@@distractjen first time I met him I asked him one question at a time super spread out through the night. Almost all were from other community members and about the MoneyGame
@@RikaShae I’m still haunted by flashbacks of lemons and medieval slippers AND THE BINARY 🤣 I’m so glad he took you up on hanging out while he was in Vegas. Seemed like an incredible experience for all involved
Since Ren's premier I've watched many reactions and I loved how you started yours, such a great way to kick off! π day is known in the U.K. so I wouldn't be suprised if this was realeased today intentionally. Rens attention to detail is what sets him apart! Tongue in cheek is from "Love Music Pt.2", Ren's great with references including his own songs. You reacted the same as me when it finished, I wanted more too!😅
Oh thank you! I didn’t think the rest of the world would follow pi day so now I do! With so many dope reactors out there, I had to do something special for this one!
I don’t know much about hip hop so it always interests me to see what hip hop fans think about this….I love this… Salute with Bars is my favourite bar …..so Ren….showing respect to those that went before him. Definitely felt the same as you when it ended…..means we have more time to run it up! Thanks for a great reaction 🔥
@@RikaShaeyou’ve never doubted it? I did - because I knew nothing about rap so when I heard Ren, I had no idea if he was actually good or not just because I was impressed - and that’s what has led me to be subbed to over 500 channels now in my apparently insatiable appetite to hear if people who do actually know things about it, are as impressed as I am :) (Ok, maybe only 200 of those are reaction channels I’ve added since Ren…😂)
Renegade here and sadly i am from the really early days of Hiphop and rap including The Sugar Hill Gang, Eric B and Rakim, Doug E Fresh, Grandmaster Flash, Whodini (Gosh, Im old 😆} Nas, to me was a Poet and I agree with you about illmatic. Ren is awesome, putting his own spin on it whilst honouring Nas. Incredible talent, He has created his own genre, called Ren! 😊 Thank you for your reaction, you are also amazing and very talented!!!! ❤
@@RikaShae I didn't think of it that way, thank you. I was obsessed with the break dance films and loved Jam on it, white lines. The show by Doug E fresh and human beatbox. Harry Mack reminds me of him. He is very old skool and takes me back to my childhood, every time I hear him. There is definitely a change happening in the music scene. The original style of music is returning with a modern spin and it feels great. I love your art work too and enjoy watching your podcasts. Thank you for your comment 💜
Yeah after watching the behind the scenes it 100% just happened. In the BTS on Patreon they planned on doing the 360 view before the crosswalk, but it was green, so they walked and did the 360 shot after. Everyone’s making a big deal about it, but I don’t get it lol
I haven’t gotten to watch any of the other reactions yet, can’t wait to see what I’ve missed and what I caught that others didn’t, always a fun time when every dope reactor is reacting to the same new release at once
Thanks Shae for the Nas education for us Senior Ren fans that have fallen into the current hip hop world! I did check him out in preparation for this drop and appreciate the guidance and naturally Ren can do no wrong in my eyes EVER! The Joy I get from Ren and all (you included🫵🏻) that comes from everyone he touches is simply priceless🎉 Great reaction my friend! Helps me appreciate our little buddy even more if that’s possible🤩 Much Love and Respect❣️
Love how you put the Nas and Em input at the beginning :) The callbacks and connections are insane in this one. You know those tv crime scene/suspect charts with the photos that have the different strings connecting all the different possible suspects back to the victim? I always picture his songs as the photos with countless strings connecting the references and callbacks…kinda like a web. I’m convinced that everything connects in some way or another!
Wowsa, what a performance. The wordplay, the visuals , the beats, his movement & physicality, the nods to past rap artists. Beautifully flows together, such a treat for us. Cheers Rik.👍Always appreciate your take.
@@RikaShae Thanks too, loving the yellow togs. I've had two halves of Guinness and calmly watched locals going nuts, and looking forward to busting some moves Saturday. All the bars😅
I hope so! I know he went to LA for business and to see Fred Again. He must have loved it. The weathers great, the party/music scene is great, there’s a lot of downsides like traffic, costs, crime etc but he doesn’t drive, he makes a shit load of money and he probably won’t be moving to the hood. I’m really happy for him!
@@RikaShae It's an amazing adventure for them all, and he deserves it! I'm sure they'll have a brilliant time and it puts him in a good place to make some new connections too I guess. Exciting times!
Your knowledge seems top shelf and your admiration seems genuine too. Great breakdown and including the original song's history etc at the start was cool. Very well done!🎉🤗
Much love to all your art and content, I feel like you created a truly iconic moment for this era of independent hip hop when Ren reacted to H Mack reacting to your art. You’re killing it!
I still go back and re-watch favourite reactors reacting to Rika's Harry-graffiti-Ren/Vik video. Big shot of serotonin every time. And of course, that includes re-watching it on your channel, Rika! You did such a beautiful thing to put that all together. It was magic.
Why TH do you only have 8.7k subscribers? You set up that beautiful Harry Mack/Ren moment, and you led the treasure hunt game. You are so knowledgeable, smart, creative, and LOVE Ren! Crazy!
@@RikaShae truly incredible. Just he mentioned Pac, then the peace Pole they put up for Pac recently. Richie rich collab is my dream(edited, I spelt peace wrong in 1st post)
I did! But I wasn’t part of the reaction community that was watching him blow up, I had already been a fan long before from my son showing me Ren when he had very little exposure
Thanks for reacting ❤ A little late in commenting,but, Its been driving me crazy though..... I'm not sure,but the diamond reference might be....Chinchilla is dropping her new song " Diamond" tomorrow !!😮 It would be in typical Ren fashion 😮Idk ,I Maybe reaching 🤷♀️
There are two possibilities: F-a-g- got as it was used in the original song, or n-i-g ga for the same reason. Ren paying homage without wanting the blowback of actually saying the word.
@joshuawiedenbeck6944 it’s neither of those. He would absolutely not put the n word in his writing then bleep it out. No way ever. And it’s a 3 syllable word to fit the rhyme scheme that starts with F. My guess and the best explanation I’ve read in multiple spots is Feminist. And it would be a good line with “no one to complain to”
Heavy "can't have one without the other" in the beginning 🔥 just realized that while watching 💜 Love how you break things down so knowledgeably Rika! You're awesome 💯
Hey, thanks so much for all the backstory and snippets of info around this - it was super dope to check all that out. Awesome reaction my dude! #RENegades
You got a lot! Ren blurred that word out just to play with us I think. Great reaction! This one is so layered it's insane. He knew he would release on March 14th. He knows so much about our culture here in the US, so that pi is equal to 3.14 is no coincidence but I had no clue it was pi day. Every bar is a double or triple. He references lyrics from at least 9 of his other tracks, which in and of itself are doubles because those tracks he references have other tracks of his. I have a headache now. Thanks.
outstanding Ren never fails to amaze! what a brilliant nas cover... only a few days ago everyone was going nuts about Ems video dropping then Ren drops and boom .... what a great start to 24.. hope you are well bruv..❤ the blanked out line... a femanist with no one to complain to..
@@RikaShae It would be. However, the scavenger hunt taught me that no matter how clever I think I am Ren is light years ahead of me, so I’m probably wrong. 🙃
I'm an old school hip hop fan. started listening to Nas in the 90s when I first started college around 1994. Was awesome. Always love your content RikaShae!
I'm grateful to Ren for many things, including finding your channel! I await your reactions with enthusiasm because I always learn something new, I am by no means a Hip Hop connoisseur, but thanks to you and some other reactors I have been learning. I have to say that the most appealing thing about your reactions is that even though you are an artist in your own right, you don't "pontificate" or make your viewers feel like idiots lol. From Cuba, with the usual love and wishing the best for you and yours: Ari.
LOL... not sure why I didn't see this already, but wow, fantastic (the retake, and the reaction). We celebrate Pi Day in Canada too, he's been here for over a year, he knew it, I was blown away seeing him walking down the street in my hometown, I've walked that strip of MacLeod trail hundreds of times
@@RikaShae your Harry Mack freestyle for Ren was one of the first videos I saw of yours, and that was freaking incredible - appreciate ya! Earned a subscribe (the art too, skills aplenty!)
I saw from some other commenters that this retake is half the time of the half-time original -- i.e. halftime is about 4 minutes 20, and this one is 2 minutes 10. It sucks for us coz we want more, but I get the intention so that eases my frustration haha. Also Ren for _sure_ knew this was Pi Day. You having been such a diligent scholar of the Money Game ARG, you know he did this. And I love that you picked-up on the trail of breadcrumbs he's leaving us this year. The only part that strikes me as 'doesn't belong there' is the "bees knees" line - but my knowledge of music is too limited to know whether that's his hint for the next release. I'd love your input to see if you found it....
I’ve watched it at least 20 times. I catch something different every time kid is so nice man and when he says he’s a big whopping author like whopper, then he says recipes, big recipes Mac from the whopper to the big Mac pot and Pete wrapping on Nas while he still here may never reach that salute him at bars well I don’t wanna offend nobody but if you mix all his skill together, I think he’s already on his level if your doctor just wrap not yet, but is a master piano super guitar his voices amazing his choreography acting I mean I bet the shit we don’t even know yet you probably plays the cello Harp who the hell knows reminds me of Prince a little bit. I mean he’s gonna be so big worldwide. It’s crazy.
Yeah I know he is going to blow up and be a world wide phenom. Maybe just the right feature or right timing for something, although, if he never goes main stream I’d be just as happy.
I know a couple people don't fuck with this but they can just suck on it as if they're van gogh. Ooo that's nasty love it. Genius connections through out
I loved your reaction and the background of the song. Just a hunch, Chinchilla dropped a Diamond song the day after Ren dropped this song with a diamond bar. Maybe his next song he drops will be with Chinchilla
He’s definitely already announced that they were working on a few songs, I don’t think there was an obvious clue because there’s only 3. But I’m excited to be proved wrong!
I'll rebuttal Freak with the same i've done every other theory, the scheme he said Rap with out Ren is like: skull with out a brain, hockey without ice, snakes and ladders without dice, china without rice, so to figure out the censored word, he said Bleep without having someone to complain to. so Who or what needs "someone to complain to" to exist or work?
@@RikaShaeClose enough in my book xD. I just thought the ending of the song was strange and felt very cut off. Which led to thought, maybe he did it on purpose? Would fit Rens attention to detail. Anyway great reaction. I loved how you included the two bits of interview at the start. I am all here for the learing
im an oldskool DnB / Jungle head from the UK, the golden era for Jungle around 94 - 95, first started to listen to Hip Hop when Kurtis Blow / Slick Rick were going, loving Rens stuff, he is incredible@@RikaShae
I wish but I don’t think so, I’m actually thinking that was it. There’s been a few different good spots that it could be a future retake, but I forget he loves to do things in 3s
The word he blurred was a word used by Nas in the original, but one that he doesn't really want to be associated with using. In my opinion he should have just said "a Karen with no one to complain to" and he wouldn't have had to blur it.
I disagree. I don’t think he used that word, I don’t think it fits the rhyme scheme, I don’t think it fits the context, and I don’t think he’d ever say it even to prove a point.
References/Easter Eggs that I caught:😜 Tongue and cheek - love music part 2 Eeny, meeny, miny, moe - murderer (and more) Supersize my fries - uninvited Nuclear fuse - life is funny Pie scheme - released on Pi day Waviest - new wave jacket on The Hunger / kid wave “I never sleep, 'cause sleep is the cousin of death” - from the track NY state of mind by NAS Also, I believe the bleeped out line is: 'Cause rap without Ren is like a skull without a brain, dude (Or like a feminist) with no one to complain to Ren mentioned the bleep out was just a gag, it was added so he can seem like he's more "controversial" like the other rappers out there today. 🤣
You’ve got a lot! I 100% agree with Feminist. I’ve been telling my inner circle since the video came out, but I didn’t wanna spread it around cuz I don’t think we’ll ever know 🤣
I think Ren just has reoccurring lyrics and themes. I don’t necessarily think he’s always referencing other songs. But who knows? If he is predicting his next release in his current song, my mind is blown!
Yup I think he woulda known about Pi day- do you knw the Math channel number file or Mat parker? He is english and always does Pi day videos, so tho the date is backward for us we still are quite familiar with Pi day here- same with starwars day and a few others.
Seems theres a callout to a weird movie from the earlier 2000's, "Super size me" was the name, and just has a coincidence in the soundtrack there are 2 music that are super catchy, one its "Pusherman" from Curtys Mayfield that has all the seasonings to Ren's "flipping" pen, the other its just a funky weird music with the name of the movie from a band named Toothpick
@@RikaShae he first said super size me and then he goes super size my order...it can't mean anything or....maybe....we never know whats he thinking 😂😂 He has an enciclopedia on his head .
I guarantee you he knew it released on Pi day.
If I ever hang out with him again, it’s going on my list of weird questions to ask him
@@RikaShaeoh you’ve got a list like that too? 😂😂
@@distractjen 🤣
@@distractjen first time I met him I asked him one question at a time super spread out through the night. Almost all were from other community members and about the MoneyGame
@@RikaShae I’m still haunted by flashbacks of lemons and medieval slippers AND THE BINARY 🤣 I’m so glad he took you up on hanging out while he was in Vegas. Seemed like an incredible experience for all involved
Since Ren's premier I've watched many reactions and I loved how you started yours, such a great way to kick off!
π day is known in the U.K. so I wouldn't be suprised if this was realeased today intentionally. Rens attention to detail is what sets him apart!
Tongue in cheek is from "Love Music Pt.2", Ren's great with references including his own songs.
You reacted the same as me when it finished, I wanted more too!😅
Oh thank you! I didn’t think the rest of the world would follow pi day so now I do! With so many dope reactors out there, I had to do something special for this one!
@@RikaShae You nailed it and you brought the sunshine with the outfit combo too.😉 Thanks Shae, I really enjoyed it.✌🏻❤
I don’t know much about hip hop so it always interests me to see what hip hop fans think about this….I love this…
Salute with Bars is my favourite bar …..so Ren….showing respect to those that went before him. Definitely felt the same as you when it ended…..means we have more time to run it up!
Thanks for a great reaction 🔥
Thank you
Any doubt about Ren's rapping ability is completely quashed with this masterpiece ❤
So true! I know we’ve never doubted him, but tapping into a hip hop legend is a scary leap, and he killed it.
@@RikaShaeyou’ve never doubted it? I did - because I knew nothing about rap so when I heard Ren, I had no idea if he was actually good or not just because I was impressed - and that’s what has led me to be subbed to over 500 channels now in my apparently insatiable appetite to hear if people who do actually know things about it, are as impressed as I am :)
(Ok, maybe only 200 of those are reaction channels I’ve added since Ren…😂)
Renegade here and sadly i am from the really early days of Hiphop and rap including The Sugar Hill Gang, Eric B and Rakim, Doug E Fresh, Grandmaster Flash, Whodini (Gosh, Im old 😆} Nas, to me was a Poet and I agree with you about illmatic. Ren is awesome, putting his own spin on it whilst honouring Nas. Incredible talent, He has created his own genre, called Ren! 😊 Thank you for your reaction, you are also amazing and very talented!!!! ❤
Why “sadly”? I think we are blessed to grow up during the birth of a music genre!
I was a teenager break dancing to all the old school stuff you mentioned, Planet Rock, Jam On It, White Lines, all the classics
@@RikaShae I didn't think of it that way, thank you. I was obsessed with the break dance films and loved Jam on it, white lines. The show by Doug E fresh and human beatbox. Harry Mack reminds me of him. He is very old skool and takes me back to my childhood, every time I hear him. There is definitely a change happening in the music scene. The original style of music is returning with a modern spin and it feels great. I love your art work too and enjoy watching your podcasts. Thank you for your comment 💜
I have got Paid in Full on vinyl, its not sad its great👍
Check the road crossing countdown - he stops at zero! Completely by chance apparently!! This is Ren’s time x
Yep that what you missed.
Yes, and he is educating us as that school bus passes by. Talk about serendipity. Lesson to the children; pay homage when they are alive.
Yeah after watching the behind the scenes it 100% just happened. In the BTS on Patreon they planned on doing the 360 view before the crosswalk, but it was green, so they walked and did the 360 shot after. Everyone’s making a big deal about it, but I don’t get it lol
"Split an atom in a fraction" is in Life is Funny. Love his throw backs to his other songs.
Someone said there was 9!
Eeny meeny miney mo is in Murderer
I knew nothing of Naz. Thanks so much for the education!
Let’s go!
This is why I love Ren though, because he’s introducing all of us to so many new artists.
Ditto - besides hearing the name Nas being called out for praise, I knew absolutely nothing before this track.
Happy Pi Day
Not many catch that. Great reaction. Absolute 🔥 🔥 from Ren as always. Much ❤ & mad Respect 2 U both. Ciao-4-Now
I haven’t gotten to watch any of the other reactions yet, can’t wait to see what I’ve missed and what I caught that others didn’t, always a fun time when every dope reactor is reacting to the same new release at once
Thanks for the Nas education! Great reaction to an epic song!
Thanks Shae for the Nas education for us Senior Ren fans that have fallen into the current hip hop world! I did check him out in preparation for this drop and appreciate the guidance and naturally Ren can do no wrong in my eyes EVER! The Joy I get from Ren and all (you included🫵🏻) that comes from everyone he touches is simply priceless🎉
Great reaction my friend! Helps me appreciate our little buddy even more if that’s possible🤩
Much Love and Respect❣️
Always appreciate your support! Glad I can give any insight with so many dope reactors out there
Love how you put the Nas and Em input at the beginning :)
The callbacks and connections are insane in this one. You know those tv crime scene/suspect charts with the photos that have the different strings connecting all the different possible suspects back to the victim? I always picture his songs as the photos with countless strings connecting the references and callbacks…kinda like a web. I’m convinced that everything connects in some way or another!
Me too! I might as a visual of that in my next reaction 🤣
@@RikaShaeohhhh - if you could create a graffiti work that encapsulates that concept..that would be 🔥
Ren killed this beat Straight 🔥 🔥 🔥 and your reaction was fiyaaa
Thank you! And yes he did!
Loved he used the original beat with a spice of Ren throughout
Hell yeah, he just sprinkled in little dope Ren pieces here and there
Wowsa, what a performance. The wordplay, the visuals , the beats, his movement & physicality, the nods to past rap artists. Beautifully flows together, such a treat for us. Cheers Rik.👍Always appreciate your take.
Thanks for checking it out!
@@RikaShae Thanks too, loving the yellow togs. I've had two halves of Guinness and calmly watched locals going nuts, and looking forward to busting some moves Saturday. All the bars😅
🤣🤣🤣🤣
@@RikaShae Wish me luck.👍
In the chat Ren said they're all decamping to LA for a while in the summer. You must have made him feel welcome in the US last year! 😊
I hope so! I know he went to LA for business and to see Fred Again. He must have loved it. The weathers great, the party/music scene is great, there’s a lot of downsides like traffic, costs, crime etc but he doesn’t drive, he makes a shit load of money and he probably won’t be moving to the hood. I’m really happy for him!
@@RikaShae It's an amazing adventure for them all, and he deserves it! I'm sure they'll have a brilliant time and it puts him in a good place to make some new connections too I guess. Exciting times!
He mentioned Diamonds and that’s Chinchillas new drop. So I think it will be the song he did with Chinchilla at Christmas.
Your knowledge seems top shelf and your admiration seems genuine too. Great breakdown and including the original song's history etc at the start was cool. Very well done!🎉🤗
Thank you so much for the feedback!
Much love to all your art and content, I feel like you created a truly iconic moment for this era of independent hip hop when Ren reacted to H Mack reacting to your art. You’re killing it!
So kind, thank you!
I still go back and re-watch favourite reactors reacting to Rika's Harry-graffiti-Ren/Vik video. Big shot of serotonin every time.
And of course, that includes re-watching it on your channel, Rika!
You did such a beautiful thing to put that all together. It was magic.
Why TH do you only have 8.7k subscribers? You set up that beautiful Harry Mack/Ren moment, and you led the treasure hunt game. You are so knowledgeable, smart, creative, and LOVE Ren! Crazy!
All good! I’d rather grow slow, interact with every community and enjoy the ride, than rush to big numbers 😍
"I'll watch this probably 20 times tonight"
You are not alone 😅
It’s impossible not to binge his songs!
@@RikaShaehey the peace pole Pac had in memory was by a underwalk like that.
Wonder if Pac is next?
@Threadbow that would be incredible, another brave one to try to walk in Pac’s shoes as well.
@@RikaShae truly incredible.
Just he mentioned Pac, then the peace Pole they put up for Pac recently.
Richie rich collab is my dream(edited, I spelt peace wrong in 1st post)
Only twenty, 🤗
Did you catch in his nuclear physics bars there’s a shout out to reactors… for supersizing him? Loved that.
I did! But I wasn’t part of the reaction community that was watching him blow up, I had already been a fan long before from my son showing me Ren when he had very little exposure
Dotta is now a reactor and he gave him props! Perhaps to get the views, but, hey, he is Giving Ren flowers!
DOTTA been reacting to Ren for a minute now, I love that he's supporting ren
MF diamond by chinchilla was the Easter egg in this one
I think it was, but not the clue to the next retake, if there is one
Thanks Shae… 20 times in and still you could miss things… awesome track… 🫶🏻
Glad you enjoyed it
Thanks for reacting ❤ A little late in commenting,but, Its been driving me crazy though.....
I'm not sure,but the diamond reference might be....Chinchilla is dropping her new song " Diamond" tomorrow !!😮
It would be in typical Ren fashion 😮Idk ,I Maybe reaching 🤷♀️
That’s the first one I actually agree with!
Great reaction and useful info on Nas. Thanks ❤
Glad you enjoyed!
🔥 🔥 Ren is dope af ,Thanks Rikashae❤
My pleasure of course!
Thanks for the Nas vids and info
The blurred out line is, Flick Knife, I'm saw it in another reaction comment
That wouldn’t make any sense at all to the rhyme scheme. It has to be something that wouldn’t work without “someone to complain to”
They use flick-knife in Blind Eyed... so why blur it now? As RikaShae said, it also doesn't make sense with "someone to complain to"
@@RikaShae i think the deleted line might of been r*pe v**tim
There are two possibilities: F-a-g- got as it was used in the original song, or n-i-g ga for the same reason. Ren paying homage without wanting the blowback of actually saying the word.
@joshuawiedenbeck6944 it’s neither of those. He would absolutely not put the n word in his writing then bleep it out. No way ever. And it’s a 3 syllable word to fit the rhyme scheme that starts with F. My guess and the best explanation I’ve read in multiple spots is Feminist. And it would be a good line with “no one to complain to”
The only bad thing about this one is it's too short 😂. This is such a dope retake. Great reaction Shae 💜💜
Thanks!
Heavy "can't have one without the other" in the beginning 🔥 just realized that while watching 💜
Love how you break things down so knowledgeably Rika! You're awesome 💯
That’s all I can ever hope for, that I help a single person catch anything they didn’t catch 😍
@@RikaShae takes me days to fully break everything down 🤣 props for even trying! 🥰🔥
Hey, thanks so much for all the backstory and snippets of info around this - it was super dope to check all that out. Awesome reaction my dude! #RENegades
Glad you enjoyed it!
The background info is dope. I appreciate the little history lesson as a start. Big respect for your content here.
Much appreciated glad you liked it!
@@RikaShae I also know it must be a lot of work and you do it to spread the love.
Thank you so much you broke this down so even i understood it better, brilliant ❤ from the UK - oh yes he did know about Pi 💁♂️
So glad I can help!
I absolutely love that you educate your viewers before your reaction. You really are one of my favorite reactors. Much love.
Let’s go! I love that you are enjoying it!
Nooooo, is it over? ;-)) Luv
You got a lot! Ren blurred that word out just to play with us I think. Great reaction! This one is so layered it's insane. He knew he would release on March 14th. He knows so much about our culture here in the US, so that pi is equal to 3.14 is no coincidence but I had no clue it was pi day. Every bar is a double or triple. He references lyrics from at least 9 of his other tracks, which in and of itself are doubles because those tracks he references have other tracks of his. I have a headache now. Thanks.
9?! Omg I can’t wait to keep listening for more now!
Proud of Ren too 👏 so happy to be part of the Reniverse. ❤️💪✌️ Thanks for great reaction as always 😊👌
You're the best!
The mention is “diamond” which is the name of chinchilla’s song dropped the same or next day.
I think that was in there on purpose but not what I was talking about
It's exactly half the length of Nas' Halftime - it's half the time :) Great reaction as always, love all the info you dish up!
Thanks for watching!
outstanding Ren never fails to amaze! what a brilliant nas cover... only a few days ago everyone was going nuts about Ems video dropping then Ren drops and boom .... what a great start to 24.. hope you are well bruv..❤ the blanked out line... a femanist with no one to complain to..
Doing great homie thanks for stopping in!
RikaShae-ur 🔥 …ur music is 🔥…ur art is 🔥🔥🔥 and thank u for always supporting Ren!!!
Thank you too! Such kind words!
I think the muffled indecipherable words are the clue to the next song. JMHO. Loved this track and loved your reaction! Thanks.
That would be cool!
@@RikaShae It would be. However, the scavenger hunt taught me that no matter how clever I think I am Ren is light years ahead of me, so I’m probably wrong. 🙃
@@JulieAiken 🤣🤣🤣
Great reaction, thanks for the Nas review at the beginning!
Glad everyone has been liking that part
I'm an old school hip hop fan. started listening to Nas in the 90s when I first started college around 1994. Was awesome. Always love your content RikaShae!
Yeah I started listening around the same time!
He has also used "sleep is the cousin of death" in his song Make My Way.
Oooh that might be one I haven’t heard yet!
I'm grateful to Ren for many things, including finding your channel!
I await your reactions with enthusiasm because I always learn something new, I am by no means a Hip Hop connoisseur, but thanks to you and some other reactors I have been learning. I have to say that the most appealing thing about your reactions is that even though you are an artist in your own right, you don't "pontificate" or make your viewers feel like idiots lol.
From Cuba, with the usual love and wishing the best for you and yours: Ari.
Thank you SO much for the kind feedback, I really appreciate it
Awesome reaction! Really appreciated the Nas history!😊
Glad you enjoyed!
You graffiti'd my timeline!
Did it say Archie? 👀
Great reaction thanks for the backstory 👍🏽🐷✌🏼
So pleased Ren led me Nas . What a treat 😮
Great path to go down!
Thanks for a complete breakdown!
Glad it was helpful!
He mentions 'Hallelujah' right at the start. Fingers crossed.
He says rest in peace Mac then he drops mackay
amazing reaction!!!!! so many thanks!!
Thank you too for the comment and watching :)
Loved the pi catch ❤❤
Thanks!
LOL... not sure why I didn't see this already, but wow, fantastic (the retake, and the reaction). We celebrate Pi Day in Canada too, he's been here for over a year, he knew it, I was blown away seeing him walking down the street in my hometown, I've walked that strip of MacLeod trail hundreds of times
That’s what’s up!
@@RikaShae your Harry Mack freestyle for Ren was one of the first videos I saw of yours, and that was freaking incredible - appreciate ya! Earned a subscribe (the art too, skills aplenty!)
Great reaction, and the Nas video and info was cool.
Glad you enjoyed!
Wow! He said in the chat, he moving to LA in August. Closer to where I am…Az.
Yeah! It’ll be dope to have west coast Ren for awhile! Only 4 hours from me 👀
What I’d like to know is…if he’s going back to Brighton in June…probably not.😢 Loved this, thank you.
@@Musiklife.9049 In the chat, he said he will be in the UK in May. Which probably means he will be in Brighton.
Keep your eye open for the sick boi neon appearing in a window near you soon 😂
Love this Rika. Much love from the UK 🧡
Thank you so much!!
@@RikaShae you’re very welcome. Love your enthusiasm. Keep up the good work 💪
Great lesson and reaction, thank you Sir 🙏🦉❤️🐊👍
Thanks for watching glad you enjoyed!
Great reaction and loved how you started it off with a little extra info! Great job as always!
Glad you enjoyed!
REN says rest in peace Mac then drops Mackey next 👍🏼
Great reaction 👍🏼🇬🇧
yep that was the clue, had no idea until way later, so dope
Great reaction, thank you. Sweden does also have the month and then the date.
Oh cool! I never knew that, my British friends always say we’re the only ones in the world that use it, now I have ammo
He is now! I didn’t even put that together with the release of it on Pi day. Than the bars about Pi.
He got some dope schemes.
He really is!
Big respekt for your work here
Awesome sauce
Missed you dude!
Respect 🪷 Great breakdown.
Thank you
Gillmatic indeed!
Half time of THE halftime? Dude...
First one to comment on the title let’s go! Almost perfectly half time I love how he works
great job artist
Thank you!
lol i was like "who's that bearded guy in the interview? I know him but....dafuq?" Then it hit me, followed by reading the title 😂
Just hearing the word sambuka sends shivers down my spine..... had some messy nights on that stuff 😂
Lmfao!
@@RikaShaeI'm actually surprised me and my mates are all still alive tbh 😂
I feel that for sure
I want his sick boi jumper!
I'm listening cause I'm a free man like Morgan!
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Graffiti Art!
15:20 I’m really done now !! Leave us begging for more 😂😂
It was fun waiting for your next comment to see how far you were into the video then I got busy at work and had to stop responding 🤣
I saw from some other commenters that this retake is half the time of the half-time original -- i.e. halftime is about 4 minutes 20, and this one is 2 minutes 10. It sucks for us coz we want more, but I get the intention so that eases my frustration haha.
Also Ren for _sure_ knew this was Pi Day. You having been such a diligent scholar of the Money Game ARG, you know he did this. And I love that you picked-up on the trail of breadcrumbs he's leaving us this year. The only part that strikes me as 'doesn't belong there' is the "bees knees" line - but my knowledge of music is too limited to know whether that's his hint for the next release. I'd love your input to see if you found it....
Sadly I have not figured out anything definitive, but I’m leaning towards that was the last retake since he likes to do things in 3s
1:03 ffs. You’re spot on.
😍
Great reaction brother ❤
Big up!
I’ve watched it at least 20 times. I catch something different every time kid is so nice man and when he says he’s a big whopping author like whopper, then he says recipes, big recipes Mac from the whopper to the big Mac pot and Pete wrapping on Nas while he still here may never reach that salute him at bars well I don’t wanna offend nobody but if you mix all his skill together, I think he’s already on his level if your doctor just wrap not yet, but is a master piano super guitar his voices amazing his choreography acting I mean I bet the shit we don’t even know yet you probably plays the cello Harp who the hell knows reminds me of Prince a little bit. I mean he’s gonna be so big worldwide. It’s crazy.
Yeah I know he is going to blow up and be a world wide phenom. Maybe just the right feature or right timing for something, although, if he never goes main stream I’d be just as happy.
I know a couple people don't fuck with this but they can just suck on it as if they're van gogh. Ooo that's nasty love it. Genius connections through out
I bet there’s a ton I missed too
@@RikaShae there was so much going on in such short time. Like you said never got bored. Left wanting more
I believe he said suck on it, zip it then go
Your right! That fits better than van gogh hahaha
@@Lotus.Lottie lol I spent like 40 minutes trying to figure out why he would have said van Gogh
I loved your reaction and the background of the song. Just a hunch, Chinchilla dropped a Diamond song the day after Ren dropped this song with a diamond bar.
Maybe his next song he drops will be with Chinchilla
He’s definitely already announced that they were working on a few songs, I don’t think there was an obvious clue because there’s only 3. But I’m excited to be proved wrong!
Loved your presentation ❤ .i think the word he sort bleeped out is Freak. I have my own theories why . Thanks for another great one !
I'll rebuttal Freak with the same i've done every other theory, the scheme he said Rap with out Ren is like: skull with out a brain, hockey without ice, snakes and ladders without dice, china without rice, so to figure out the censored word, he said Bleep without having someone to complain to. so Who or what needs "someone to complain to" to exist or work?
@@RikaShae ok .........ok .
NAS Halftime is 4min, Ren Halftime is 2min. Coincidence? I think not.
Bruh that’s a bar in itself, very possible he did that shit on purpose, great catch! I’m gonna go look up the exact times now
Ah man it’s 4:19 and 2:14, so freaking close to exactly half time
@@RikaShaeClose enough in my book xD. I just thought the ending of the song was strange and felt very cut off. Which led to thought, maybe he did it on purpose? Would fit Rens attention to detail. Anyway great reaction. I loved how you included the two bits of interview at the start. I am all here for the learing
I bet Ren is waiting to see if that gets noticed..great catch!
@@RikaShae soooooo good man, respect REN and respect to you as well RikaShae 🙏
oldskool Hip Hop revival lets goooooooooooooooooooo
Nas is classic, love when he said he won’t ever be on his level but he’ll salute him with bars
im an oldskool DnB / Jungle head from the UK, the golden era for Jungle around 94 - 95, first started to listen to Hip Hop when Kurtis Blow / Slick Rick were going, loving Rens stuff, he is incredible@@RikaShae
REN’s retake is exactly half as long as the original. ‘Half time” The levels with Ren run deep!
Yep! Didn’t figure that out till after the reaction, so sick
Just the level of how he wrote a section of the lyrics for this song is insane
‘China with no rice, Bible with no Christ’ is a bar from Talib Kweli’s first song “The Manifesto”.
I only remember it from Big L, I see that Kweli’s was released before Lamont’s though
When he walks past the pawn shop there is a sighn that said humble. That could be the Easter egg
I wish but I don’t think so, I’m actually thinking that was it. There’s been a few different good spots that it could be a future retake, but I forget he loves to do things in 3s
Not sure if anyone has mentioned it but this is exactly half the time of the NAS track.
9:53 it’s an American thing as you say 😂 but Ren knows his history haha. And he released this on PI day😂
The word he blurred was a word used by Nas in the original, but one that he doesn't really want to be associated with using. In my opinion he should have just said "a Karen with no one to complain to" and he wouldn't have had to blur it.
I disagree. I don’t think he used that word, I don’t think it fits the rhyme scheme, I don’t think it fits the context, and I don’t think he’d ever say it even to prove a point.
@@RikaShae it’s clearly a word that starts with f and ends in t and which he felt needed to be blurred. What else could be it be?
6:19 also, also I think it was the “maggot”
Word with a “F”
Great reaction video
Thank you for watching!
I'd love hear Eminems take on Ren
He’s getting there for sure where he will be on Em’s Radar
I think i read him type that the next song will be a piano one. Prolly the one he filmed in front of the iceberg
Let’s go! Maybe this was the last retake in this batch, since he’s said before that he has an obsession with numbers and doing things in 3s
He released this song in Canada peace out
What’s that mean?
References/Easter Eggs that I caught:😜
Tongue and cheek - love music part 2
Eeny, meeny, miny, moe - murderer (and more)
Supersize my fries - uninvited
Nuclear fuse - life is funny
Pie scheme - released on Pi day
Waviest - new wave jacket on The Hunger / kid wave
“I never sleep, 'cause sleep is the cousin of death” - from the track NY state of mind by NAS
Also, I believe the bleeped out line is:
'Cause rap without Ren is like a skull without a brain, dude
(Or like a feminist) with no one to complain to
Ren mentioned the bleep out was just a gag, it was added so he can seem like he's more "controversial" like the other rappers out there today. 🤣
You’ve got a lot! I 100% agree with Feminist. I’ve been telling my inner circle since the video came out, but I didn’t wanna spread it around cuz I don’t think we’ll ever know 🤣
10:03 comment as I watch. Wow 😮 you get it. I’m at Pi day. You caught it
You are live reacting via comments I love it 🤣
Yeh he did. You know it😂
I don’t know why I was nervous for him, I think because of the backlash he could have got if it wasn’t super dope
I think Ren just has reoccurring lyrics and themes. I don’t necessarily think he’s always referencing other songs. But who knows? If he is predicting his next release in his current song, my mind is blown!
I’ll have to wait until the next one is announced to know, can’t figure out any hints in this one
@@RikaShae I wouldn’t put it past him. Ren is a genius in his own right imo. Thanks for the reaction!!
Yup I think he woulda known about Pi day- do you knw the Math channel number file or Mat parker? He is english and always does Pi day videos, so tho the date is backward for us we still are quite familiar with Pi day here- same with starwars day and a few others.
Thanks I wasn’t sure!
Seems theres a callout to a weird movie from the earlier 2000's, "Super size me" was the name, and just has a coincidence in the soundtrack there are 2 music that are super catchy, one its "Pusherman" from Curtys Mayfield that has all the seasonings to Ren's "flipping" pen, the other its just a funky weird music with the name of the movie from a band named Toothpick
i took the supersize me line as a shout out to the line in uninvited, i'll definitly look into supersizeme though!
@@RikaShae he first said super size me and then he goes super size my order...it can't mean anything or....maybe....we never know whats he thinking 😂😂
He has an enciclopedia on his head .
What were the references in the Fred Again mashup and in the Back on 74/Message in a Bottle videos? I didn't catch those.
In the Fred Again mash up I believe it’s just a few riffs in between the different songs
@@RikaShae Interesting - I'll have to go back and give it (yet) another listen!