Genius Meanings
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Fall Out Boy (Ft. Courtney Love) – Rat a Tat
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Overview
Some of the lyrics of “Rat-a-Tat” can be traced back to some of Pete Wentz’s early blog posts, which is appropriate considering the fact that the song most closely
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Fall Out Boy – Songs That Have Yet to be Performed Live by Fall Out Boy
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This is a catalogue of every Fall Out Boy song that hasn’t been played live. Covers, demos, and remixes are not counted in this list. Partial performances, e.g. “20 Dollar Nose
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Fall Out Boy (Ft. Elton John) – Save Rock and Roll
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The song ‘Save Rock and Roll’ is the title track from Fall Out Boy’s fifth album. It features well-known musician Elton John, and is about the mutual desire of both Fall Out Boy
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Chongo – The Ultimate Smash
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This is the ultimate showdown of ultimate destiny / Good guys bad guys and explosions / As far as the eye can see / And only one will survive / I wonder who it will be / This is
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Kid Cudi (Ft. MGMT & Ratatat) – Pursuit of Happiness (Nightmare)
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Released as the third single from Kid Cudi’s debut album, Man on the Moon: The End of Day.
In his collaboration with MGMT and Ratatat, Kid Cudi discusses the lowlights of fame and
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The Everly Brothers – Oh, What a Feeling
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It must be love / Oh, what a feeling / I sit at home alone / I wait here by the phone / I know you'll never call / Oh, what a feeling / It must be love / Although it's bitter / It
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Fall Out Boy – The Phoenix
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OVERVIEW
“The Phoenix” is the opening track on Fall Out Boy’s comeback album Save Rock and Roll. Many interpret the song to be the band’s statement regarding the end of their
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Fall Out Boy – My Songs Know What You Did In The Dark (Light ’Em Up)
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After a four year hiatus, Fall Out Boy returns. The song is about their return to music and starting with a clean slate. A burned slate.
This is the first single off their fifth
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Fall Out Boy – Young Volcanoes
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[Verse 1] / When Rome's in ruins / We are the lions, free of the Colosseums / In poison places, we are anti-venom / We're the beginning of the end / [Pre-Chorus] / Tonight, the
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Fall Out Boy (Ft. Foxes) – Just One Yesterday
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“Just One Yesterday” is different from most other songs on Save Rock and Roll in that it reverts to the negative and pessimistic themes that were more prominent in prior albums
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Slick Rick – Children's Story
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“Children’s Story,” the second single released from The Great Adventures of Slick Rick, is the peak of Slick Rick’s storytelling in the form of a classic cautionary tale for
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Fall Out Boy – Young and Menace
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“Young And Menace” is the lead single from Fall Out Boy’s seventh studio record, Mania. According to bassist Pete Wentz, it is one of the weirdest songs the band has ever made. He
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Fall Out Boy – Miss Missing You
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Overview
Originally, Stump worked on “Miss Missing You” while preparing material for his solo record. However, after feeling as though it emanated something that required the
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Fall Out Boy – Where Did the Party Go
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The song came to be after Stump’s long blog entry “We Liked You Better Fat: Confessions of a Pariah.” Stump suggested the attempts be made in an effort to have a creative outlet
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Fall Out Boy – Death Valley
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Overview
“Death Valley” was one of the first songs that featured musical collaboration between Stump and guitarist Trohman in the wake of the band’s hiatus.
According to numerous
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Fall Out Boy – My Songs Know What You Did In The Dark (Light Em Up) (Commentary)
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PETE: Up next is My Songs Know What You Did In The Dark (Light Em Up). This, uh... to me this song was I think, once we got- When I heard Patrick do the verses in this song, I kind
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Fall Out Boy (Ft. Big Sean) – The Mighty Fall
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“How the mighty have fallen” is an old saying talking about people who were thought highly of (leaders, celebs, heroes, etc…) being brought low. They’ve lost their powers, their
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Jack Stauber – Pumpkin Song
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Pumpkin Song is a song and video released on Jack Stauber’s official YouTube channel. It is Halloween themed, and uses rubberhose style animation in black and white.
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Kid Cudi (Ft. Ratatat) – Alive (Nightmare)
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The main focus of this song revolves around how Cudi truly finds himself during the night and seems to turn into a truer version of himself; the beast. This could be a metaphor for
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Rocked – RTP: Save Rock N' Roll
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what a band that people love finally / comes back after a long hiatus everyone collectively loses it but when said bad who was a part of the rock scene completely leaves it and
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Fall Out Boy – Alone Together
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This song is about a relationship that may or may not have been supposed to happen. The two appear to be different but are actually quite the same.
Notice the juxtaposition in the
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Future – Draco
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“Draco” refers to the Romanian shortened AK-47 assault rifle, which gained popularity in hip-hop after Soulja Boy’s several Draco-related antics, including threats to Quavo and a
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RBL Posse – Sorta Like a Psycho
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Artist: RBL Posse / Album: A Lesson to Be Learned / Song: Sorta Like a Psycho / (Black C) / Sorta like a psycho, a nigga just might go / Spray the whole town cuz a nigga is a
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Birdman (Ft. Lil Wayne) – Neck of the Woods
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This song is from Birdman’s Fast Money.
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Lil Wayne – U.O.E.N.O.
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U.O.E.N.O. is an acronym for the phrase “You Don’t Even Know it”, which is a repeated phrase in this song.
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Ren – Murderer
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[Chorus] / If you catch me alone, you better stay out my zone because I'm ready to kill / I'll sit on my throne made of bodies and bones because I'm mentally ill / I'm feeling
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Korn – Freak on a Leash
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“Freak on a Leash” was Jonathan Davis' complaint against the music industry that abuses him, leaving him feeling like “a freak touring corporate America fucking making all the
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Ma$e (Ft. 8Ball & MJG) – The Player Way
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[Intro: 8Ball & Diddy] / No one expected the unexpected (uh uh) / Know what I'm saying? / Something real, something you could feel (that's right) / Straight from the Suave House (
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2Pac (Ft. Talent) – Changes
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“Changes” is Pac’s timely meditation on race, class and politics.
The piano and chorus are sampled from “The Way It Is” by Bruce Hornsby and the Range.
To see annotations on this
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Snoop Dogg (Ft. Mr. Malik) – Pump Pump
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The last song on the classic album “Doggystyle”
contains samples of Dr. Dre’s “The Day The Niggaz Took Over” and a sample of the song “Ready For Dem” by Naughty By Nature.
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TRU (Ft. C-Murder, Master P & Silkk the Shocker) – Hoody Hoo
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(Master P) / Don't make me call the dogs (use my ghetto code) / Oh, we got beef? (Hoody Hoo) / I RESPRESENT THE DIRTY SOUTH!!!! / For all my thugs and thugettes out there / TO THE
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Ice Cube – The Predator
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[Intro: Calvin Lockhart and Sonny Landham] / "There's no stopping what can't be stopped... no killing what can't be killed..." / There's something' out there waiting for us (Hahaha
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NerdOut – The 2018 Gaming Rap Up
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[Chorus] / Another year is gone, another's on the rise / So when you hear the song throw controllers in the sky / [Verse] / In twenty nineteen we gonna get fired up / And twenty
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Lupe Fiasco – Around My Way (Freedom Ain’t Free)
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This is the first single from Lupe Fiasco’s much anticipated sequel to his rookie effort, Food and Liquor II: The Great American Rap Album.
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Tyga – Rack City
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Rack City is a nickname for Las Vegas, the city of racks ($$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$).
The song originally appeared on Tyga’s mixtape, Well Done 2, in 2010. On November 19, 2010, Rap-Up
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Ice Cube – Friday
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“Friday” is featured on the soundtrack of the 1995 comedy film of the same name. The film was co-written by Ice Cube and co-stars Chris Tucker.
This track was the beginning of a
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Rich The Kid – Plug Walk
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Rich The Kid posted a snippet of “Plug Walk” on Twitter on January 17, 2018, eventually premiering the track on January 20, 2018. The song was released a day earlier than its
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Azealia Banks – Playhouse
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“Playhouse” is a song by Azealia Banks expected to be on her upcoming second studio album called “Business & pleasure” due to be released later this year.
The song was previewed
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MC Eiht (Ft. Big2daboy) – CPT MF'Z
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"Let 'em in" / "Johnson, you're different from the other colors in here" / "You read books, play chess, write poetry" / "But I don't believe you have any regret whatsoever for
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Ab-Soul (Ft. Black Hippy) – Black Lip Bastard (Remix)
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This Black Hippy posse-cut, produced by in-house T.D.E. producer Willie B, is a remix of Ab-Soul’s “Black Lip Bastard” included on Control System as a bonus track.
The track
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Lil Wayne – Walk It Off
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This is a remake of former Cash Money artist, U.N.L.V.’s “Yella Boy” “Dont U Be Greedy” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oJh4J6rRluM
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