Quotes from, rap songs

Hey, everybody. I have a question about musical performances by foreigners in China. When a western music star has a world tour, from Asian countries, they usually perform in Japan or South Korea. Why don't they perform in China?
Second question about rap: I read a little bit about rap in China, I know that since the 20th year it is forbidden to show anything related to rap on TV or radio, but you can give concerts. I know that it is forbidden to promote drugs, violence and profanity in lyrics and that the most successful rappers are those who praise the country (if I am wrong, you can correct me). In theory, could a rapper from neighboring Russia record new songs with Chinese subtitles or add them to old videos, upload them to Chinese video hosting sites, and if successful with Chinese audiences, negotiate with local organizers for a musical tour of Chinese cities?

Listened to a Swedish rap song called "Horizon Inn" by Fricky, and the part from 2:30 reminds me of am old "synth/electric/pop" song from maybe late 90s. It's not a sample, more of an inspiration for the beat.
Spotify link: https://open.spotify.com/track/0tkSokLx9taFnaOsk1V3bZ
It's sung by a female soft voice with the chorus going something like "Ahhh Ahhhhhh Ahh Touching, your heart".
I first thought it was a Madonna song, but I've been unable to find it looking at her song list, it's also probably to slow to be a Madonna song.

Hey all hope you're having a great day :)
So like most people i'm missing that special person in my life and it would be really nice to find someone that i can relate to, be 100% honest and open with and generally find my best friend.
Hopefully this would start out as friendship and if we click then we click, open to anyone from anywhere :)
Some stuff about me/hobbies
Video games, this is my biggest hobby by far, i play have an pretty big library of games i play so if you game, there is a high chance we would share stuff we could play, a few games i play often, League(i question it too don't worry) soulsbourne games (unga bunga builds) fallout's, i mainly play pc but have a switch and ps4 too.
TV/Film, if not doing the above, you can find me binge watching shows or films, such as B99, the office HIMYM, GoT (we can discuss how shit the last season was forever), Star Wars, Marvel stuff, SAW.
Animals, i have 2 dogs (yes i'll show you lots of pictures) and in general i love animals so much, so i'll probably spam you with pictures of random animals i think are cute or funny :)
Music, i listen to a wide variety of stuff, from rock and metal to dance/pop some electro swing, rap and other stuff, in general if i like a song i'll listen to it on repeat till i hate it but still listen to it anyway.
I try and be witty and funny most the time, I have a stupid sense of humour but will try and make you laugh most of the time, I can be shy to start with but i open up pretty quickly when i get comfortable with you :)
Don't be shy and hit me up if you think we would get on :)

First of all, this is NOT a negative opinion on the album. As a raphead, this is phenomenal and the best album I’ve heard this year, rap has been very mid and this is the most refreshing album I’ve heard in 2024, as well as the best in quality and consistency. This is just something I noticed and think should be discussed.
With that said, let me state my case:
So, I find the Dolby Atmos mixing in Apple Music to be kind of weird. The bass is the most prominent element of the mix is the bass, I can tell by the fact that I hear Billie’s vocals in CHIHIRO rather muddy, and L’AMOUR DE MA VIE’s second beat the bass synthesizer is clearly the most prominent element in the mix
And the treble is left behind, not only for tue muddy vocals, but also by how low her vocals are on the outro. Ik that’s how they’re meant to be but really it took me like 3-5 listens to hear the entire verse without popping the lyrics out, and it shouldn’t be this hard because I literally had an easier time hearing them on tue Coachella snippet.
Tried seeing if switching to the stereo mix would help, it only made it worse. Instrumental got louder and now I couldn’t even understand the “No, don’t say that”, which is the loudest part of the outro.
I also checked Spotify, it didn’t fix it. Same issue
It’s not the same for all songs though. BLUE, L’AMOUR DE MA VIE’s first beat, SKINNY, WILDFLOWER and THE GREATEST sound spectacular, it’s just like the other songs took a route that in my opinion, doesn’t favor Billie and isn’t an objectively good mix.
I picked 2 songs from Happier Than Ever, Billie Bossa Nova and Hailey’s Commet, they sound phenomenal and totally opposite to the “badly” mixed songs on HMHAS. The treble is higher so Billie’s vocals can take the spotlight, but everything is beautifully balanced so neither instrument loses clarity and sounds on a channel of its own.
Then again, maybe the mix on HMHAS is just more commercial (bassy), which is not to my like (I prefer treble), so maybe I’m biased
Anyways. Sorry for the yapping and let me know if anyone has found this same issue.

Heard a song that had a line similar to "I end up craving for what I was running away from". I think its might be rap verse, not sure though.

In kindergarten (sorry I'm from singapore so we follow British but if im not wrong its like 5-6 years old) I already accepted Christ into my life. But my mom is a "I hate Christians!!" kind of person so I didnt dare to tell her anything. I didn't really have a good relationship with my mom cos to her studies are everything and she made me (until now) think that I'm never good enough. And I was only in primary school thinking my mom doesn't like me. I'm worthless, I want to kms. I made plans to grab the knife from the kitchen, jump off and things like that. Eventually I resulted to scratching my own skin cos I feel most pain when it's right at the nerve uk.
My whole life was until the end of primary school (12) was only to do things to make my mom happy. I wouldn't mention a word about Christianity to her. And when my mom was out at night, me, my dad and my sisters would worship. The moment the door opens, I scramble into the room. This also make me walk far from God and I would curse, swear and stuff. One day in P6, the last year of primary school (12 years old) I thought "Hey, I'm Christian so why am I swearing? Isn't this a sin?" So I stopped cursing. Of course, my mom wouldn't want me going around cursing but I didn't really do it for her, but rather for God. But I still didn't want to tell her about it.
When I graduated from Primary school, in Secondary (Sec) school, I finally got to bring my phone to school (13 years old), but my mom still could track me. Anyways I got to listen to some worship songs my dad sent to me and because I didn't have a music player downloaded and wasn't allowed to download any apps, I would listen through the WhatsApp audio player thing😭😭 on the way home. Usually on Sundays whene my mom isn't home,my dad would bring me to church. Then of course my mom would find out and scold me and this continued until sec 2 (14).
In Sec 3 (15 years old), I had whole control of my phone so I would listen to worship music on the way home. One day in, my dad brought me to church. My mom saw my location and immediately got mad because she knew where my dad's church is and also because my older sister attends service too and my mom was not happy. Since then, I was afraid to go to church. My mom even cornered me one day and made me promise not to go to church or I can forget calling her my mom. I kept crying that night and never dared to go to church (mind that i dont even cry often).
But towards mid year(?) I just decided ok Imma go to church. She can get angry but it won't really stop me. Because I got to know God through worship songs and now I wanted to know him more.
I regularly started praying in the morning on the way to school. Eventually my prayers became a ritual and dry. I felt no emotion and no pull towards God. Only on days when I was really upset/angry then I would feel Him comforting me. One day I really wanted to be the captain in my CCA (it's like after school activities but still part of school programs) and I didn't get it. I was so upset I cried on the way home because I actually put in so much effort into it. Then I became vice captain so ig that counts.
Anyways I became really upset and got frustrated because I didn't prove myself enough. I had so low expectations of myself, got depressed again, but I couldn't vent it out because I couldn't hurt myself anymore after learning my body is a temple of God. So I got super frustrated. I prayed for guidance decided to free up my Saturdays I went to church. Youth services for Secondary school students were on Saturdays and not Sundays so yeah. Towards like October last year I cleared up my Saturdays so I could go more regularly to church, and my mom was defo not happy AT ALL that I went with my own initiative. She ignored me for several weeks and of course I felt lonely and all buy eventually I felt okay because she doesn't even know me sooooo.
I'm still trying to patch up my relationship with her. Honestly, it's so strained I don't know what to do. I've prayed that she would accept Christ everyday but uhh nothing. This doesn't mean I don't believe in God if not this would not exist
One day I was fellowshipping with my dad. Why we did that is because of a long story that would be saved for another day.
But this is the part where it's important
Previously I had dreams and I shared with my dad because he is more experience in deciphering gifts and stuff (I'm sorry if you don't believe in gifts but I do!) And he told me to pray about it because I somehow knew these dreams had meaning and relation to God. A number of dreams had direct inference to God. I did pray about it, and also asked God along these lines; "God, give me guidance. I have strayed and I know. Lord please let me understand, and let me also be close to You. I want to know You, and I know, I haven't read the word. Lord, motivate me to read the scripture, and while reading let me also understand the dreams I have been having my whole life."
I can't remember what I said exactly. The one 9f the church sermons on one week talked about how God is not far, but we are far. And I felt that that was for me. Then one day my dad said to me and my older sister "I don't care you have to download the Bible rn" so I downloaded it but did nothing with it. Finally, one day I was late for work (yes I worked when I was 15 because I actually want an electric guitar) and it was New Year's Eve. My colleague texted me saying she'd pick me up and I said and quote "Isokkk I walk over" (me) ... "Give me your block" (colleague) "Omd tyyy" (me)
Part of me didn't want her to fetch me because it would be troubling her. But I don't know why I waited and was thinking "bruh I could've reached by now but she's late" but I just waited. I was wearing full white that day. And this woman must've thought I was going to church because it was a Sunday morning.
And she asked "Hello, are you going to church?"
I said "oh no no, I have church at night because it's countdown service. (basically the youth services brought our church service from Saturday 4pm to Sunday 8pm because we wanted to countdown service together)"
She said," Oh! So you're Christian! Do you read the Word often?"
I blushed because so many signs and I haven't read a single word. "No," I was so embarrassed
She continued "I used to be a teacher, a lecturer in a University (if im not wrong) There is a website called 7 minutes with God. It was originally created for Harvard students because they were busy and didn't have time to spend time with God." Then I couldn't hear what she said because she was talking so fast. All I knew was she was summarizing the website and encouraged me to read it.
I read it like on January 2nd this year on the way to school ( I'm 16 this year!!! But not 16 yet because as I said, it's not my birthday yet or anytime soon)
I was so inspired that I kept on reading the Word and devoted mornings to not only prayers (that I allowed God to guide me and not just pray for the sake of praying) but also for reading the Word!
See, when I prayed to have motivation to read the Word more, God gave me the sign THREE TIMES which I did not pick up until the 3rd sign, the lady. The first time during the sermon I was like "Yes God, I will do it!" but did nothing. The second time when my dad asked me to download the app version of the Bible, I said "Yes God, this is the sign!" and did not do anything. I got discouraged because my dad thinks I'm funny and wouldn't take my words seriously omd 😭. But the third time, God literally sent a random woman I don't know and told me to read. And I read, praise God!
this is the part where it relates to the meme
Because when I went to the shower I kept laughing because I thought of this meme. I didn't read the word or get touched because it was a coincidence. So coincidence? I think not! It's a miracle ❤️❤️❤️
I finished Mark and the New Testament, I'm currently at John right now.
Just now, after a meeting with my cell group (a small group for easier prayers etc in church), I was listening to worship music, and my grumpy dad was like "GO AND SHOWER" liek chill brou. So I went to the toilet with my headphones on and sat on the floor and just continued listening to worship music. Then my dad sent in the family group chat (just me, my older sister and him, my mom got mad and left) an article about this man called Patrick Lee/Bezalel. He is a local artist faithful in Christ
But reading halfway I kept crying because I was so touched (again I do no lt cry, but I related so much I cried even though nothing had to do with me, but it was like my mother's story where she had a hard of stone towards God) and then my phone went flat 😐 So I risked it and ran out to get my charger but thank God (like actually) my dad didn't scream like he would. Then I sat at the toilet floor and continued reading. Tears kept flowing down my face because Patrick Bezalel's story was such a miracle, and God kept giving him signs that God existed! And removed the layer of stone that surrounded the man's heart and made it soft and open to God again!
After that I continued worshipping God and was listening to worship music (yes in the toilet because I literally have 0 privacy because none of my parents think I need it). I kept crying because the songs were so related. Can you imagine? It went in this order:
1.Presence,Power,Glory 2.Hosanna 3.Promises 4.Holy Forever
Again, coincidence? I THINK NOT. It was so planned, like it was in my playlist for so long and I haven't really thought much about it. Tears kept streaming down and kept going and through sobs I silently prayed to God
"Oh my dear God you have been so so good to me, and so faithful to me Lord. You have guided me, guided my heart and nothing has gone wrong in Your hands Lord. I've been through the turning point I've prayed for. You have sent people, songs and my family members to come after me to open up to You Lord. Lord, I was having a CG (cell group) meeting and something just touched my heart. I am now sitting on the toilet floor and typing this, because Lord you have made a way to touch my heart, guide me through a prayer that came deep down from inside of me Lord, thank You for providing. Thank You God for the miracles You have did in my life, and all that I prayed for has came through Lord. The turning point I prayed for was when that lady had spoken to me about how to set aside time for You and the Word. Lord let me not forget this incident, this turning point, this miracle Lord. Let me put my trust in You Lord, and let You take my hand and let my life be walking next to You faithfully Lord. Lord I pray that I would not waver, and I would not take my eyes away from You. Even when I am crossing and walking toward You on water in the sea, let my eyes be on You, and the works You have done for me, and not be distracted by the worls around me, but to keep my eyes on You diligently Lord. Lord, I am a sinner, and now, I was, for You have sent Jesus Christ, Your Son, to die on the cross for me. Lord, I believe in You and I want to accept You in my life Lord, no matter what situation I am in. Lord, let people around me see Your love, joy, and faithfulness in me, and not let them see the girl I was before. Let them see change, and the love and desire I have for You, Lord. Let them see Your greatness, Your goodness and You. I thank You for everything You have done, and in Jesus's name, I pray that I will walk faithfully alongside You, and will not fail to continuously pray and worship You God. Thank You Lord for the miracles, for this turning point. Thank You God for guiding me, and let me be the branch that bears fruit, and let me be the branch that has life only through Jesus, Who is the vine, Who the reason I live Lord, Who is the reason I have life. Praise the Lord! Amen!"
This is the first time I prayed for so long and every one word was truly from deep down fron the depths of my heart. I couldn't stop crying. I really couldn't and I can't emphasize more that I don't cry often! Either it hurt me so much or that God moved my heart. This time was tears of joy.
I hope this could inspire someone out there, because in another prayer I prayed for those who needed God, even if I didn't know them.
Pray. Pray and ask God to help you seek Him. One thing I learnt from a sermon is the fervency in your prayers. I didn't mean to add this in but I suddenly saw this note I wrote on 25th February.
Title: fervency in prayer Fervency: being excited about something keen on something
At the heart of revival is the spirit of prayer • pray fervently • pray with faith
"But Jesus often withdrew to lonely places and prayed"
To be fervent in prayer is to pray tenaciously despite our struggles
Hopefully this helped someone out there, inspired you and is one of your signs to start giving your life to Him! It is actually proven 1 in 3 people are Christians. Isn't our goal to have this faith to reach all four corners of the world? It could sound impossible in the past, but now there is social media, anyone could read and realize "Hey God is actually with me!"

I'm someone who enjoys just about any genre, language, or year of music, I've never limited myself on that, give me anything and I'll try it. Does that mean I like all songs? Of course not, in every single one of those there are songs I can't stand.
For me its clear its not about genre or year, some music will always been good, some not so much. However I see so many people who won't even give something a shot. I admit I've never been a huge fan of the rap genre, however I will try a song from that genre and have quite a few songs I really enjoy from it!
I guess I just can't wrap my head around how people can discard a whole genre or generation of music. Most of the people I know like that just say it all sucks. To me that would be like eating only one kind of food forever, trying something different and then writing off all food except what you had eaten without even trying other things. I just don't get it??
If you feel this way, genuinely why? Its not to hate or anything, it just really confuses me as I do not think that way.

You know like the terrible Elton John remixes and the Eiffel 65 I'm Blue copy? I'm all for sampling if the song is different enough, but there has been a recent trend of keeping old songs being exactly the same but replacing the singer and the lyrics. Of course this isn't a brand new trend but it's been much more common recently. Anyway, both songs in the song I'm looking for had a female singer that's all I really remember. At first when looking back at melon's of the examples, I thought it could've been Right Round by Flo Rida but that song is way too old to have played on pop radio and I'm pretty certain it was just a female singer and didn't have that pseudorap or whatever he's doing. Whatever that fake pop song rap is called where the beat behind it is just clapping or a generic drum beat cuz it aint rap and it's not singing and it's definitely not good.
Edit: Found it. I was wrong on a few aspects apparently - it DOES have terrible anti-rap and it was from the 90s not the 80s. Also apparently David Guetta - the same person responsible for "im good and im freaking alright" is the one to blame for this one as well. It's called Baby Don't Hurt Me

I have a rap song stuck in my head and I can’t for the life of me find the name. Here is what I know…

• it’s fairly new, I would say probably from the last 5 years
• I want to say lil baby might be on this track, or someone of the sort
• the intro had a whistle in it
• the lyric that stands out to me, the artist mentions “L” and “M”. Something like “First I caught me an L then I got an M”
• one of the rappers voice is fairly high -mumble rap vibe

I would appreciate any and all help :’)
Thanks in advance

Ok so I’m a bit scared to post this because I don’t want to upset anyone or have my views misinterpreted, I genuinely am just curious and want to know more. There are many musicals that I can understand and appreciate that just aren’t for me, as I’m sure is the case with many people. But I have some questions about Hamilton that I feel would be best answered by Hamilton fans and give me some perspective. So… I have only watched the pro shot of the musical (I wasn’t able to see it live) and from that I made two assumptions 1. It would be a wildly different experience live, not in the obvious way that theatre is supposed to be seen live but specifically to this musical and this pro shot 2. I would be able to better appreciate the music via cast recordings or seeing clips of each song performed individually
When watching the pro shot I felt like I was about to have a stroke. It seemed like it was just at max energy constantly and I had no time to breathe. Because of this, I just felt like I was constantly behind on what was going on and my brain was in overdrive. I’m not talking about the rapping, the entire thing just seemed to whiz past me before I could fully appreciate anything going on. Am I just completely missing something? Is my lack of knowledge on American history contributing to this? Is there something about the pro shot that is causing this? Is my brain just aging and slow? I want to enjoy these wonderful performances, the writing, the songs and the clearly great spectacle but watching it just made my brain chaotic. I’m sorry if this has already been discussed and I’m just late to the party or something. Even if you can’t answer my questions, I would love to just hear what you love about the show.

I’m a fan from 2016. Fell in love with songs like dejection, exodus, nightmare choirs, etc.
But something about this album hit different. After seeing so much hate on it from this sub i feel like I’m the only one lmao.
I relate to a fuck ton of what he’s talking about. I hear a lot about basic lyrics but honestly besides the “perc” bars or the “whippin (insert car here)” bars he’s really speaking volumes.
I listen to this album though 3-5 times a week. And anytime I’m down it brings me back to reality. Makes me feel “not alone” even tho the album is called lonely boy.
Yall can talk as much shit on this album but I truly feel like scrim reached his peak. Especially the deluxe. As a music producer I see how beautifully refined these mixes are. And. I know the tedious hours put in to achieve some of these sounds.
Shout out scrim for creating a new genre of rap. A mix between old depressed $B, yeat/carti flow and beats, combined with whatever tf he felt necessary. I can’t find another artist/ genre that sounds like this as a whole.
P.S. if you came to talk shit idc. This album Is exactly what I needed as a music fiend

It's been a while since a post about positions has been made on the sub, and I thought that after Samidare's release I might make one since Fuma, EJ and Taki now have a good amount of lines in the title track :)
Apart from official positions which will be noted by (*), these are all my own perceptions of &TEAM's positions, minus dancing positions because I cannot accurately analyze that, beside Main Dancer. So in order, from oldest to youngest:
K: Performance Leader*, Main Vocalist, Main Dancer, FOTG, Oldest
While oldest isn't a position per se, it is a role that K has to take on, so I've listed it here. K's Performance Leader position has been confirmed by himself on that one interview (forgot the name), which indicates that he is also Main Dancer. Now for Main Vocalist - it's long been debated whether K should be Main or Lead vocal, but after Samidare I do believe that he is a Main Vocalist. He consistently sings chorus, and is always in the top 4 for line distribution. He also does adlibs which a Main Vocalist would usually do. And for FOTG, it's mainly because he was already popular on I-LAND and made it all the way to the end, but didn't debut.
Fuma: Sub-leader*, Vocalist.
Fuma is officially the sub-leader, supporting EJ who is the leader. I believe that Fuma will take over the leader position completely while EJ serves his military duties, whenever that will be. Up until recently, Fuma didn't get a lot of lines in songs but with Samidare, he is ranked 6th which is an improvement from the bottom three, though not by far. I hope that next comeback he will be in the top 4.
Nicholas: Main Rapper, Lead Vocalist
And as everybody knows, Nicholas is the Main Rapper. If only one person raps in a song, it will be Nicholas. However, I feel like that his positions as Main Rapper and Lead Vocalist sort of clash, if you get what I mean. Basically Nicholas will rap as much as he can in a song, if he has a good amount of lines then he won't get too many more singing lines, or sometimes none at all. But in a song where there is no rap, Nicholas will get a good amount of singing lines. But what I'm saying is that he doesn't both rap a lot and sing a lot in the same song.
EJ: Leader*, Lead Rapper, Vocalist
EJ is leader, that's official, no doubt. He and Nicholas are the only two who rap, and even EJ doesn't come in too often. I've written Lead Rapper here but that's only because EJ does actually come in to rap multiple times, whereas other members make the odd appearance and never rap again. And believe it or not, EJ was actually number 2 in line distribution for Samidare! (the song, not the whole album). I haven't given him a Lead Vocal part yet because this could just be a one time thing, however by the end of the seasons series (or whatever it's called), we will definitely be able to confirm whether EJ is a lead or sub vocalist.
Yuma: Main Vocalist, Main Dancer
Yuma is either number 1 or 2 in terms of vocal ability, and by the number of lines he consistently gets, he is definitely another Main Vocalist. He and Maki also support Jo's killing parts often since Jo is a weaker vocalist than them, we'll get back to that later. Yuma is also a great dancer, I believe he's danced for the longest out of &TEAM? But I do believe that he would hold the Main Dancer position if officially assigned. Also on the Kpop wiki on fandom, they list Yuma as having a rapper position. But I can't recall the last time Yuma ever rapped in a song, somebody please tell me if that's ever happened.
Jo: Center, Vocalist, Visual*
Ok so let's continue off what I said about Jo being a weaker vocalist than K, Yuma and Maki. That is definitely true, but HLJ still gives Jo killing parts and a really good amount of lines. Why? Because they're pushing him as Center.
Now with &TEAM, the center is a bit weird since &TEAM has so many members, but bear with me. A commenter on another post (here) suggests that &TEAM could have three centers - those being K, Jo and Harua. K would be the performance center, (similar to Yeonjun of TXT) and is the face for their concept (Dark Moon) and Harua is the most promoted both within Japan/Korea and overseas since his popularity is pretty balanced globally, but I believe that the traditional K-pop center would be Jo. He's pushed mainly on visuals (Jo introduced himself as Visual once, so that's confirmed) and is given lines despite being a weaker vocalist, and he's popular, so people want to see more of him in songs.
Harua: Vocalist, Visual
That whole section above also applies to Harua I guess, he gets a good amount of lines, not too many and not too few, and is mainly pushed as a visual. Not trying to hate or anything but there's not much to say.
Taki: Vocalist
Honestly not too much to say about Taki either apart from the fact that he finally got a good amount of lines in Samidare! The first thing I thought of when I listened to Samidare was 'hey, Taki's getting so many lines! I'm so happy!' Afterwards I realised that EJ and Fuma had gotten lots of lines too. Hopefully he will be pushed on vocals more in the future, his vocals have improved so much since we first met him on I-LAND and he needs to showcase them.
Maki: Main Vocalist, Maknae*
K, Yuma and Maki are the three main vocalists of &TEAM. Some may think that it's too many, which is a fair point, but having three strong vocalists and not using them would be a waste. They often exchange parts, especially in the chorus, and Maki often sings the first part of the last chorus, which is quite an impactful part. This is also when K does adlibs.
So that's it I guess, &TEAM's positions as of Samidare. I think I will revisit this when the seasons series ends, hopefully by then the positions will become clearer and we get fairer line distributions.

Hello. i have a few questions about the song ditto by newjeans. here are the full lyrics just in case you wanted to look at them in full: https://genius.com/Newjeans-ditto-lyrics
okay so here are the questions

1. what does 훌쩍 커버렸어 mean? the full lyrics for this part are 훌쩍 커버렸어 함께한 기억처럼 널 보는 내 마음은 어느새 여름 지나 가을 기다렸지 all this time

I know what 훌쩍 and 크다 means but I don't understand it in this context.

1. what does this mean? 어느새 여름 지나 가을 기다렸지 all this time

are they trying to say that autumn has been waiting all this time? I originally thought it meant that "(I've) been waiting all this time" but the word 가을 doesn't seem to be connected to any other word so the meaning of that whole line just confuses me.

1. what does 널 좋아한다고 mean? I know it means "I like you" but the ending 한다고 confused me. is this ending used to quote the singers words/emphasize the words or is this like adding -ing to a verb?
   
2. what does 아니어도 mean in this phrase? 다 아는 건 아니어도 바라던 대로
   

I know it comes from 아니다 but idk the verb form or what it means. I know what the whole sentence means but I don't understand the ending of it. I asked this on this sub before but the answers I got sort of confused me.
thank you so much for any help you can offer!

The title says it all I hear it in so many rap songs that these rappers are happy to have their women fuck the whole crew i wanna know what satisfaction they get from it

So I’m in kind of a weird situation. I have one month left at my current job and I’m really on the fence on whether to gently suggest to the parents of my NK 2.5 F that she might have some developmental concerns/ delays. I feel like the parents won’t take it well so I’m leaning toward saying nothing BUT I absolutely love NK with my whole heart and I feel like I’m doing her a huge disservice by not saying anything and potentially delaying a diagnosis or therapies that might help her.
It is my belief that she’s likely on the spectrum but I wouldn’t say that specifically since I obviously cannot diagnose. I know some people feel strongly that it’s not the nanny’s place to say anything but I don’t necessarily agree with that. I do have over 20+ years as a nanny and I’m familiar with typical and atypical development and although there is a big range for when kids develop certain skills this is definitely not typical of most kids her age in my experience. I would maybe tell them I think she may have a delay in receptive language which is specifically what I see. She doesn’t respond to her name 99% of the time despite having good hearing having a good amount of language for her age. She doesn’t respond with yes or no when asked questions. She mostly speaks in echolalia with quotes from movies shows and songs. She does a bit of toe-walking but that could also be nothing.
Twice in my career I’ve thought the same thing and both times the child ended up with an autism diagnosis within a year. In those cases I had a much closer relationship with the parents so I suggested they ask their pediatrician about specific behaviors.
MB has also made slightly indirect comments about wanting me to do more structured play vs unstructured but I’ve tried so many things, age-appropriate crafts and games and movement songs and NK is mostly not receptive to it and just ignores me. I just don’t know if I should say anything to them or let them figure it out on their own. I’m also leaving in a month so it would be an easy thing to ignore but I really want to do the right thing here.

Hi there! My name is Daniel and I'm from Southern California (the Inland Empire, specifically). I'm just looking for someone to have a genuinely great time with. I'm not a very picky person and I don't really care much for looks. I more so value your personality and how well we vibe, so pretty much anyone is welcome to get to know me! (I mean that in the most non-conceited way possible lol). I would just ask that you be 21 and older.
My interests:
~ As stated in my title I would consider myself the typical nerdy type (gaming, anime, comic books, super hero movies, etc.) If you like share any of those interests then I think we'll get along great lol
~ I'm Black and Cherokee, I'm bilingual (English and Japanese), around 5'11" but 6 feet tall on a good day.
~ On top of being your typical nerd I am also a huge horror movie fan to the point of considering making my own horror movie. I have a couple ideas and I would love to share them with someone who's interested in hearing them.
~ I listen to any kind of music except country cuz it all sounds the same to me lol. So if that's a deal breaker then I apologize but I just can't get into it. I also used to rap and sing and have been thinking of doing it again. I have made about 9 or 10 songs in total. Let me know if you'd like to hear something I've made.
~ I love coffee and boba so random coffee and boba runs will be a thing. One of my favorite things to is visit a coffee place I've never been to and try out their coffee and see if I'm adding it to my list or favorite spots or if I'm just never going there again. I know, it sounds weird but I promise it can be kinda fun.
What I expect from you:
~ Good communication and someone who likes to go one random coffee or boba runs. Anime lovers and gamers are a plus as well. Would love a gamer friend/girlfriend.

Hi there! My name is Daniel and I'm from Southern California (the Inland Empire, specifically). I'm just looking for someone to have a genuinely great time with. I'm not a very picky person and I don't really care much for looks. I more so value your personality and how well we vibe, so pretty much anyone is welcome to get to know me! (I mean that in the most non-conceited way possible lol). I would just ask that you be 21 and older.
My interests:
~ As stated in my title I would consider myself the typical nerdy type (gaming, anime, comic books, super hero movies, etc.) If you like share any of those interests then I think we'll get along great lol
~ I'm Black and Cherokee, I'm bilingual (English and Japanese), around 5'11" but 6 feet tall on a good day.
~ On top of being your typical nerd I am also a huge horror movie fan to the point of considering making my own horror movie. I have a couple ideas and I would love to share them with someone who's interested in hearing them.
~ I listen to any kind of music except country cuz it all sounds the same to me lol. So if that's a deal breaker then I apologize but I just can't get into it. I also used to rap and sing and have been thinking of doing it again. I have made about 9 or 10 songs in total. Let me know if you'd like to hear something I've made.
~ I love coffee and boba so random coffee and boba runs will be a thing. One of my favorite things to is visit a coffee place I've never been to and try out their coffee and see if I'm adding it to my list or favorite spots or if I'm just never going there again. I know, it sounds weird but I promise it can be kinda fun.
What I expect from you:
~ Good communication and someone who likes to go one random coffee or boba runs. Anime lovers and gamers are a plus as well. Would love a gamer friend/girlfriend.

STAGE PRESENCE: Remember that stage presence is subjective and there is no right or wrong ranking. This is just MY OPINION, feel free to share your ranking below
TOP 7: Pharita Facial Expressions: 3/5 Energy/Consistency 3/5 Camera Play: 4/5 Versatility: 3/5
FINAL THOUGHTS: Pharita does better with softer concepts (EX: Stuck In The Middle) but lacks when it comes to the hard/badass concepts (EX: Sheesh) overtime she will get better. Her facial expressions are fairly decent and her energy and consistency on stage is decent also.
TOP 6: Ruka Facial Expressions: 4/5 Energy/Consistency 5/5 Camera Play: 4/5 Versatility: 3/5
FINAL THOUGHTS: Ruka has a similar issue with Pharita when it comes to versatility except she does better with harder concepts and lacks when it comes to softer concepts. Her being only a rapper doesn't help either. Her energy and consistency on stage is really impressive though, I hope YG gives them more softer songs so we can see Ruka improve.
TOP 5: Ahyeon Facial Expressions: 4/5 Energy/Consistency 4/5 Camera Play: 4/5 Versatility: 4/5
FINAL THOUGHTS: Ahyeon really shines on stage, she is a well rounded performer. However her facial expressions are really repetitive (The YG nose scrunch). We haven't seen her into much softer concepts but based on pre-debut material we can see that she's pretty good with them. I don’t have to much to say as she doesn't have enough material as the other members.
TOP 4: Rami Facial Expressions: 4/5 Energy/Consistency 5/5 Camera Play: 5/5 Versatility: 4/5
FINAL THOUGHTS: Rami is a very underrated performer. Her improvement in this era was insane. In the Batter Up era, Rami always had bland expressions when she was and wasn't center, but now she's a way better performer, her energy on stage is something else too. She's a very good dancer also so that helps. I enjoyed watching her SHEESH fan-cams a lot.
TOP 3: Rora Facial Expressions: 5/5 Energy/Consistency 4/5 Camera Play: 5/5 Versatility: 5/5
FINAL THOUGHTS: Rora being up this high surprised me a lot but at the same time not really. YG was so smart giving her the stage name Rora which comes from Aurora meaning that she will grow to shine. And YG was right. Rora is another underrated performer, she does really well in both soft and hard concepts. She also has AMAZING facial expressions (you guys should really watch her fan-cams) Rora (and all the BABYMONSTER members) can all be top-tier performers in the near future.
TOP 2: Chiquita Facial Expressions: 5/5 Energy/Consistency 5/5 Camera Play: 5/5 Versatility: 5/5
FINAL THOUGHTS: Chiquita is such a good performer. YG was not wrong when he said that she could become a great performer like Lisa. She shined so much on stage to the point where I was constantly re-watching all her fan-cams. She is so young yet already such a GREAT performer, it's amazing.
TOP 1: Asa Facial Expressions: 5/5 Energy/Consistency 5/5 Camera Play: 5/5 Versatility: 5/5
FINAL THOUGHTS: Asa is the best performer in BABYMONSTER. Her versatility is unmatched, I love how she shined in Stuck In The Middle AND SHEESH. Her fan-cams are SO FUN to watch. She's so captivating on stage its kind of insane. We’re barely 2 months into their official debut and she's already SO amazing on stage.
NEXT ANALYSIS: VOCALS, DANCE, RAP

The hook is a quote of Amy Winehouse from a call she made to Salaam. It is word for word.
Then Lupe raps about her. She's got big eyes, singing by the opera house but not inside of it but somewhere along side of it. There is a long silence. A strong vibe. Meditation, a strong guidance designed to raise eyelids. Meaning that in her performance she commands a strong silence designed to draw eyes, increase anticipation, and gain interest from passer by or whoever her audience is. And then she sings/raps something that fits todays climate, something about gang violence meeting the gangs demises and it BANGS! Meaning she pulls off a banger of a song (but also a double on gang violence and falling with a bang bang)!
That right there rings a bell cause The Cool is about gang violence leading to the gangsters demise (Michael Young History and the death of The Cool) so that means Lupe is picturing her doing what he did. He sees himself in her. Not to mention he simultaneously goes on a scheme about "eyes" in the background. "She", "her", and "I" (Lupe).
That's just the beginning, Lupe continues with this and I want to highlight one part near the middle and another part near the end.

"If you analyze, she is a one woman gala, glamorized. Just without the glamour or the gala ties."

That should be easy to understand...but I want to highlight that this suggests that Lupe is imagining her before her fame or during her rise to fame. This makes me think that the album might show a progression in her story with the first track describing the beginnings and later track showing her rise to fame and then possibly her fall.
Next, near the end he says

"Crashed at a friends flat for a week. Felt his home was a raft on a beach. Lit a fag. Took a drag. Took a tea. Read a book. Took a bath. Went to sleep."

Now, remember. Amy Winehouse is British. They call apartments "flats". A "fag" is british slang for a smoke. Lupe doesnt smoke but Amy definitely did (she did drugs too). They also like to drink tea over there. This emphasizes the fact that this is from her perspective.
I think the concept of this album is what it would be like or look like if Amy Winehouse walked the path of a rap samurai. Lupe perhaps sees himself as a rap samurai in spirit and I am guessing he is going to have her walk a path that shares similarities with the path he took. He is probably going to incorporate his battle with his record label and his battle with other rappers somehow I think, but we will have to wait until the rest of the album drops. Or maybe have his battles sit in parallel with hers (her battle with relationships and drug addiction for example).
What are your thoughts? What do you speculate after having listened to Samurai?

Hi,
I am far to be a rap addict, but I started to listen some stuff in my car and during my sport sessions, and despite I am very exigent musically, I found some pleasure despite my old age.
I like particularly "motivational music".
My favorite rap song is loose yourself from Eminem. Oh my god, even now I listen it at least every month several times (yes, I am a bit obsessional with music: I definitely can listen the same song 2000 times, no problem).
I thought initially that "Loose yourself" was an accident. Until I discovered 4 or 5 months ago NF. Not all songs, but some have a great motivational energy. I dislike NF's songs that are a bit "romantic", I prefer either nervous songs or dark songs. Titles I like: Hope (wow), Careful (my n°2), Pandemonium (dark), Suffice, Turn My Back (but it came lately after several listening).
I'm not english-speaking native, so I don't care of the texts. I like rimes, however.
My question is: How can I pursue my rap-listener career?
Any good things I should discover when I say "motivational artist"?
Youtube & Spotify has been a failure on that.
Many thanks for your advices!