Alexander Wiggin
All Star
Who killed it
SYNOPSIS
now lets get some things straight since its a story there's characters, setting and plot
the plot is who killed hip-hop?
the setting is 1930s the golden era; the manifestation of jazz, mobsters, bootlegging and organized crime
the characters are nas the detective and his partner joe da butcher
freckle face who is joe da butchers connection to the underworld
and hip-hop who is the girl in the story a.k.a. the gal
now what happens is pretty mike and two face al kill each other and the gal runs off with the money
pretty mike and two face al are B.I.G. & Tupac and its a psuedonym for hip-hop maximizing its commercialism which is why the gal runs off with the money
the murder of two face al is directly referencing tupac dying first
now this all occured at some club where the classic jams go on sung by the gal
that is why nas says damn that was my jam because she will never be singing there again
the setting is further portrayed through the uses of microphone cord as the murder weapon and the fact the body was found in the aisle
now joe da butches represent the average hip-hop listener
his name simply breaks down to joe a.k.a. the average joe schmo and da butcher part is a reference to "chewing the fat" which means just kicking simple convo chillin
now after joe mentions to nas that he realizes he's falling for her nas hits the bar a lil aggitated
he realizes its the same scene at the bar but says f*ck it and drinks are on him
that represent nas going commercial and he admits it but tries to counteract that by saying "but I always felt outta place" which means he sold out but still puts out real hip-hop
the symbolism in the bar scene is that joe the da butcher is nas partner but his southern connects (freckle face and company) are involved wit this crime
joe is none the wiser a.k.a. the average listener supports southern music regardless of all this south trash talk (jeezy,ludacris,lil jon,rick ross)
nas gets a lil ticked off and heads outside and realizes the gal has been trailin him the whole time
that's basically saying that even though he didn't kno it hip-hop HAS been followin him for a while
next thing she steps out the shadow and he says "all this time she had me in her scope"
in her scope = interscope
nas starts the story saying "death by strangulation" but death = def
basically he was saying that def jam started the "killing" (when it commercialized hip-hop) and now interscope
runs it
at this point he is saying the crackers took control of the art hence the reference to conspiracy theorys behind this whodunit
"that's why eric b is not president" pretty much sums it up
so def jam chokeholded the game and then universal picked it up
at this point nas has some evidence so he starts interrogating the broad
"I know you have soul quit tryin to hide it" is obviously saying that hip-hop has soul but its obscured by the commercialism
nas uses the interrogation wisely by bringing up cypress hill and snoop dogg referencing the classics just flippin the phrases
if you can't figure it out then your pretty f*ckin stupid
she (hip-hop) supposedly killed a man in cypress which is a project in brooklyn
cypress hill how I could just kill a man
and one eyed charlie (krs-one) who only hangs with the criminal minded (bdp) said they did it doggystyle (snoop dogg) but obviously referencing sex
at this point she puts everything in perspective for nas IN ORDER because nas was out of chronological order by mentioning 92 then 91 then 88
so she begins by asking him to "walk this way" (run dmc) and she will tell him a childrens story (slick rick)
this is starting out raw hip-hop in the 80s
"got her a few 40s" is now referencing the west coast era domination as well hoppin in the "ride"
at this point hip-hop started losing "it" because it was being bombarded by commercial gangsterism and losing its origins
the getting tipsy part refers to hip-hop totally losing control and becoming almost completely pop (the bad boy era)
"as we got to her suave house chopped and screwed her mouth" is now moving on to the south moving on in at the close of the shiny suit era and is cleverly flipped to nas getting oral sex by hip-hop he finally gave in
after he f*cks her she spills the beans and tells him that bill gates sponsored her to destroy hip-hop through means of downloading and extreme piracy
remember hip-hops father was a bootlegger and now her sponsor is one of the largest helpers in the creation of bootlegging
at this point she just breaks down and admits she is IMMORTAL because no regular human could be alive in BOTH slave times AND the 1930s
she says she came from that era and had many lovers since but her one true love was kool herc (pioneer of hip-hop, some say sole creator)
but then she obviously f*cked him over and fell to the pressure of the root of all evil, money (the 200 grand) (by the way 200 grnd in 1930 is worth MILLIONS)
at this point the gig is up and she begins to fade away magically but lets nas know its his inner spirit that really keeps hip-hop alive
she really didn't need the money in the end
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"Level one, what does it take to get a woman sprung" - NAS
Nas is refering to the first level of Theosophy... "Sthula-Sarira"... it's the lowest part of being, the physical... so bone structure, muscles, skin, hair... in nature... rocks, dirt... things that are apparent to the naked eye and to the human touch... the most basic level and the basis for physical attraction... ie "get a woman sprung"...
Nashawn replies "intelligence leave they mind dumb"... he's jumping ahead... Nas takes him back to level 1 with "but what about shopping, coppin expensive furs..." again refering to the basic level...
LEVEL TWO
"Level two is elementary state" - NAS
In Thesophy level two, "Linga-Sarira", is the non physical model that defines the physical... it's what guides the physical and helps it proceed... in other words DNA...
Nas goes on to reference white slave owners mistreament of blacks men and women as "chicken feed" etc... conditioning the blacks to deny their true genetic equality or Linga-Sarira (Level 2)...
LEVEL THREE
"Level three, answer me, God, is there any devil in me?" - Nas
The third level "prana" represents the "breath of life"... the force that differentiates the living from the dead... the force that propells DNA to create the physical... prana is in everything that is considered living... basically the life force... this segment of the song deals with life and death... "I'm willing to live and I'm willing to die"... Nas is awknowledging the existance of his own prana, and accepting its inevitable fluctuation...
LEVEL FOUR
"Never make a ho into a housewife"
Four is "kama", or desire... it is neutral and can be good or bad depending on how one chooses to control it. Positive control of it means understanding of and ascention to the next level... Nas cites the ultimate physical desire: sex, as an example... he implies one must control sexual urges and not give in to them... thus "never make a ho into a housewife"...
LEVEL FIVE
"I learned the ways of the streets when I was only nine..." Nas
Level five "manas" is the level of thought... to think, and by thinking define one's concept of self (which has three parts, the intuitive mind, the animal mind, and the passions of personality)... by learning the streets Nas defined his own concept of self... with that in place, he could accurately see his relation to his world "streets" and learn how to coexist...
LEVEL SIX
"we went from savage to humane" - Nas
Level six "bhuddi" is the channel through which streams divine inspiration from universe (universe = level 7, Atman) to the "menas" (Level 5), and therefore that faculty which enables a person to discern between good and evil -- spiritual conscience. To be human (to have "humane" qualities) is to be able to discern right from wrong... savages cannot do this... Nas awknowledges this quality of Level 6 with the aforementioned line...
Note: the word bhuddi is related to the word bhudda, a bhudda is a being that exists in Level 6 (bhuddi) meditating on this spritual conscious and periodically entering Level 7...
LEVEL SEVEN
"welcome to LEVEL SEVEN... we entered the life of true game..."
The seventh is called Atman. Self; pure consciousness, that cosmic self which is the same in every dweller on this globe and on every one of the planetary or stellar bodies in space. It is the feeling and knowledge of "I am," pure cognition, the abstract idea of self. It does not differ at all throughout the cosmos except in degree of self-recognition. It may also be considered as the basis of all logic in the human microcosm. During incarnation the lowest aspects of atman (Level 7) take on attributes, because it is linked with buddhi (Level 6), as the buddhi is linked with manas (Level 5), as the manas is linked with kama (Level 4)... what Nas calls "true game" is this pure cogntion... it is what Bhuddist try to reach when meditating... it is the Heaven described by Jeudeo-Christian and Muslim religions...
SYNOPSIS
now lets get some things straight since its a story there's characters, setting and plot
the plot is who killed hip-hop?
the setting is 1930s the golden era; the manifestation of jazz, mobsters, bootlegging and organized crime
the characters are nas the detective and his partner joe da butcher
freckle face who is joe da butchers connection to the underworld
and hip-hop who is the girl in the story a.k.a. the gal
now what happens is pretty mike and two face al kill each other and the gal runs off with the money
pretty mike and two face al are B.I.G. & Tupac and its a psuedonym for hip-hop maximizing its commercialism which is why the gal runs off with the money
the murder of two face al is directly referencing tupac dying first
now this all occured at some club where the classic jams go on sung by the gal
that is why nas says damn that was my jam because she will never be singing there again
the setting is further portrayed through the uses of microphone cord as the murder weapon and the fact the body was found in the aisle
now joe da butches represent the average hip-hop listener
his name simply breaks down to joe a.k.a. the average joe schmo and da butcher part is a reference to "chewing the fat" which means just kicking simple convo chillin
now after joe mentions to nas that he realizes he's falling for her nas hits the bar a lil aggitated
he realizes its the same scene at the bar but says f*ck it and drinks are on him
that represent nas going commercial and he admits it but tries to counteract that by saying "but I always felt outta place" which means he sold out but still puts out real hip-hop
the symbolism in the bar scene is that joe the da butcher is nas partner but his southern connects (freckle face and company) are involved wit this crime
joe is none the wiser a.k.a. the average listener supports southern music regardless of all this south trash talk (jeezy,ludacris,lil jon,rick ross)
nas gets a lil ticked off and heads outside and realizes the gal has been trailin him the whole time
that's basically saying that even though he didn't kno it hip-hop HAS been followin him for a while
next thing she steps out the shadow and he says "all this time she had me in her scope"
in her scope = interscope
nas starts the story saying "death by strangulation" but death = def
basically he was saying that def jam started the "killing" (when it commercialized hip-hop) and now interscope
runs it
at this point he is saying the crackers took control of the art hence the reference to conspiracy theorys behind this whodunit
"that's why eric b is not president" pretty much sums it up
so def jam chokeholded the game and then universal picked it up
at this point nas has some evidence so he starts interrogating the broad
"I know you have soul quit tryin to hide it" is obviously saying that hip-hop has soul but its obscured by the commercialism
nas uses the interrogation wisely by bringing up cypress hill and snoop dogg referencing the classics just flippin the phrases
if you can't figure it out then your pretty f*ckin stupid
she (hip-hop) supposedly killed a man in cypress which is a project in brooklyn
cypress hill how I could just kill a man
and one eyed charlie (krs-one) who only hangs with the criminal minded (bdp) said they did it doggystyle (snoop dogg) but obviously referencing sex
at this point she puts everything in perspective for nas IN ORDER because nas was out of chronological order by mentioning 92 then 91 then 88
so she begins by asking him to "walk this way" (run dmc) and she will tell him a childrens story (slick rick)
this is starting out raw hip-hop in the 80s
"got her a few 40s" is now referencing the west coast era domination as well hoppin in the "ride"
at this point hip-hop started losing "it" because it was being bombarded by commercial gangsterism and losing its origins
the getting tipsy part refers to hip-hop totally losing control and becoming almost completely pop (the bad boy era)
"as we got to her suave house chopped and screwed her mouth" is now moving on to the south moving on in at the close of the shiny suit era and is cleverly flipped to nas getting oral sex by hip-hop he finally gave in
after he f*cks her she spills the beans and tells him that bill gates sponsored her to destroy hip-hop through means of downloading and extreme piracy
remember hip-hops father was a bootlegger and now her sponsor is one of the largest helpers in the creation of bootlegging
at this point she just breaks down and admits she is IMMORTAL because no regular human could be alive in BOTH slave times AND the 1930s
she says she came from that era and had many lovers since but her one true love was kool herc (pioneer of hip-hop, some say sole creator)
but then she obviously f*cked him over and fell to the pressure of the root of all evil, money (the 200 grand) (by the way 200 grnd in 1930 is worth MILLIONS)
at this point the gig is up and she begins to fade away magically but lets nas know its his inner spirit that really keeps hip-hop alive
she really didn't need the money in the end
*************************
"Level one, what does it take to get a woman sprung" - NAS
Nas is refering to the first level of Theosophy... "Sthula-Sarira"... it's the lowest part of being, the physical... so bone structure, muscles, skin, hair... in nature... rocks, dirt... things that are apparent to the naked eye and to the human touch... the most basic level and the basis for physical attraction... ie "get a woman sprung"...
Nashawn replies "intelligence leave they mind dumb"... he's jumping ahead... Nas takes him back to level 1 with "but what about shopping, coppin expensive furs..." again refering to the basic level...
LEVEL TWO
"Level two is elementary state" - NAS
In Thesophy level two, "Linga-Sarira", is the non physical model that defines the physical... it's what guides the physical and helps it proceed... in other words DNA...
Nas goes on to reference white slave owners mistreament of blacks men and women as "chicken feed" etc... conditioning the blacks to deny their true genetic equality or Linga-Sarira (Level 2)...
LEVEL THREE
"Level three, answer me, God, is there any devil in me?" - Nas
The third level "prana" represents the "breath of life"... the force that differentiates the living from the dead... the force that propells DNA to create the physical... prana is in everything that is considered living... basically the life force... this segment of the song deals with life and death... "I'm willing to live and I'm willing to die"... Nas is awknowledging the existance of his own prana, and accepting its inevitable fluctuation...
LEVEL FOUR
"Never make a ho into a housewife"
Four is "kama", or desire... it is neutral and can be good or bad depending on how one chooses to control it. Positive control of it means understanding of and ascention to the next level... Nas cites the ultimate physical desire: sex, as an example... he implies one must control sexual urges and not give in to them... thus "never make a ho into a housewife"...
LEVEL FIVE
"I learned the ways of the streets when I was only nine..." Nas
Level five "manas" is the level of thought... to think, and by thinking define one's concept of self (which has three parts, the intuitive mind, the animal mind, and the passions of personality)... by learning the streets Nas defined his own concept of self... with that in place, he could accurately see his relation to his world "streets" and learn how to coexist...
LEVEL SIX
"we went from savage to humane" - Nas
Level six "bhuddi" is the channel through which streams divine inspiration from universe (universe = level 7, Atman) to the "menas" (Level 5), and therefore that faculty which enables a person to discern between good and evil -- spiritual conscience. To be human (to have "humane" qualities) is to be able to discern right from wrong... savages cannot do this... Nas awknowledges this quality of Level 6 with the aforementioned line...
Note: the word bhuddi is related to the word bhudda, a bhudda is a being that exists in Level 6 (bhuddi) meditating on this spritual conscious and periodically entering Level 7...
LEVEL SEVEN
"welcome to LEVEL SEVEN... we entered the life of true game..."
The seventh is called Atman. Self; pure consciousness, that cosmic self which is the same in every dweller on this globe and on every one of the planetary or stellar bodies in space. It is the feeling and knowledge of "I am," pure cognition, the abstract idea of self. It does not differ at all throughout the cosmos except in degree of self-recognition. It may also be considered as the basis of all logic in the human microcosm. During incarnation the lowest aspects of atman (Level 7) take on attributes, because it is linked with buddhi (Level 6), as the buddhi is linked with manas (Level 5), as the manas is linked with kama (Level 4)... what Nas calls "true game" is this pure cogntion... it is what Bhuddist try to reach when meditating... it is the Heaven described by Jeudeo-Christian and Muslim religions...
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" Or "I just said that cos it sounded good at the time....yeshrug:"
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