Genius Meanings
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Nine Inch Nails – Zero-Sum
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The last song on Year Zero, “Zero Sum” describes what could be seen as either divine retribution or human-triggered apocalypse.
The title is in reference to the economic or
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Nine Inch Nails – God Given
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A slowed-down version of the song’s drum pattern seems to be used again on “Zero-Sum”. The pattern is also very similar to that of “My Violent Heart”.
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Nine Inch Nails (Ft. Doudou N'diaye Rose) – The Warning (stephen goodchild)
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This remix featuring African drummer Doudou N'Diaye Rose is on Y34RZ3R0R3M1X3D. It starts with a piano melody that is joined by drum elements. The verse features the vocals over a
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Nine Inch Nails – Another Version of the Truth (kronos quartet and enrique gonzalez müller)
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[Instrumental]
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Nine Inch Nails – Capital G (epworth phones)
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[Verse 1] / I pushed a button and elected him to office and uh / He pushed a button and it dropped a bomb / You pushed the button and could watch it on the television / Those
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Nine Inch Nails – The Warning
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This song is widely believed to be about The Presence. At the end of the album version of the song is the static noise that was included at the end of the leaked version of “My
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Nine Inch Nails – The Greater Good
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The theory of the song tells the assimilation of people into believing and following the government of Year Zero. They are now part of the “Greater Good.”
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Nine Inch Nails – The Great Destroyer (modwheelmood)
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This song impresses the notion that we should not be afraid of the end of the world, as all-seeing satellites will watch over us.
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Nine Inch Nails – The Beginning of the End
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“The Beginning of the End” is the second track on the 2007 release Year Zero. Like “HYPERPOWER!” preceding it, the song builds throughout the track, beginning with the drum loop
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Nine Inch Nails – My Violent Heart (pirate robot midget)
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[Verse 1] / You and I, we may look the same / But we are very far apart / There's bullet holes where my compassion used to be / And there is violence in my heart / Into fire you
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Nine Inch Nails – The Beginning of the End (ladytron)
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[Verse 1] / Down on your knees, you'll be left behind / This is the beginning / Watch what you think, they can read your mind / This is the beginning / I got my mark, see it in my
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Nine Inch Nails – My Violent Heart
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“My Violent Heart” begins with looping percussion and vocals soon enter. Just before the chorus, a synthesizer plays as a climax builds. The chorus contains mechanical and robotic
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Nine Inch Nails – The Great Destroyer
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This could be a song from the perspective of the character known as the Angry Sniper, or also a song about the Red Horse virus referred to in the “hidden” lyrics. It could also
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Nine Inch Nails – Capital G (Phones 666 RPM Main Mix)
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[Verse 1] / I pushed a button and elected him to office and uh / He pushed a button and it dropped a bomb / You pushed the button and could watch it on the television / Those
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Nine Inch Nails – Meet Your Master
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This song could be either from a government perspective, directed to the people, or from a resistance perspective directed to the government. The latter theory seems more apt
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DJ Kay Slay (Ft. 3D Na'Tee, Aobie, AZ, Big Daddy Kane, Big Dubez, Billy Danze, Black Thought, Bodega Bamz, Bun B, Bynoe, Cassidy, Chris Rivers, Chuck D, Coke La Rock, Consequence, Conway the Machine, Cory Gunz, Dave East, DJ Doo Wop, Drag-On, E-A-Ski, E.D.I. Mean, Freddie Foxxx, Fredro Starr, Fred the Godson, Ghostface Killah, Gillie Da Kid, Grandmaster Caz, Grandmaster Melle Mel, Grand Puba, Greg Nice, Gunplay, Havoc, Hocus45th, Ice-T, Inspectah Deck, Jim Jones, Joell Ortiz, Jon Connor, J.R. Writer, Junior Reid, Kaflow Kaboom, King Kirk, Kool DJ Red Alert, Kool G Rap, KRS-One, KXNG Crooked, Lil' Cease, Lil' Fame, Loaded Lux, Locksmith, Lord Jamar, Lord Tariq, Maino, McGruff, MC Serch, MC Shan, Merkules, Metta Sandiford-Artest, Mike Cee, Millyz, Mistah F.A.B., Ms. Hustle, Mysonne, Nino Man, Omar Epps, OT the Real, Oun-P, Page Kennedy, Papoose, Peter Gunz, Pretty Tone Capone, PTKNY, Raekwon, Rah Digga, Ransom, Ras Kass, Redman, RJ Payne, Rockness Monsta
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[Intro: DJ Kay Slay & Sheek Louch] / Trackateering Music / Man, y'all did it with this one here, y'all / People love to use that quote, "I'm doin' it for the culture" / But what
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Noisey (Ft. Action Bronson, Alexander Spit, A$ton Matthews, Bobby Creekwater, Bodega Bamz, Bryant Dope, CUZ Lightyear, CyHi, Danny Brown, Da$H, Del Harris, Flatbush Zombies, Heems, Killer Mike, Kilo Kish, Meyhem Lauren, Mike G, Nigel Nasty, Nipsey Hussle, Pill, Pregnant Boy, Problem, Prodigy of Mobb Deep, Pusha T, Raekwon, Remy Banks, Renegade El Rey, RetcH, Rockie Fresh, Scotty ATL, Two-9, Vado, Yak Ballz, YG, Young Thug & Zebra Katz) – The Rap Monument
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44 Emcees all rapped a verse for Noisey’s “The Rap Monument”, the song was recorded during three sessions (held in Los Angeles, Atlanta, and New York) everything was put together
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Rock Genius – Band Names
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Some band names are so well thought out that they say everything there is to say about the group in one succinct appellation. Others don’t really mean much at all! Here at Rock
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Bumpin the computer turnin on instrumentals and shit
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Fucking her on the desk, and accidentally playing instrumentals. The man can rap and fuck at the same time. He’s THAT good
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Doug E. Fresh & The Get Fresh Crew (Ft. Slick Rick) – La-Di-Da-Di
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“La Di Da Di” a classic storytelling track, and one of the most influential rap songs of all time. As of 2021, WhoSampled lists over 1,000 songs that have sampled or incorporated
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Young Gunz (Ft. Freeway & Oschino) – Sun Don't Shine
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[Intro: Freeway] / Yeah...for my street niggas / [Chorus: girl singing (Oschino)] / The sun never shines in the ghetto / It always rains in the hood / Heavy metals ring in the
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James Joyce – Ulysses (Chap. 17 - Ithaca)
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TIME : 2:00 AM
SCENE : Bloom’s House at 7 Eccles Street
ORGAN : skeleton
ART : science
COLOR : none
SYMBOL : comets
TECHNIQUE : catechism
Homeric Parallels :
Summary :
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The Genius Community’s 100 Best Albums of the 2010s
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Pusha T, Lana Del Rey and J.Cole all made the list, but who will be at the top?
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KA$HDAMI – Look N The Mirror!
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Produced by Lincoln Minaj, Cloudbxy, & Glumboy, mixed by BabySantana
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Neal Stephenson – Cryptonomicon
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PROLOGUE / Two tires fly. Two wail. / A bamboo grove, all chopped down / From it, warring songs / ....IS THE BEST THAT CORPORAL BOBBY SHAFTOE CAN DO ON short notice--he's standing
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Joel and Ethan Coen – The Big Lebowski (script)
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The Big Lebowski is a movie made by the Coen brothers with a large cult following. It’s has even spawned the religion dudeism, which has around 300,000 followers (http://dudeism.
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