Genius Meanings
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Dave – Professor X
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‘Professor X’ marks British rapper Dave’s first release since his March 2019 debut album Psychodrama. The song features on the Top Boy tracklist, a new Netflix series, in which
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Blanco (UK) – Magneto
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[Intro] / (169) / Yeah, yeah, yeah / [Verse 1] / By my side I got chivalrous mates / Ghost Rider, mask Nicolas Cage / On bikes got Nicolas Shades / Scary online, frivolous with
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Dave – God's Eye
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[Verse 1] / Look, I just moved outta London cah' things were really sticky / Grey gates, Range Rovers, sittin' pretty / You know I loved my G-SHOCKs if you were really with me
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Dave – Screwface Capital
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On “Screwface Capital,” Dave talks about growing up in London, which he dubs the Screwface Capital. He references the struggles he experienced and how the pace and activity in
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Dave – Psycho
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“Psycho” serves as the intro to Dave’s debut album, PSYCHODRAMA. The track, which is produced by Kyle Evans, sees Dave speak on the issues surrounding him, varying from pain to
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Dave (Ft. Ruelle) – Lesley
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“Lesley” is a riveting tale of a girl suffering abuse from her boyfriend Jason.
The tale is told as a layered, tragic story carrying messages to women to take charge of their lives
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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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Dave – My 19th Birthday
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“My 19th Birthday” is the outro of Dave’s sophomore EP. Produced by 169, Dave raps for over 8-minutes exploring topics of his childhood, his love affairs, his depression, his
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Drake & Central Cee – On The Radar Freestyle
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[Intro: Drake] / Yeah / On The Radar, 2023 / 6 G-O-D and my broski 2C / You know what it is / Some madness and badness, combination / Yeah / Ayy, grr / [Verse 1: Drake] / On
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macsaviour
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Diverse music taste.
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Dave Carter & Tracy Grammer – The River, Where She Sleeps
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She's a walkin' talkin' breathin' New Age wonder, old time heathens / Don't know what to make of Mary Jane / 'Cause she ain't tryin to be no swami, she ain't mad at dad and mommy
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Jurassic 5 – Concrete Schoolyard
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Beat sample is from Ike Turner’s “Getting Nasty”
The melody starting at 2:40 is sampled from Disco Dave and the Force Five Mc’s “High Power Rap”
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Gorillaz (Ft. De La Soul) – Feel Good Inc.
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“Feel Good Inc.” is about criticism of herd mentality, isolation, and escapism.
The music video features computer-generated imagery combined with 2D animation. The inspiration for
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Dave Chappelle (Ft. James Lipton & Students of Pace School of Design) – Inside The Actor's Studio Interview
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Chappelle returns to television to discuss his post-Chappelle show life, his origin story, his career in Hollywood, the media, and what he loved about Africa.
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Large Professor – Mad Scientist
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The Lost Single From Large Professor’s debut album The LP, which got shelved. However, in 2009 the album was rereleased. Hip Hop Heads everywhere rejoice!
Samples-
“Dune Part II
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Lil Dicky (Ft. Snoop Dogg) – Professional Rapper
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“Professional Rapper” is the second track off of Lil Dicky’s debut album Professional Rapper. This track is structured like a job interview with Snoop acting as the interviewer and
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Stephen Lynch – Mixer At Delta Chi
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[Verse 1] / It's college time again / September's almost here / I’m hanging with freshman girls / Frat party, kegs of beer / I see a girl I’m wanting / Mixer at Delta Chi / We take
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DJ Khaled (Ft. Drake) – POPSTAR
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“POPSTAR” is one of the dual lead singles—along with “GREECE”—from DJ Khaled’s twelfth studio album, KHALED KHALED. Both tracks feature Drake and are Khaled’s first releases since
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Simulated Sun – Tannhauser Gate
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Tannhauser Gate! What's going on at the Tannhauser Gate? / You know those C-beams, they glitter in the dark / What is our fate? We wanna know, just what is our fate? / We can't
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Eminem – My Name Is
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The song that vaulted Eminem onto the national stage. This was the second single from Eminem’s major label debut The Slim Shady LP (the first was “Just Don’t Give a Fuck,” which
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Drake – Behind Barz
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On July 7, 2018—a week after his fifth studio album Scorpion was released—Drake performed a freestyle for the British rap platform Link Up TV.
On September 13, 2019, the song was
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Dave East (Ft. D.JONES) – This Summer
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[Intro: Dave East] / Taylor on the beat / Real niggas stand up / It's holiday season, bitch / Whole water, you get jammed up (forever mean mugga, word) / [Verse 1: Dave East & D
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Scarlxrd – Heart Attack
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[Intro: Julie, David & Scarlxrd] / David, I love you. I fucking love you. I fucking love you, fuck / Hey, woah, woah, woah. Don't do this, don't do this / You fucked me four times
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Black Thought – Black Thought
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Black Thought’s 10-minute, 2000+ word freestyle on Hot 97 became viral quickly, earning over a million views in 24 hours and holding 12.8+ million views as of March 17th 2021
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3pleYT (Ft. Kamren the Person & Midgecat) – E. Gadd vs. Dr. Zomboss
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[Verse 1: Professor E. Gadd] / Criminy! / Oh no! / What have I invented? / Oh... / A machine that brings the undead from death's grips? (Ak!) / There's a minor bug... (Hm
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No Money Enterprise – Suave
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Tell 'em that I'm way too suave (yeah tell 'em) / Tell 'em that I'm doin' OT (my crew) / Mixing that Morgan real smooth (smooth) / Tell 'em there's a party in the Woods (what's
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Professor Nuts – Of Course
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[Intro] / Well, [?] holiday rush / [?] need money nuff nuff / Ya hear me? / [?] Jamaican currency / [?] / Hey, gal / Be sure and tell your man that you go shoppin' for Christmas
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Dave Kelly – Slurp
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[Intro] / Yo / Some likkle man a gwan like dem take man fi scwabs scwabs 'bout yah / Badman a badman / You a hear me? / Yeah / [Chorus] / If a fassyhole nuh like wi, suck yuh mumma
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Mikey Dollaz, FBG Duck, I.L Will & Billionaire Black – Out That Jam
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[Intro: Mikey Dollaz] / Mm, uh, yeah / (Dave The King) / I'll be out this time tomorrow, nigga / I'll be out this time tomorrow, nigga / Say I'll be out this time tomorrow, nigga
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SL – 100 Thoughts
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[Intro] / Nigga, don't look at that back / Now she got a hundred (Hundred) / Nigga, don't look at that back / Now she got a hundred thoughts / [Chorus] / Boy, look at that back
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Method Man & Redman – How High
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The remixed version is used in the music video.
https://youtu.be/TeUyrXnK8UY?t=9s
Redman and Method Man were both Def Jam artists and each released albums (Dare is a Darkside and
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Megadeth – Mission to Mars
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[Instrumental Intro] / [Verse 1] / Countdown is commencing / Pretty soon, I'll be saying, "Goodbye, Earth." / A rocket ride on a bucking bronc / At seventeen thousand miles an hour
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Mobb Deep – Juvenile Hell [Credits]
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The Real Side / 1. INTRO (2:47) / (Prodigy/Havoc) Produced by Mobb Deep / 2. ME AND MY CREW (4:47) / (Prodigy/Havoc/Kada Production) Songs Of Polygram International Publishing, Inc
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