – Last Dance BASED FREESTYLE
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[Intro: Lil B] / Yeah, welcome to this beautiful mixtape / Based freestyle, Chance the Rapper, Lil B, yeah / [Verse 1: Lil B] / This our fuckin' last chance / I'm goin' to the top
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Instrumentality (Ft. Chance the Rapper) – Lord Release ft. Vic Mensa
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Sample is from “Cosmia” by Joanna Newsom, from her 2006 album “Ys”.
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Kanye West (Ft. Syleena Johnson) – All Falls Down
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“All Falls Down” is a self-reflection of Kanye’s personal battle with consumerism. The track was the third single from his debut album, The College Dropout. The song peaked at
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Reeseynem (Ft. Chance the Rapper & Jeremih) – First Day Out
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[Intro] / Ooh / Ooh / Mmm / [Chorus] / It's my first day off my contract / I'm a whole free agent / I might go on a li'l date then / I might go on a vacation / It's my first day
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Freddie Gibbs & Madlib – Thuggin'
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A single from Madgibbs' (Freddie Gibbs and Madlib) collaboration project, Thuggin' EP, along with the duo’s 2014 LP, Piñata.
A standout track on the LP, Gibbs raps about his
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Paper Route Empire & Key Glock – Proud
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[Intro: Key Glock & Young Dolph] / (Ayo, BandPlay) / Ayy, yeah / [Chorus] / I lost my dog, I lost my mind, no lie, I'm really lost inside / I can get it back in blood, but still, I
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Kanye West – Feedback
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“Feedback” is Kanye’s unapologetic ode to success. After nearly 3 years since the release of Yeezus, the Chicago-bred rapper joyfully announces his return to the rap arena. He
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Caleb James (Ft. Chance the Rapper, Malcolm London & VIC MENSA) – Savemoney Cypher
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[Verse 1: Caleb James] / All my real niggas holler / I'm out here bout a dollar / If you speak another language, holler at your guala / 'Bout the cheese, 'bout the bread, 'bout the
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Kit Kat (Nestle) (Ft. Chance the Rapper) – Chance The Wrapper
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“Chance the Wrapper” was created as a result of two commercials spawned by Kit-Kat, a subsidiary of the corporation Nestlé during fall 2016. These advertisements depict Chano
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DRAM (Ft. Lil Yachty) – Broccoli
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Virginia’s own D.R.A.M. teams up with Atlanta-via-the-Internet sensation Lil Yachty for this upbeat ode to the lord of the vegetable kingdom: weed.
The duo flexed their viral
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Machine Gun Kelly (Ft. DubXX) – Miss Me?
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Mostly response to what’s being said about MGK in the rap game and this is his chance to vent. Featuring his long time friend and fellow rapper Dub-O.
MGK highlights what his life
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Lido – 3 Million
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3 million is the first taste of Lido’s new chapter in his music career, and seemingly also the first single off of a yet-to-be-confirmed album release.
The base of the song was
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Childish Gambino – Feels Like Summer
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“Feels Like Summer,” later released as “42.26,” is the tenth track on Gambino’s fourth studio album 3.15.20.
Bino first released the track, alongside “Summertime Magic,” on the
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Ice Spice – Munch (Feelin' U)
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“Munch (Feelin' U)” is the breakout single by Bronx rapper Ice Spice. Released in August 2022, the track went viral shortly thereafter due to its quotable chorus:
You thought I
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Logic – GP4
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“GP4” finds Logic reminiscing on his come up and how he reached successes despite coming from a low-income background. On the chorus, Logic pays homage to OutKast through
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TLC (Ft. André 3000) – Sumthin Wicked This Way Comes
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Something wicked this way comes.
This phrase originates in Act IV, Scene 1 of Shakespeare’s play Macbeth.
The speaker is the second witch, whose full line is, “By the pricking of
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Aesop Rock – None Shall Pass
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In what is perhaps Aesop Rock’s most famous song, he attacks conformity in mainstream hip-hop, the political establishment, the schooling system and its role as gate-keeper and
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Lil Wayne – Back to You
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Weezy engages in some “sexual warfare.”
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MC Jin – Jin Vs. Skitzo
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Yo, you a sucka and I mean it kid / My girl would never go with you / Cause she don't like guys with small penises / Don't make me have to come at you / Ay yo, cause as a rapper
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Juvenile – Ha
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“Ha” was Juvenile’s breakout single before “Back That Azz Up” and stood-out with each bar ended with the phrase “ha”. The song’s hook sampled his previous regional hit “Solja Rag”.
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Machine Gun Kelly – RAP DEVIL
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Machine Gun Kelly released this track as a response to Eminem’s disses from his surprise 2018 album, Kamikaze. On “Not Alike,” Em raps:
He wants to keep up his tough demeanor
So
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Tyler, The Creator – Bastard
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As the essential introduction to his solo musical personality, Tyler goes back and forth with a fictional psychiatrist denominated “Dr. TC” in the form of nine unmistakably
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Uncle Outrage – Nelly
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[Intro] / That's right / Let's go / [Chorus] / You deserve everything that you got / You don't get no second chances / You deserve everything that you got / You don't get no second
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Montana of 300 – Angel With an Uzi
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[Verse 1: Montana of 300] / Like if God had wrote the bible / This is straight from the mouth of the person who made these verses / Can't change the words on this album / I'm
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Nas – N.Y. State of Mind
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Nas displays complex lyricism with his “N.Y. State of Mind” over a track from Gang Starr’s DJ Premier. The chorus samples a Rakim line from the track “Mahogany,” which is fitting
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Mobb Deep – Survival of the Fittest
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Maybe Mobb Deep’s most famous track next to “Shook Ones Pt. II,” “Survival of the Fittest” was released as the second single from The Infamous. It describes the challenges of the
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Young Thug (Ft. Juice WRLD & Nicki Minaj) – Money
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“Money” is a trap-fused collaboration between Young Thug, Juice WRLD, and Nicki Minaj, produced by Charlie Heat. The song samples Eric Idle’s “Money Song”, written for Monty
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Dilz – Cocoon
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(Verse 1) / We arrive at the shop late night groceries, stuck in between hope not and hopefully, searching up and down until we found the aisle, hearts a thousand miles, it’s all I
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JAY-Z – Heart of the City (Ain't No Love)
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Kanye West samples “Ain’t no Love in the Heart of the City” by Bobby “Blue” Bland.
According to Complex, Jay wanted this to be the first single off The Blueprint.
Kanye stated in
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Godforbid (Rapper) – Try
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[Verse 1] / Excuse me if I'm cynical / But I've seen kids grow from Disney shows / To selling sex on videos / The machine just grinds you up / To the finest dust, then gets high
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Genius – May 2020 Singles Release Calendar
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WELCOME TO GENIUS' MAY 2020 SINGLES RELEASE CALENDAR!!!
For May 2020 album releases, visit this page
This page highlights the notable singles released in all genres
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Sam Smith – Too Good at Goodbyes
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“Too Good at Goodbyes” tells of a turbulent personal relationship, and is Sam Smith’s first solo release since their 2015 James Bond theme “Writing’s on the Wall.” The song is the
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Guapdad 4000 – Big Finnam Freestyle
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(Intro) / Just wrote this / Big Finnam Freestyle / (Verse) / I need to call my little brother, I got no pics holding him / They shot him last night, he made it, but he’s over it
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G-Eazy (Ft. Kossisko & Slimmy B) – Boss Tycoon
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First debuted during G-Eazy’s Rolling Loud 2019 set and later previewed in full during an Instagram Live stream on March 30, 2020. While still unreleased, the implication is that
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Kanye West – Family Business
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The stories in this song are not actually all about Kanye’s family. Per Complex, Tarrey Torae (who sings “they don’t mean a thang” toward the end) helped Kanye with the stories for
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King Hooker – Fat Alien
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I was walking she was talking can't be sure I wasn't stalking / I was thinking of the ways that I could get in her pants / That I would ask her to dance / If she would give me a
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NF – The Search
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“The Search” is the second single and title track for NF’s fourth album and marks his first release of 2019.
On the track, NF opens up about the struggles inside his head and
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Waka Flocka Flame – F**K This Industry
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[Chorus: x2] / Fuck dis industry / Bitch I'm in these streets / Fuck dis industry / Bitch I'm in these streets / Fuck dis industry / Bitch I'm in these streets / Lord take my back
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