An Epistemological analysis of RXK Nephew’s “American Tterroristt”
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- Опубликовано: 25 авг 2024
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a 10 minute long trap magnum opus deserves an hour long epistemological analysis. salute to both of these guys.
My thoughts exactly
This needed to be said just about as much as the 10 commandment.
AVAA - I saw RXK live a few months ago, dude threw so many twenties into the crowd that I ended up making a profit on the show
Man I wanted to go to his show so bad but he got alcohol poisoning. Neph is the truth
@@CPI99the henny got to bro
@@CPI99i was gunna see him and he got homesick day of
was this at electronicon? i was there too
@@samk913 nah my house
The Opps don't got French professors doing in-depth analyses of they tracks 💯💯
whose opps?
@@TR123 anybody..u got listen to the music it's like a inside joke
This will go down as a crucial event in human history
Epistemological analysis hittin hard shit critical
I can’t tell you how happy I am this is a video. I knew rxk was special as soon as I heard this song. ( the first song I heard of his )
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@@johntucker361epistemological analysis hittin harder than Ike Turner!
I'm reading the Bible like "WHAT IS THIS" NEPHEW THA TRUTH🦍🦍🦍
"never underestimate the intelligence of someone who makes you laugh" thank you, yes, you and i share the same single brain cell
Dumb people often think they smart and smart people know they're dumb.
Especially if that laugh might be ironic
one of my favorite lines from this song is
"She like, "Come on, Neph, let me tell your future."
"I'm like, "Bitch, I'm off more molly than Future."
"I'm like, "Bitch, I might die tomorrow."
it truly shows that not only is his scope of our reality fully materialistic and skeptical of the spiritual, but it's a comparison of approaches to the fear of death. the woman in question is confronting death and the meaning/workings of life with the aformentioned tarot cards/new age spirituality, while nephew is completely disengaged with any approach to facing death and life itself. he describes not only being off loads of molly, but also how he would be completely okay dying in that state. it sort of points to hedonism in a vague sense. he points to the reality that nothing matters, is high off his rocker, and would be okay with that being his final state because it is the chase of pleasure.
regardless if that was the implication or not, his lyricism is insanely impressive for it to be heading arrows to a whole philosophy (hedonism) in 3 lines without mentioning hedonism nor specific philosophies whatsoever.
tarot cards, molly, and death.
AVAA.
my fav line is: i F with adam but id beat the shit out of eve
Neph's philosophy being studied by professors, as he should be
"Rap doesn't need academic approval to justify its existence, but the contrary ... is true. I think academia and intellectuals need to treat all forms of culture seriously and especially rap music is the most powerful cultural force in the world right now. (Hip-hop culture and rap music)" (Skye 2023)
If I end up doing a music gen-ed in the near future you're gonna get cited XD
u should check out shed theory
@@neverhavingfun i misread this as "shed history" and i spent a good minute looking through google wondering what the fuck i was missing
Now that’s academic as fuck
This is insane, my brain not even ready for this yet 😂😂😂🔥🔥🔥
Bro 💀💀💀💀 get neph on this shit
He needs to review "the real lil reese next"
loool u here
Flip the beat
Nice to see you here
If you continue the dive into RXK discography, Slither Conspiracy would be the perfect follow up song to this. If you liked American Tterroristt you’ll love Slither Conspiracy.
Nah he gotta do the real lil reese
@@1bird_dStop flexing your muscles Jordan
@@1bird_dthe real lil reece is one of the BEST rap songs in history, and when i say that i MEAN it.
@1bird_d "Then Neph states, 'that loud smell like Lil Reese when he shitted'. Now what's interesting is that Nephew already referenced Lil Reese PSD drawers in an earlier bar, meaning Neph knows he didn't actually shit himself when he was jumped on camera; it was just the design on his underwear that looked like shit. Yet he keeps knowingly referencing this false interpretation of the video, and these two different truths coexist in the same song, battling for control"
brooo he gotta do unsubscribe me and don't buy my music too
Your son is right id love to see older stuff reviewed on this channel. You had a whole decade to catch up on! Avaa
Same i could watch him talk about any songs
This is one of the most captivating music analyses Ive seen. I think it would be really interesting for you to take a look at some of Lil B’s stuff.
I second
Yup
Big agree
tybg
I know the basedgod. I know lil b's my friend.
If it’s the algorithm you’re worried about.. you popped up on my recommendations for this video and I’ve never seen your channel before. So never be to in your head, keep going, stay creating.
Recommended also
Rxk nephew 100% a moralist. A generational talent at seeing right through people and dressing ANYone down with his words, and he'll always pick your biggest idols to do it with. I feel he is so against idolization that he even actively dissuades the listener from admiring he himself. This is why I feel there's this constant and deliberate juxtaposition in his music between criticizing anything and everything sacred before inviting scrutiny upon himself as well. He'll anyways intrigue you with some genius insight immediately before saying something intentionally upsetting and stupid. It goes way deeper than sheer edginess- it's true provocateur shit. Who is rxk nephew really? Is he a good guy or not? He doesn't want to paint his own picture of virtue and ask the listener to agree. I feel that he aims to provoke the listener into thinking for themselves and taking answers from no one else just like he does
I always had that same thought about immortal technique! The juxtaposition of obscenity and heartfelt trurrh
Very well put!
Top notch comment
It's so funny that you guys see a man doing a branding exercise and you write shit like this. Have you never met an alcoholic liar before?
it appears he’s tackling The Big One. Best of luck professor!
rxknephew getting the analysis he deserves w
"the algorithm won't favor this" oh yes it will. AVAA
I love when people can see the intelligence in someone from a completely different world as them
He also states "everyone in the world is hypocrites" aligning himself with everyone else as he sees himself flawed just as everyone hence the line about abusing women.
454 when? Also Nephew has stated the "How I'm African American?" line was also about him having a mix of lineages. He's really a part Asian-Latino-Black American but because he's black everyone has been taught to say African American
i didn't know i needed this video in my life until now
My absolutely fav question Neph asks in this song is "Why the fuck you wanna be a fortune teller?". Just astonishing
Hey Prof Skye, amazing video. This song deserves way more love, and I'm hoping this video will get more people to dive into RXK Nephew's discography.
Fingers crossed for an interview between you and RXK Nephew someday - that would be crazy.
Love this video. Think he says "Bitch im praying to my money rag" aka a bandana with a 100 dollar bill pattern which he owns, and is a reoccurring object/character in both RXKNephew and Rx Papi's music. I think this carries essentially the same meaning as "money racks" but with the added significance that a bandana holds: traditionally used to signal allegiance to a gang, Neph has a money rag since his only allegiance is to getting money.
Also "they both use water to convert people to their way of life" sheeeesshhhhh
The water line was entirely improvised and I never thought of it until I said it. You can see in my face right after saying it that I was like "damn, did I just go there?"
Amazing video so far, very excited to finish it, love this song too
I only say this bc i love epistemology, think epistemology is more a study of the relationship of the knower + known than it is a theory of knowledge. Knowledge is like a category of object in that relationship, but epistemology applies to how i know my mom or how you know your kids, and there's far more than knowledge to that 😊 so, that's why I use epistemology instead of just saying theory of knowledge
PLEASE PLEASE DO "THE REAL LIL REESE" NEXT, THIS WAS AMAZING CONTENT
You have such a deep rabbit hole to go thru, you dont even know slitherman yet 😂
so excited to see this this is one of my favorite songs of all time it is absolutely insane. Jaw dropped after hearing it and I've been a huge fan of him and his contemporary RX Papi. They both have some other songs that are also long opuses like this such as slither conspiracy. RX papi has a very similar style song to this called "Therapy session" which is 20 minutes long!!! One verse, 20 minutes! You gotta listen.
Yes, please do RX Papi's "Therapy Session".
Drywall dummy brick I compressed it together
Have you listened to the Christ Dillinger x neph x that youtuber’s diss track? It’s like 15 minutes they just spitting the whole time 🔥
AVAA, also prof skye rx papi his friend is on the same level, he has this album called foreign exchange that sounds like intrusive thoughts over very forward new age hyper pop it’s a incredible experience
Agreed! But i would not consider the production hyperpop at all. Def cloud rap w some plugg elements too
that shit is not hyperpop lil bro😂
I had no idea you'd done this.. have been loving his BBL Drizzy recording. I've listened him lots since.
I fucking love his attitude to everything.
He gets me so excited to write literally anything.
people like this guy who are interested in a broad range of topics are truly the most dangerous types of people.
Explain
The way I would put it is that people like him are a danger to the “system” not society itself. He’s a prime of example of someone who knows how to think 🤔 💭 rather than someone that knows what to think 🤖.
Ngl I really thought this was a meme but it turned out to be an amazing hour of my time. I like that even when you criticize some of the lyrics, you take the time to break it down and understand what is being said. Also the last thing you said is so so true. I have an anxiety disorder and I struggled a lot during my last semester. Even though it was hard I finally communicated to my professors and they understood me and gave me more time to finish what I needed to finish. Now I get to walk the stage in a couple days when I really thought I had to retake a semester! I’m rambling but I guess I’m saying communication is essential and that I appreciate you saying that last bit as well as a really great analysis of a RXNephew song
trap house got 12 playstations
This was a wonderful and genuinely thought provoking video. I came in expecting a joke, but left thinking about the song in a whole different way. I’d love to hear your opinion on acid souljah’s “union guy” and “American tip culture”
I thought bro was gonna play the song and stop it and provide context about his lyrics like Bruce rivers
Bro just straight up provided context off the top of his brain this man is on another level 🤣😭😭😭
You should review slither-man activated by nephew. I genuinely believe it is one of if not the best rap albums of the decade so far. It revolves around this provocative character named slither-man that he consistently plays throughout his discography, including on this song. It probably didn’t get the critical love it deserved at the time because he was considerably smaller than he is now but as he has grown people have identified that it is his best album.
Fav quotes:
"adam's the one who's slangin rock!' IM DEAD AND GONE 33:57
"🤲🙏... Bitch, I'm Praying To My Money Racks 🫤" 36:20
"I believe in Jebus... as much as anybody." 39:50
"I mean, Spongebob's a bitch" 46:27
"Let's beat god with a hammer" 49:50
"I'd rather be ___________ than Chris Brown" 59:14
"What's the difference between a crack dealer and a preacher? Nothing!" 1:01:21
"YUH." 1:03:20
"[completely out of the blue JP impression]" 1:07:22
thx man
AVAA
Praying to my money rag*
AVAA - I have followed RXKNephew for a while and I believe that the critical thought process of Nephew is amazing. Obviously I also think that there are aspects in his songs like beating women are aspects of a character "slither man" where he can view himself from an outside point of view and critique himself in some aspects. I think that the thinking aspect of Nephew is the positive, but the negative parts are displayed openly to both humanize himself and accept what he has done and experienced. IDK tho im just a college kid and never thought much deeper than this when I was listening to this track a few months before this video came out.
Furthermore on the aspect of Eve I think that instead of focusing his anger and attention to god, he should find comfort that Adam loved Eve enough that he was willing to leave paradise to continue to live with her, demonstrating a powerful bond. In fact, on his instagram Nephew has been struggling to find his partner that he can love in such a way. Truly opened my eyes when you stated that this song can be interpreted as an autobiography.
Immediately adds to "Goated videos of youtube" playlist before i even watch
ONG YES whoever told him to listen to this I am forever in debt to you
i aint gon lie this video is great mr professor, you should start rapping offbeat just like nephew because you are spitting so much facts
Man I’m glad I found this page. As a 27 year old reentering school this spring I know a lot of people who can relate to “Chucky”. Awesome work professor.
AVAA! You should totally look into Rx Papi next. "Therapy Session" is an 18 minute stream of consciousness song similar to this one that is worth checking out, or his hit '12 Stout Street" would be another great choice
I hadn't heard about this song before this video, but just listened to it and very thought-provoking stuff. Honestly maybe my favourite video of yours yet. King shit always, though 💯
I feel as though rxk’s attack on women is indicative of his frustrations with societies inequities and his feelings of powerlessness. As a result, Nephew perpetuates this injustice on women and continues the cycle of violence. This is why rxk cites the Bible(society) when explaining his rationale for violence against women
I agree
ok its not funny
Thank you for this - I really wish I had a professor like you during undergrad, I’d be at your office hours every day
Amusingly enough, I NEVER get anyone for office hours.
@@professorskye their loss! Admittedly, and I’m sure you see it in students, in my college years I didn’t care for any extra curricular classes, clubs, etc. Just what was required and the rest of the time spend with friends. “Cs get degrees”. Ironically now I’m 28 and find myself in all my spare time just wanting to learn more about various subjects. So don’t take it personally! Lol
you sound like an amazing professor. Wish more of mine had your mindset, you are a real educator sir. :)
The opps don’t get dey own analysis!
Does this song remind anyone else of Brothers Karamazov
Wow
American tterroristt is a modern Grand Inquisitor. Slither Conspiracy is like Notes from Underground imo
This has barely anything to do with the video, but one word that always bugged me and my friend who is a philosopher is Gramsci’s “hegemony.” Not because it’s not useful (it certainly is), but it’s often used in textbooks that defang Gramsci of his Marxist beliefs. We also talked about how the same can be seen in everyone from Vygostky to Shostakovich to Brecht to even the diluting of Marx himself.
Random rant about terminology and Marx aside, this was an AVAA! It blew my mind the first time I heard it, and hearing your input about every little detail of it was really fascinating. And no, I won’t bring up Wittgenstein because I don’t wanna give myself a headache.
pls bring him up actually
All i can say after stayin up way too late watching this is, what a time to be alive! Neph is a genius. His older music is his best work imo
You should checkout his recent collab tape with Harry Fraud if you haven’t already. Pretty fire and the instrumentals all hit
the most in touch with gen z culture he’s been since the Bladee review
AVAA. So glad you went back to cover this track; it is epic. No accident this vinyl sold as quickly as it did. Thanks for bringing Nephew more attention.
Now please review Lukah’s Permanent Blackface - The 1st Expression. You will NOT be disappointed!
This is an amazing analysis, bridging together two otherwise seemingly separate passions of mine into a thought provoking, entertaining video! I sincerely commend your work!
52:35 as you mentioned about nephew punching down on women you could go on the tangent of how hurt people hurt people and how the pains of marginalization and oppression is a vicious cycle God punches down on man man punches down on woman woman punches down on child child's punches down on each other and as you mentioned with the whole thing of Adam and Eve it's always so easy to blame another marginalized group for the all the world's problems for instance black people lgbtq people women Jewish people brown people etc instead of recognizing the actual enemy rather it be God himself the people running the system whatever it is but in the same breath as we punch down on individuals who are also marginalized the marginalized becomes the enforcers of
Oppression
This was deep af and also very true
okay for the record i don't study philosophy OR believe abusing women is cool, but i think rxknephew uses the lines about that matter to show that despite the nature of the song literally being "question everything", there are still some parts of society and especially around the environment that are so deeply embedded in him, that despite his best attempts to remain 100% skeptical, he is still a product of the place, people and culture he was raised around and will never truly achieve this enlightenment he's trying so hard to reach throughout the entire song. i just hope it's satire and he's doing this on purpose 🤞🤞
great video!
I think it’s great that you’re giving academic voice to this song and that you grant it merit despite disagreeing with some of the language and violent ideas. a lot of people just immediately get put off from that. I’m a toilet twitter philosopher myself and I love neph and this video couldn’t have been a better introduction to your channel for me.
I had never listened to American tterroristt before, but I absolutely loved this analysis and video and thoroughly enjoyed listening to the song halfway through the video. Thank you for the effort, Professor Skye! This was fantastic!!
Just when I thought I couldn’t like Skye anymore he does this. AVAA
haven't even pressed play yet but already, thank you
Much love from Denmark. I find all of this very fascinating. Rap like this is very telling of todays society, what goes through our minds? Instead of hearing it from some talking head from a gated community. Also because you are american and your society is like GTA from over here
However the themes of your society is painting countries like even Denmark. Our prisons are slowly becoming overpopulated etc etc
AVAA. If you like sticking to new music then it's fortunate timing because his latest album "Life After Neph" with Harry Fraud is quite good
Great video! Listened to the song for the first time to watch this, glad I did
Thanks so much for this video ❤
This is the first time i seen someone else reference this banger. Seeing as this is a 1 hour analysis i see your giving it the coverage depth it deserves
I love that such a quotable song became such a quotable video
On your point regarding “How the F*** am I an African American, I’m an American Tterroristt” - I interpreted it as a statement on what it means to be an American regardless of background/ethnicity, etc.. as in no matter how different we are and wherever we fall on a scale of privilege as it pertains to our ethnicity, we all have a uniquely brutal mentality informed from American culture, and it presents in different ways based on how you’re defined within that framework. To be American is to be vindictive, self-righteous, and willing to stop at nothing for your ideology, same as any “t*errorist”. Just my two cents though. Loved the video
Avaa. One of your best!
Now I’m thinking about dogs and death. But I have to go listen to the track before I get lost in all that.
AVAA -> love your delivery in these videos and the directness of your speech and analysis. Great video!
Love this video, so glad you made it. I first heard this song like 2 years ago and i showed it to all my friends but nobody really engaged with me about it like this. It blew my mind and I think about it all the time
this is probably among the most important videos on this website
avaa! you have to be seriously weird and cool to tackle this song from this angle, and you’ve got me convinced . huge respect
You should analyze these songs:
- “survival tactics” by capital steez
- “I gave you power” by NAS
- “bohemian rhapsody” by queen
- “ 12 stout street” by RX Papi
he did 12 stout street ruclips.net/video/llfFKvI0RuY/видео.html
nephew is the greatest rapper alive and i will stand on that shit. there's a reason i had to get him on my music and it's not just because his feature price is like an insane bargain for someone of his reach, caliber, and talent
amazing analysis but was really weighed down by you mentioning "it was written" as Nas' best album and not Illmatic
Got unreasonably excited when I saw the Hank Williams bobblehead
Therapy Session by Rx Papi next
I didnt know i needed this professor but this is a criminally underrated analysis and lane of critique in general, please keep it up.
AVAA this is one of your best analysis ive ever heard truly incredible
THANK YOU FOR THIS!!! Pure entertainment gold.
Can we get slither conspiracy next??
this is going to be a highlight of my year
AVAA
I would love it if you reviewed older Drain Gang works, specifically the Bladee album Eversince. It would be cool to contrast fairy, whimsical Bladee with the wintery vampiric Bladee of his earlier projects.
AVAA love that you had to pause and appreciate how smart RXK and this song actually is, gotta start watching more
This came up in my algorithm so good shit
He's onto something with this one. RXK! for the scholars no joke
Came here thinking this would be a funny analysis, and it is- however, it's also excellent, just like the song. Now I have to go listen to it at least 5 more times to equal the amount of time I spent digging this video. A+
As someone with a philosophy degree, I'm inclined to say that RXKNephew is as brilliant as he is precisely because he hasn't been stupefied by academia.
You NEED to listen to Lil Ugly Mane's Uneven Compromise. Like THIS instant. You could dissect that song for hours in front of your class.
Cann you do 12 stout street which is a song by rx papi the one he refers to as his brother, which he fell out with in the past also doing slither conspiracy analysis would be a good follow up to this really really enjoyed this content
Ive been waiting on this forever
AVAA This is so amazing!!! You are so great on your analysis. I love this channel so much!
Not sure what i just stumbled upon but this youtube channel may align better with my interests than any other youtube channel ever
this song made me cry like 3 to 4 times in its 10 min runtime first time I heard it... avaa
Incredible
man, ive done like 1 year in philo college an i gotta say, i wish i had some prof like yo!
an ya really enjoyed it all the way thru! An wit neph being my top artist this year, this vid was just at the right time.
thank you!
AVAA! I’ve been watching your videos for a while and love how I can always take away something new from the art you’re analyzing and learn something new in the process. Now that you may be open to doing past albums, there’s one I’ve been wanting to hear your analysis since I’ve started watching - Communist Slow Jams by JPEGMAFIA. No matter what your analysis or takeaway from it is, it would no doubt be a very interesting video that I’d absolutely love to see you do someday.
Got extra geeked up to watch this one
Real..
so happy that ive found u and ur doing this
“Don’t go blaming your knowledge on some fruit you ate” - Connor Oberst
I've seen your videos in my recommended for quite a while and never indulged but this is really next-level.
Love your analysis!
best channel i’ve discovered in years, genuinely fell in love with this channel.