Blackalicious is a hip-hop duo from Sacramento, California. In “Deception” (1999), Gift of Gab tells a story about a young rapper with big dreams. His music become popular really quickly, and he becomes a celebrity overnight. He forgets his true identity and becomes greedy. The young rapper’s love of money destroys his life because his […]
2nd Conditional in “The Light”
Common, a hip-hop performer from Chicago, released one of the best hip-hop songs about love. In “The Light” (2000), he writes a letter to a woman that describes their strong and loving relationship. If heaven had a height, you would be that tall. This grammar is called the second conditional. Use the second conditional for unreal or hypothetical situations […]
Pronounce “Get You” Like a Native Speaker with “Rebirth of Slick”
Learn how to talk like a native English speaker with Digable Planets’s Grammy-winning song “Rebirth of Slick (Cool Like That)”. We getcha free ’cause the clips be fat boss (2:46) Many Americans pronounce “get you” like getcha. This is called a reduction. If you know IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) then getcha looks like /gɪtʃ/ Getcha for the present time […]
English Riddle with “6 Foot 7 Foot”
Lil Wayne released a song featuring Cory Gunz titled “6 Foot 7 Foot” (2011). There are a lot of great lines on this track, but some of them are very hard to understand because of the complex word play. This is one of the most difficult lines to understand! Please read it below and listen […]
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