“There are two novels that can change a bookish fourteen-year old’s life: The Lord of the Rings and Atlas Shrugged. One is a childish fantasy that often engenders a lifelong obsession with its unbelievable heroes, leading to an emotionally stunted, socially crippled adulthood, unable to deal with the real world. The other, of course, involves orcs.” - John Rogers
I love that line because Kurt Vonnegut is one of my favorite writers, and Ayn Rand one of my most hated. Vonnegut made all of his points with comical satire, while Rand took herself far too seriously, Vonnegut's satire is the only appropriate response to Rand's nonsense.
Vonnegut has my favorite quote about writing of all time. 'Still and all, why bother? Here's my answer: Many people need desperately to receive this message: "I feel and think much as you do, care about many of the things you care about, although most people don't care about them. You are not alone.”' His advice on writing is a pretty big influence on me.
‘Walking in the Snow’ is an absolute MUST by RTJ. They just released a live version a couple months back from Holy Calamavote, and that performance choked me up, and made me lose my breath for a moment. It’s absolutely POWERFUL.
Bro I’m a lyricist, and I’ve watched a good amount of RUclips reactors. Your level of consciousness, off-the-cuff, is killin everyone I’ve watched. You get both the rhythmic/flow structural things, but you’re pulling out Vonnegut and Ayn Rand knowledge. I watched a couple of Rage reactions before this and you were catching all zack’s lines there too. Props my G, You got my sub.🔥🔥🔥
“Someone that is shrugging” has no apathy. He used the correct word. Lack of feeling or emotion. Ehh, who cares as he shrugs. He actually referenced each of the said people in his breakdown correctly using apathy and empathy . maybe I heard him incorrectly in his first reference to apathy.
@@timleblanc3587 no. someone who shrugs _is_ apathetic. they _do_ have apathy, because they don't care. a lack of apathy would therefore mean either empathy (feeling what someone else feels) or sympathy (being emotionally pulled by someone else's feelings). those are the words he was looking for. OP is correct.
Kurt Vonnegut is the author you are thinking of and you were right about Ann Rand. Essentially it’s stating his preference for collectivism and community over individualism and transactional relationships.
Paradoxically he participates in an art form (business) that prioritizes having your own style, not biting, being an individual and creating something singular and new.
Year after year I am increasingly convinced that Zack will always be my favorite emcee of all time. Nobody can touch him. He has vocabulary like aesop, algorithm only misses him because he's not as prolific or they sleep on him and don't even categorize him with hip hop. His delivery is crisp and vicious, and deeply emotive. Nobody EVER had to tell that man to do it again with feeling. He raps about historical events and social/political/economic theory. People talk shit that they've seen him rock Nikes or whatever, like its hypocritical or he sold out, but the thing is they're asking him to shut up because he has money. They're not mad he sold out, they're mad he DIDN'T sell out. You can bury Zack in money and nice things and he STILL wants to burn down the white house and the billionaires' mansions. One of the most successful people on earth to say "I don't give a fuck if I got mine, no rest until EVERYBODY got what they need."
"got a Vonne-gut punch for your Atlas shrug" is 1000% The Line of this song, and one of The Lines of this album. my mind exploded when I heard that shit. MAD props to you for noticing it and knowing what it means. whew. El is so, so fire.
Just found your channel thru your Rage Against the Machine reacts and thought I'd mention in case you didn't know... Guy rapping the last verse was the singer of Rage back then 😊. Also, mad props... Really enjoying your content.
I’ve seen so many reactions for this, and no one caught the Vonnegut/Atlas Shrugged line. I would sub again if I could. El-P killed this. If you haven’t done “Reagan” by Killer Mike, that is my request. If you have check out, C.I.A. By KRS-One, Zach, and Last Emperor.
I knew this was the guy who wasn’t gonna let it slip through, but then I was a bit shocked that he didn’t slow down and dig into any of Zach’s references. So many gems there that just went by without recognition. Still waiting for the first reacter to talk about L’Ouverture & the Haitian revolution.
Zach is a teacher of history. Haiti was the prime bars of his part. The only successful slave revolt that ended in self rule. A massively rich place at the time. Quickly turned into a place nobody wanted to trade with.
Mike and El-P are so fantastic together, they both have so much rage for the system they're stuck in and so much love for their fellow humans, and they mix that together to produce some of the most thought provoking music I've ever heard. You can tell from both their songs and interviews they give that they really do love eachother like brothers, which makes the whole thing even more powerful. Great analysis as always.
It's refreshing to see reaction videos where the person actually thinks about what is being said and presented, and gives informed analysis. Keep it up my dude
The entire RTJ 4 album is incredible. You should react to it all. Walking In The Snow and A Few Words For The Firing Squad (especially the live versions) are my personal favorites but every track on there is a home run.
Subbed. I've heard this song a million times and this time for some reason I got tingles watching you hear and react to the absolutely unabashed lyrics. What fun! Good stuffs
Absolutely love your content MrLboyd. One thing I like about the growth of what your doing is that you can really take this 'meta' content and piece it together in a compelling way. Obviously you are reacting to the art and riffing on it, it would be neat to collate a couple songs on a theme to tease out a broader theme. Keep on keeping on. I think that some folks don't understand the value of the reaction video, but its like being taken to school in a good way. Hope you continue to find great art to comment on...
MrLboyd, brother your guiding light on this journey of breaking down this musical dissertation on the reality of our reality has thoroughly made and impact. You did not allow significant points to be glossed over by a sexy hypnotic beat. You did not allow the message to get massaged into a toe tapping hook. We heard then we HEARD because of you. Fear is not an option given what is at stake and I salute the architects of this masterpiece and I salute you MrLboyd for putting out there for consumption. Blessed be Brother. Blessed BE!
Love watching your reacts. I hadn't found this one and I have been hoping that you'd do some RTJ. Absolutely perfect! Cheers! Hope you are safe and well @MrLboyd!
what i love about your reactions is your wealth of knowledge about history and culture. Like noticing and explaining the line about Anne Rand and Kurt Vondergutt is something i never noticed or knew about in this song and many other reactions wouldn't either!
Your the only reviewer I've seen that caught not just the Kurt and atlas shrugged lines but also all the name drops from Zac. I had to google like every other word from Zac lol
Wow your knowledge of history and politics really adds so much to your reactions. Giving the people a deeper inside to some of the best lyrics in hip-hop. Mad respect!
Why Zack is definitely missed and why the world needs some Zack right now. Oh and 👉🤛 obviously killed it as always. Straight heavy substance making these beefy bars. And yes Mike mentions his Hyprocisy as you mentioned. Please listen to more Rage, you haven't even begun to scratch their surface. Ways to go. Never gonna get to it on donnoz.
I just loved watching you react to this song (and I'm really glad you finally got around to them). Honestly would love watching you listen to any of their music whether it's RTJ or their solo work.
One song from RTJ4 that doesn't get enough attention is "Goonies vs E.T." -- I think it's some of El-P's best production ever, and Killer Mike just goes OFF in his verse. Worth checking out, especially with headphones on.
0:56 Excellent point my dude. While many people believe Ulysses S. Grant (the bearded dude on the $50) couldn't have owned slaves, history contradicts this ill conceived notion. Gifted to Grant by his father-in-law, Frederick Fayette Dent, a slave by the name William Jones was a slave to Ulysses S. Grant for about a year. Grant signed a manuscript giving William Jones his freedom in 1859 (two years before the American Civil War). My opinion on the matter is a mixed bag. Sure, Grant gave William Jones his freedom... It doesn't change the fact that he owned a fellow human being. His response to the war's reasons was also apathetic in regards to slavery. I imagine his response of now becoming a slave owner was the same as his response to abolition as a whole... inconsequential as a whole in the scope of the nation. Grant didn't hate black people. Grant was like many other white people back then... and right now. People like this are cold and unresponsive to the qualms they assist in perpetrating. They do not care about the things that do not affect them, the immediate people around them, or the communities they dwell in. The terrible things that happen to others may as well be news from a different planet... the excess and residue of their influence seeps deeply into the livelihoods of fellow man, yet they are too preoccupied by proactively looking ahead toward the horizon. When fellow man taps their shoulder to raise awareness of the dangers looming behind, annoyance is often times the response by the ones always looking ahead. Behind their cold shoulders... fellow man is caught in a stranglehold. his cries for help are yet another annoyance to the ones who would plead ignorance to the suffering behind them. In many ways, we (each of us) are like Grant. We perpetuate suffering because that is the perceived "ways of the time." To speak out against suffering would be social upheaval; to actively disestablish those pillars of evil would be insurrection... so apathy is our calling card... time and time again. In 2021, I no longer place the color of a person's skin for this perpetuation of apathy. It is a crime which mankind as a whole is guilty of. I see different minority groups lending no aid to one another in times of hardship and crisis. We are desensitized to the suffering of one another, as though the pain we carry outweighs that of the person standing at our side. This is an atrocity which all of us are just as guilty of. We, all of us, and none of us, are better than Ulysses S. Grantin this aspect.
Also liked how your eyes just got big during Zachs lines.. his shit is deep as fuck and over head of most participants.. but you caught that shit even though you didn't break it down.
RTJ is easily one of the greatest Hip Hop groups ever. To often we're told a culture belongs to one person or group and RTJ shows that Hip Hop crosses lines just like groups like Seven Dust and Living Color did for rock/metal. Hip Hop has belonged to EVERYONE since back in the day. The Beastie Boys and House of Pain are just as influential as Grandmaster Flash and Run DMC. It's not supposed to be white vs. black. It's all of us vs the system that oppresses everyone.
Finding this confirms why I subbed. I have been waiting for one of the reactors I watch to do RTJ for a year Since RTJ4 came out. Thanks man, please do some Outkast and Andre 3000.
I LOVE this song and this combo of artists 🖤 RTJ and RAtM are the old school and new school WOKE and DGAF. Please, please do “Close Your Eyes (and Count to F**k) it’s also featuring Zach de la Rocha 🖤
I saw your Tool reaction (Right in Two) and you got it perfectly. After that I realised your're a smart dude and I came to check some of your other reactions - Not disappointed!
Nice, knowledgeable reacc. One note I want to make.. because we love the music, I want to give props to the collage video artist.. there is some fire shit there too! The gun made of cellphones, neatly encapsulating government surveillance, the donkey and elephant political icons swapping elements , and many other very quick and concise visual constructions that concisely and effectively portray the lyrics.
Walking in the snow is dope. Also check out C.I.A with KRS one, the Last Emporer and Zack (from RATM) it's one of the greatest hip hop collabs I've ever seen and I think you breaking down the content would be awesome.
I could be wrong, but pretty sure that's a picture of John Houseman (possible reference to the film Paper Chase). The line is definitely comparing Vonnegut and Rand, I didn't catch it at first, glad you did. If that's not John Houseman someone please let me know
Just came across your channel from your Rage Against the Machine videos. Love seeing a new generation pick up the flag. Love your vids, positive attitude and commentary!
Your line of the song is just one before mine. "They love to not love, it's just that dumb." Fuck, if that isn't the perfect description of every Randian objectivist I've met.
I've only learned about Rand in the last 6mos or so and have been researching philosophies around the same highway exit as hers. While it didn't take me long to realize that Ayn was not the greatest person, and anybody I know of that claim to be an Objectivist or Randian, seem like people I would not like or see eye to eye with, but I'm curious, what is the main difference between Objectivism and Individualism? I got interested in anarchism a while back from reading Thoreau which led me to Berkman, then Stirner, Goldmann and by Warren I started to realize that anarchism had many branching philosophies, which eventually led to Individualism and Rand. I mean from what I've read, they are similar, and Individualism is what Rand started at as a basis when developing Objectivism, I just can't seem to fine a clear answer or explanation of what makes one different, better or worse. I found one article claiming that Objectivism is just a form of, or under the umbrella of, Individualism, IDK, any thoughts you could throw my way would be greatly appreciated. I'm fairly new to all this philosophy and deep logic type subjects, never thought in a million years the articles and books I've been reading the last year would be of any interest to me, now I can't get enough of them.
First i wanna say i rarely if ever comment on videos and I'm pretty sure I've commented on your last 3 or 4. You've earned mad respect from me my guy keep it up. Also suggestion: CIA (Criminals in Action) by KRS one, Zack de la Rocha and the last emperor. There's tons of references to dissect in that one for ya :)
Nobody Speak, Rubble Kings, Oh My Darling (Don't Cry), YANKEE AND THE BRAVE, Close Your Eyes (And Count to Fuck), Ohh La La, Walking in The Snow (live from Holy Calamavote, super powerful).
You should react to Prophets of Rage - Unfuck The World. Prophets Of Rage are Rage Against The Machine minus Zach D but ad DJ Lord, Chuck D. and B-Real.
I got it! You helped but, the double at 7:30 Vonnegut delivered a gut punch to the Atlas (the globe), and the world shrugged back and kept going... maybe I'm wrong? Sounds right?. Ill also add that a gut punch would make it hard to hold the glove on your shoulders.
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“There are two novels that can change a bookish fourteen-year old’s life: The Lord of the Rings and Atlas Shrugged. One is a childish fantasy that often engenders a lifelong obsession with its unbelievable heroes, leading to an emotionally stunted, socially crippled adulthood, unable to deal with the real world. The other, of course, involves orcs.” - John Rogers
lol.. agree. I liked Ayn Rand in my 20s when I was a still self absorbed.. then I grew up.
Ha! I love this.
Perfection
Great quote
Lord of the Flies...
I love that line because Kurt Vonnegut is one of my favorite writers, and Ayn Rand one of my most hated. Vonnegut made all of his points with comical satire, while Rand took herself far too seriously, Vonnegut's satire is the only appropriate response to Rand's nonsense.
BOOM, nailed it. Vonnegut was a friggin hilarious genius.
Vonnegut has my favorite quote about writing of all time.
'Still and all, why bother? Here's my answer: Many people need desperately to receive this message: "I feel and think much as you do, care about many of the things you care about, although most people don't care about them. You are not alone.”'
His advice on writing is a pretty big influence on me.
yes, Yes, YESSSSS!!! ❤️💯
Ayn Rand collected social security....
Ayn was meta before meta was cool… ish.
RTJ featuring Zack de la Rocha - Close Your Eyes (And Count to F***) is another great one
This one and Nobody Speak
Report to the Shareholders/Kill Your Masters
i was just gonna say. there's a live version of this at the pitchfork festival where zack joins them onstage.
check my resume your residence is residue
And that video is SO effing dope. Layers. LAYERS of dopeness.
‘Walking in the Snow’ is an absolute MUST by RTJ. They just released a live version a couple months back from Holy Calamavote, and that performance choked me up, and made me lose my breath for a moment. It’s absolutely POWERFUL.
Walking In The Snow and A Few Words For The Firing Squad from Holy Calmavote are on another level. I’d love to see reactions to those.
100% agree. The live version is absolutely insane.
More run the jewels!
Man, this and Walking in the Snow felt like the theme song of the summer when this album dropped.
"A FUCKING CHRISTMAS MIRACLE" have to be on the top two, looove those 2 songs!
Bro I’m a lyricist, and I’ve watched a good amount of RUclips reactors. Your level of consciousness, off-the-cuff, is killin everyone I’ve watched. You get both the rhythmic/flow structural things, but you’re pulling out Vonnegut and Ayn Rand knowledge. I watched a couple of Rage reactions before this and you were catching all zack’s lines there too. Props my G, You got my sub.🔥🔥🔥
Mr.LBoyd's level of consciousness is impressive and refreshing. His educational gems that he drops are priceless.
More RTJ please. Down, Nobody Speak, Oh my Darling Don't Cry, Talk to Me, Blockbuster Night pt 1 are all super dope.
Definitely want to see nobody speak
So much yes
Christmas Fucking Miracle, that song goes so hard
Morrrrre rtj
You were looking for the word empathy, not apathy
Dope breakdown tho, you never slip my guy
Thank you, my fellow word nerd!
@@cricket778 I know because I'm not an apathetic guy... I'm just a pathetic guy! Heehee
“Someone that is shrugging” has no apathy. He used the correct word. Lack of feeling or emotion. Ehh, who cares as he shrugs. He actually referenced each of the said people in his breakdown correctly using apathy and empathy . maybe I heard him incorrectly in his first reference to apathy.
Re watched, he did say “No” apathy. You are correct
@@timleblanc3587 no. someone who shrugs _is_ apathetic. they _do_ have apathy, because they don't care. a lack of apathy would therefore mean either empathy (feeling what someone else feels) or sympathy (being emotionally pulled by someone else's feelings). those are the words he was looking for. OP is correct.
Kurt Vonnegut is the author you are thinking of and you were right about Ann Rand. Essentially it’s stating his preference for collectivism and community over individualism and transactional relationships.
But the guy's image he says is Kurt Vonnegut is not.
And don't bother "reacting" to these authors. Instead, read their works, all readily available on Libby through your local libraries.
Paradoxically he participates in an art form (business) that prioritizes having your own style, not biting, being an individual and creating something singular and new.
@@cf6713 curious he criticizes society yet takes part in it (I mean not anymore because he is dead as fuck.)
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El-P isnt dead as fuck. But yes I can see how that applies to Kurt as well. Also that meme is terrible.
Zack de la Rocha left him speechless at the end. 🤣 Wonderful reaction as always.
i think it was the "off-shore on a port au prince" line that did him in...! (jaw = dropped)
Year after year I am increasingly convinced that Zack will always be my favorite emcee of all time. Nobody can touch him. He has vocabulary like aesop, algorithm only misses him because he's not as prolific or they sleep on him and don't even categorize him with hip hop. His delivery is crisp and vicious, and deeply emotive. Nobody EVER had to tell that man to do it again with feeling. He raps about historical events and social/political/economic theory. People talk shit that they've seen him rock Nikes or whatever, like its hypocritical or he sold out, but the thing is they're asking him to shut up because he has money. They're not mad he sold out, they're mad he DIDN'T sell out. You can bury Zack in money and nice things and he STILL wants to burn down the white house and the billionaires' mansions. One of the most successful people on earth to say "I don't give a fuck if I got mine, no rest until EVERYBODY got what they need."
Zach De La Rocha, KRS-One, The Last Emperor - C.I.A. 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻
This, absolutely. Such a good song
To roughly paraphrase Patrick Henry: "I regret that I have but one [like] to give to [this comment]."
up for this!
YES!
Hell yes
"got a Vonne-gut punch for your Atlas shrug" is 1000% The Line of this song, and one of The Lines of this album. my mind exploded when I heard that shit. MAD props to you for noticing it and knowing what it means. whew. El is so, so fire.
Man who are you, your such a well informed dude and on every video you have a killer take.
For real
At first I was so excited for this but I thought for sure you were gonna break down and analyze that amazing Zack verse.
Just found your channel thru your Rage Against the Machine reacts and thought I'd mention in case you didn't know... Guy rapping the last verse was the singer of Rage back then 😊.
Also, mad props... Really enjoying your content.
I’ve seen so many reactions for this, and no one caught the Vonnegut/Atlas Shrugged line. I would sub again if I could. El-P killed this. If you haven’t done “Reagan” by Killer Mike, that is my request. If you have check out, C.I.A. By KRS-One, Zach, and Last Emperor.
I knew this was the guy who wasn’t gonna let it slip through, but then I was a bit shocked that he didn’t slow down and dig into any of Zach’s references. So many gems there that just went by without recognition. Still waiting for the first reacter to talk about L’Ouverture & the Haitian revolution.
@@JeffPiascik Exactly. Haven’t seen anyone catch that one yet.
I second the request for Reagan. Such a good one
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I know this isn't rap, but a similar song is Black Ops by They Might Be Giants.
Zach is a teacher of history. Haiti was the prime bars of his part. The only successful slave revolt that ended in self rule. A massively rich place at the time. Quickly turned into a place nobody wanted to trade with.
god. damn. this track was already fire, then de la rocha came in and straight gave me chills
A cool song for you to react to would be RATM- “Maria”. I never see anyone react to that and it’s one of Rage’s best songs lyrically.
And RATM Without A Face
Maria brings me to tears every time.
Mike and El-P are so fantastic together, they both have so much rage for the system they're stuck in and so much love for their fellow humans, and they mix that together to produce some of the most thought provoking music I've ever heard. You can tell from both their songs and interviews they give that they really do love eachother like brothers, which makes the whole thing even more powerful.
Great analysis as always.
It's refreshing to see reaction videos where the person actually thinks about what is being said and presented, and gives informed analysis. Keep it up my dude
I love you break down of the lyrics man, thanks for sharing and after watching 4 or 5 of your videos earned my sub!
The entire RTJ 4 album is incredible. You should react to it all. Walking In The Snow and A Few Words For The Firing Squad (especially the live versions) are my personal favorites but every track on there is a home run.
🥶 De la Rocha gives me chills
MAD RESPECT for your sheer knowledge and ability to read many of these more subtle details in the song. MAD RESPECT
I've never heard this song & it hits so hard in the ears, the brain & the heart. The line re: Eric Garner was a gut punch
Bro your breakdowns of these lyrics is ridiculously good. Love your reactions to RTJ and RATM.
Love the reaction, subbed. Looking forward to backtracking and keeping up with your future uploads. Analysis was top notch
Seeing how much you dig RATM, and all things Zach, you should check out his side proj from a while back, One Day as a Lion.
Galaxy brain reaction. It's great seeing someone who knows these references react and analyse these kinds of songs
Rtj and rage are going on a tour together in spring 2022. Check the dates and try to go! Its gonna be so dope!
So glad I watched your breakdown on this!!! much LOVE!!!
YES!!! THIS ALBUM IS FIRE!!!
glad you popped that RTJ cherry
Subbed. I've heard this song a million times and this time for some reason I got tingles watching you hear and react to the absolutely unabashed lyrics. What fun! Good stuffs
Absolutely love your content MrLboyd. One thing I like about the growth of what your doing is that you can really take this 'meta' content and piece it together in a compelling way. Obviously you are reacting to the art and riffing on it, it would be neat to collate a couple songs on a theme to tease out a broader theme. Keep on keeping on. I think that some folks don't understand the value of the reaction video, but its like being taken to school in a good way. Hope you continue to find great art to comment on...
MrLboyd, brother your guiding light on this journey of breaking down this musical dissertation on the reality of our reality has thoroughly made and impact. You did not allow significant points to be glossed over by a sexy hypnotic beat. You did not allow the message to get massaged into a toe tapping hook. We heard then we HEARD because of you. Fear is not an option given what is at stake and I salute the architects of this masterpiece and I salute you MrLboyd for putting out there for consumption. Blessed be Brother. Blessed BE!
Love watching your reacts. I hadn't found this one and I have been hoping that you'd do some RTJ. Absolutely perfect! Cheers! Hope you are safe and well @MrLboyd!
MrLboyd. Your knowledge and insights are amazing. Nice job!
what i love about your reactions is your wealth of knowledge about history and culture. Like noticing and explaining the line about Anne Rand and Kurt Vondergutt is something i never noticed or knew about in this song and many other reactions wouldn't either!
Become a Socialist :) Kurt is on our required material list :)
@@markhowells13 💯
Love all of the thought you put in on lyrics and double entendres.
Your the only reviewer I've seen that caught not just the Kurt and atlas shrugged lines but also all the name drops from Zac. I had to google like every other word from Zac lol
Got a Vonnegut punch for your Atlas Shrugged is one of the best lyrics of the last decade
No lie, you’re the smartest reactors I’ve watched. I’ll have to dig into your back catalog now!
Wow your knowledge of history and politics really adds so much to your reactions. Giving the people a deeper inside to some of the best lyrics in hip-hop. Mad respect!
This was a stellar reaction. Subscribed.
So glad you hit on RTJ... this song is a great start, keep this in rotation on your playlist.
Greetings from Germany ! Thank you for all your content, cause you explain what i don´t get ! I love learning :D
If you're going to check out RTJ...
'Close Your Eyes'
such an awesome song and the video slams a message home like buttered toast
Why Zack is definitely missed and why the world needs some Zack right now.
Oh and 👉🤛 obviously killed it as always. Straight heavy substance making these beefy bars. And yes Mike mentions his Hyprocisy as you mentioned.
Please listen to more Rage, you haven't even begun to scratch their surface. Ways to go. Never gonna get to it on donnoz.
Rage against the machine sleep now in the fire, must see the official music video. It adds so much to the song.
I just loved watching you react to this song (and I'm really glad you finally got around to them). Honestly would love watching you listen to any of their music whether it's RTJ or their solo work.
One song from RTJ4 that doesn't get enough attention is "Goonies vs E.T." -- I think it's some of El-P's best production ever, and Killer Mike just goes OFF in his verse. Worth checking out, especially with headphones on.
Just found you today, holy crap dude: exact kind of breakdown I've been looking for.
dude... fuckign subbed. your analysis is next level.. thank you for your content!
Yes!!! So glad You reacted to this!!!
If you are Digging RTJ, look into Walking In The Snow off this same album, it's great.
So if you don't like 'em, you automatically racist.. oh well
Thanks for dissecting all this for us. Keep on doin what you do
Their performance at boston calling this summer (2023) actual did bring me to tears.
0:56 Excellent point my dude. While many people believe Ulysses S. Grant (the bearded dude on the $50) couldn't have owned slaves, history contradicts this ill conceived notion.
Gifted to Grant by his father-in-law, Frederick Fayette Dent, a slave by the name William Jones was a slave to Ulysses S. Grant for about a year.
Grant signed a manuscript giving William Jones his freedom in 1859 (two years before the American Civil War).
My opinion on the matter is a mixed bag. Sure, Grant gave William Jones his freedom... It doesn't change the fact that he owned a fellow human being. His response to the war's reasons was also apathetic in regards to slavery. I imagine his response of now becoming a slave owner was the same as his response to abolition as a whole... inconsequential as a whole in the scope of the nation.
Grant didn't hate black people. Grant was like many other white people back then... and right now. People like this are cold and unresponsive to the qualms they assist in perpetrating.
They do not care about the things that do not affect them, the immediate people around them, or the communities they dwell in.
The terrible things that happen to others may as well be news from a different planet... the excess and residue of their influence seeps deeply into the livelihoods of fellow man, yet they are too preoccupied by proactively looking ahead toward the horizon.
When fellow man taps their shoulder to raise awareness of the dangers looming behind, annoyance is often times the response by the ones always looking ahead. Behind their cold shoulders... fellow man is caught in a stranglehold. his cries for help are yet another annoyance to the ones who would plead ignorance to the suffering behind them.
In many ways, we (each of us) are like Grant. We perpetuate suffering because that is the perceived "ways of the time." To speak out against suffering would be social upheaval; to actively disestablish those pillars of evil would be insurrection... so apathy is our calling card... time and time again.
In 2021, I no longer place the color of a person's skin for this perpetuation of apathy. It is a crime which mankind as a whole is guilty of. I see different minority groups lending no aid to one another in times of hardship and crisis. We are desensitized to the suffering of one another, as though the pain we carry outweighs that of the person standing at our side. This is an atrocity which all of us are just as guilty of. We, all of us, and none of us, are better than Ulysses S. Grantin this aspect.
Otep Shamaya says "kill your masters" too, and she's a metal head, rapper, spoken word artist with her own band "Otep". You would probably like them.
This makes me hope for a collab with Otep. It would be AMAZING
Also liked how your eyes just got big during Zachs lines.. his shit is deep as fuck and over head of most participants.. but you caught that shit even though you didn't break it down.
RTJ is easily one of the greatest Hip Hop groups ever. To often we're told a culture belongs to one person or group and RTJ shows that Hip Hop crosses lines just like groups like Seven Dust and Living Color did for rock/metal. Hip Hop has belonged to EVERYONE since back in the day. The Beastie Boys and House of Pain are just as influential as Grandmaster Flash and Run DMC. It's not supposed to be white vs. black. It's all of us vs the system that oppresses everyone.
Absolutely awesome breakdown for your first listen.
just came across you channel, great video! i can tell your a stand up dude.
your breakdowns are amazing!
Finding this confirms why I subbed. I have been waiting for one of the reactors I watch to do RTJ for a year
Since RTJ4 came out. Thanks man, please do some Outkast and Andre
3000.
Been secretly hoping you'd get around to Run the Jewels
"Got a VonneGut punch for your Atlas Shurgged" is one of the sickest lines I've ever heard.
Yes! With all your Rage reactions I was gonna suggest RTJ. Glad you found your way here. 🍻🍻🤘🏻
You caught the the Vonnegut line! Took me a few listens and then my head exploded...
I LOVE this song and this combo of artists 🖤 RTJ and RAtM are the old school and new school WOKE and DGAF.
Please, please do “Close Your Eyes (and Count to F**k) it’s also featuring Zach de la Rocha 🖤
Gonna catch them all on tour together next year? I'll be seeing them in El Paso
@@careyt so jelly...
@@careyt hell yeah. I am going to see them in Tacoma.
Bro, that you knew the Vonnegut/ Rand dynamic warmed my soul. So few people catch that lyric.
I saw your Tool reaction (Right in Two) and you got it perfectly. After that I realised your're a smart dude and I came to check some of your other reactions - Not disappointed!
Nice, knowledgeable reacc. One note I want to make.. because we love the music, I want to give props to the collage video artist.. there is some fire shit there too! The gun made of cellphones, neatly encapsulating government surveillance, the donkey and elephant political icons swapping elements , and many other very quick and concise visual constructions that concisely and effectively portray the lyrics.
THIS. This is what I'm here for. Thank you sir
That's de la Roche. He was mindblown
I know that look. When a line is so true you can't even think of what to say about it
I got you on that Ravenpoe. Some things just need an expression and no words because it is strong and cant be denied or dismissed.
Loved the show, your input great.
Walking in the snow is dope.
Also check out C.I.A with KRS one, the Last Emporer and Zack (from RATM) it's one of the greatest hip hop collabs I've ever seen and I think you breaking down the content would be awesome.
that line "a Vonnegut punch to your Atlas Shrugged" is so fucking dope lol in my opinion the line of the song. El P is an amazing lyricist.
I'd love to see you react to all of RTJ4, the entire thing is amazing but there are a few absolutely incredible songs!
Love this analysis. Awesome pick up of the vonnegut punch line.
I could be wrong, but pretty sure that's a picture of John Houseman (possible reference to the film Paper Chase). The line is definitely comparing Vonnegut and Rand, I didn't catch it at first, glad you did. If that's not John Houseman someone please let me know
Love the analysis. Subbed
Love your vibe man, and your lack of filler
Just came across your channel from your Rage Against the Machine videos.
Love seeing a new generation pick up the flag.
Love your vids, positive attitude and commentary!
Good catch on the Vonnegut / Ayn Rand line. Thanks to whoever clued you in. (:
Your line of the song is just one before mine. "They love to not love, it's just that dumb." Fuck, if that isn't the perfect description of every Randian objectivist I've met.
Hard to love if you dont have a concept of love when the seven deadly sins have served as substitute.
"Brain bounce off walls like a sentient roomba who just found out his creator's stupid" is probably my favorite line
I've only learned about Rand in the last 6mos or so and have been researching philosophies around the same highway exit as hers. While it didn't take me long to realize that Ayn was not the greatest person, and anybody I know of that claim to be an Objectivist or Randian, seem like people I would not like or see eye to eye with, but I'm curious, what is the main difference between Objectivism and Individualism? I got interested in anarchism a while back from reading Thoreau which led me to Berkman, then Stirner, Goldmann and by Warren I started to realize that anarchism had many branching philosophies, which eventually led to Individualism and Rand.
I mean from what I've read, they are similar, and Individualism is what Rand started at as a basis when developing Objectivism, I just can't seem to fine a clear answer or explanation of what makes one different, better or worse. I found one article claiming that Objectivism is just a form of, or under the umbrella of, Individualism, IDK, any thoughts you could throw my way would be greatly appreciated. I'm fairly new to all this philosophy and deep logic type subjects, never thought in a million years the articles and books I've been reading the last year would be of any interest to me, now I can't get enough of them.
Zack is either an honorary member of RTJ or just deadass a member. Either way, I love it this way
First i wanna say i rarely if ever comment on videos and I'm pretty sure I've commented on your last 3 or 4. You've earned mad respect from me my guy keep it up.
Also suggestion: CIA (Criminals in Action) by KRS one, Zack de la Rocha and the last emperor. There's tons of references to dissect in that one for ya :)
this was such an intelligent and insightful reaction. would definitely love to see more!
Been waiting for this one!
Nobody Speak, Rubble Kings, Oh My Darling (Don't Cry), YANKEE AND THE BRAVE, Close Your Eyes (And Count to Fuck), Ohh La La, Walking in The Snow (live from Holy Calamavote, super powerful).
Technically modern RATM would be Prophets of Rage
Check out "Unfuck the World" and "Living on the 110" RATM with Be Real and Chuck D.
Curious if you realized, when you heard this, that the last verse was the lead singer from Rage Against The Machine.
You didn't even say anything about Zach's verse. I was looking forward for that.
Fun fact, El-P and Aesop Rock have deep history and have made amazing music together. Check out Mr. Lif feat. Aesop Rock and El-P - "Take Hold Fire."
Don't forget to check out onne day as a lion with Zach on vocals
Your knowledge of many is amazing. I would love to have a sit down with you and absorb as much as possible.
You should react to Prophets of Rage - Unfuck The World. Prophets Of Rage are Rage Against The Machine minus Zach D but ad DJ Lord, Chuck D. and B-Real.
I got it! You helped but, the double at 7:30 Vonnegut delivered a gut punch to the Atlas (the globe), and the world shrugged back and kept going... maybe I'm wrong? Sounds right?. Ill also add that a gut punch would make it hard to hold the glove on your shoulders.