Bio
‘99, short for 1999 is a remix of Foster The People’s “Pumped Up Kicks” turned into a diss track and a part of the “eXe series” dubbed as “X@MP0L”. The year signifies not only the year I was born but coincidently it is the same year which the Columbine High School Massacre occurred which is a direct tie to “Pumped Up Kicks”, sharing the same theme of a school shooter. The remix turns it into a rap song with my own take on the beat and most importantly, changed the song into my point of view. The name “X@MP0L” comes from being part of the “X Series”, a compilation of diss tracks where the title is a word that starts with “ex” shortened down to X with all letters being capitalized and swapped out for numbers and symbols. Example comes from making an example out of someone meaning to teach someone a lesson and makes others not do what they did or the same thing will happen to them. This all adds up to me shooting up my school making an example out of those who attend it. Later on in the song, it’s uncovered that the example is also setting an example of those who share my situation and is a call to follow in my footsteps. Further on as a stretch, “example” is full for “exam” which occurs in a school but the point is that the “exam” here is to survive and is the biggest one you’ll be facing for a while.