'Mumble Rap' Breakdown

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'Mumble Rap' Breakdown - Lupe Fiasco

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Күн бұрын

A masterful performance in the art of storytelling.
0:00 intro
0:12 context
1:25 verse 1
3:41 chorus
4:20 verse 2
7:02 verse 3
8:49 conclusion

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@corcko Ай бұрын

Also I just realized, Amy Winehouse died in her sleep from alcohol poisoning, the alarms at the end represent her waking up instead of dying, which connects to the last line of the verse “don’t make me resurrect up on this”. Lupe changes her fate, similar to how he does so in Jonylah Forever and Alan Forever. more...

@corcko Ай бұрын

Salaam Remi is a famous rap producer (he produced some of Nas’s stuff as well as Amy Winehouse’s). Before she passed away, Amy wanted to move into the rap genre, hence her voicemail to Remi. This is what inspired Lupe to create a concept album not only about Amy Winehouse, but also he imagined how she would have wrote it, which is reflected across many of the songs on his album “Samurai”; most prominently on this track “mumble rap” which tells the story of her resurrection, allowing for her to achieve her dreams of becoming a ‘samurai’.

@corcko Ай бұрын

If you want further breakdown while I make my videos, I would recommend checking out Professor Skye's breakdown. It gives a great overview of the whole album.

@VZAAGE Ай бұрын

This is dope. I hope you go on to break down the rest of the album. Heck, why stop there? You've got potential to make something big here. Keep going!

@corcko Ай бұрын

Thanks man! I love your videos

@VZAAGE Ай бұрын

@@corcko Right on, man!

@kingzingo Ай бұрын

Great breakdown, we should get every song on this album ? :)

@corcko Ай бұрын

Thanks for the support! If I get enough engagement on this post maybe I’ll do another analysis?

@corcko Ай бұрын

Subscribing would be much appreciated 🙏

@bmillersince92 Ай бұрын

This reminds me of the page timesnuroman, very dope I’ll looking forward to more

@corcko Ай бұрын

What song should I breakdown next?

@mir1017801 Ай бұрын

Til infinity

@B1aZz305 Ай бұрын

Palaces

@corcko Ай бұрын

@@mir1017801 alright I will try my best it will probably take me a few days.

@corcko Ай бұрын

@@B1aZz305 sounds good!

@vl1553 Ай бұрын

Bigfoot

@munoz_io Ай бұрын

Smith and Wesson could also be a reference to "Smif and Wesson" - aka "Cocoa Brovas" who are an underground hip-hop group.

@corcko Ай бұрын

Wow, how does Lupe do this stuff??

@legendoda5218 15 күн бұрын

Definitely a gun. He foows up with the hollow tip bar right after

@SIKICIBIRKANAL 20 күн бұрын

Similes like ''Superman abandoning the planet'' i think this song and most of the album's lyrics was helped by TextFX software that Lupe covered on his own channel.

@corcko 20 күн бұрын

@@SIKICIBIRKANAL really cool, thanks for this!

@MannyMuskets Ай бұрын

Listening to this it seemed pretty obvious to me the old man was "the spirit of hip-hop"

@corcko Ай бұрын

interesting! I never thought of it that way. I also heard people saying that it could represent Lupe himself

@KIMRK-ie9gd 29 күн бұрын

Appreciate the work friend

@DonMcThrill Ай бұрын

Thank you. This video helped me understand a lot. So cool he is breaking down the essence of battle rapping by describing Amy’s new ability to lyrically rap. An ability the current mumble rappers are missing. Lupe also demonstrates this with his rap style on verses and chorus while telling a classic rap story about wine house (life after death). This song a is a triple entendre conceptually. Very creative stuff

@corcko Ай бұрын

Glad I could be of assistance! Thanks for watching

@ChuckLeeMBM Ай бұрын

AMAZING!! Thanks for this!

@corcko Ай бұрын

Thank you man! I really appreciate the support

@corcko Ай бұрын

Also, seeing that you’re a big creator, do you have any advice for small creators?

@ChuckLeeMBM Ай бұрын

@@corcko Im still trying to figure it out myself, but I think one of the biggest things you can do is collab with other people who make similar videos. I think youve really got a grasp on this though and see great things for you in time. Took me 3 years to monetize so dont be mad if it doesnt happen overnight, and keep it fun and as consistent as you can.

@corcko Ай бұрын

@@ChuckLeeMBM alright thank you! I’ll definitely keep this in mind as I go.

@essentialsofcool5546 Ай бұрын

very well done breakdown. Thanks for this!

@corcko Ай бұрын

Thanks for watching!

@a_ron4 Ай бұрын

This is great man!

@corcko Ай бұрын

thanks! I will be posting more of these breakdowns so subscribe to stay notified!

@a_ron4 Ай бұрын

@@corcko got you

@LimitNZ Ай бұрын

Good stuff!

@corcko Ай бұрын

@@LimitNZ thanks for watching!

@jefjef601 Ай бұрын

AmazingBreakdown!

@corcko Ай бұрын

@@jefjef601 thank you!

@Xenji5 Ай бұрын

Great breakdown, friend.

@corcko Ай бұрын

@@Xenji5 thank you, friend!

@ramay3383 Ай бұрын

Great job ! 👏👏👏

@corcko Ай бұрын

Thank you!

@wvccradio208 Ай бұрын

Dope breakdown. Love the Album

@corcko Ай бұрын

Appreciate the support man 🙏

@herbsandamunition8501 Ай бұрын

congrats on the vid keep it up my guy

@corcko Ай бұрын

thanks man!

@SIKICIBIRKANAL 20 күн бұрын

This vid is actually too fire, waiting for the next upload

@corcko 20 күн бұрын

@@SIKICIBIRKANAL coming soon…

@santinoagustinzaccara780 Ай бұрын

GREAT VIDEOOOOOO, splendid analysis and excellent video from start to finish

@corcko Ай бұрын

@@santinoagustinzaccara780 thanks!

@PrettyMuchBlack Ай бұрын

For your first video? Very insightful. I look forward to see what else you’re passionate about analysing.

@corcko Ай бұрын

@@PrettyMuchBlack thank you! I will try and improve as I go along

@MrSwaggernaut83 29 күн бұрын

@@corcko My advice would be to feel free to borrow views and understandings from others (genius, other YTers, forums, etc.) and try to incorporate those that speak to you! There are so many directions to go with Lupe's stuff for example, and having slightly more accessible holistic videos like yours are a great means to start to understand the depth there. I think it expands his audience and gets more people into it! this is even more helpful for his older works that have been pretty thoroughly dissected online by a variety of people. Kudos and more Lupe please!!!

@libraryofpapel Ай бұрын

Very nice breakdown, and keen for more Lupe Samurai takes. You don’t need to state that the interpretations are your opinion at the end. Maybe just open up the video to say ‘this is my take’. Keep it up, your analysis is quality, and video making will get better for sure.

@corcko Ай бұрын

@@libraryofpapel thanks for the constructive criticism. I will keep this in mind going forwards

@Yuvi2909 Ай бұрын

Finally a breakdown of this song 😅

@corcko Ай бұрын

I gotchu

@RZIRUE Ай бұрын

I just started vid but I feel like Mumble Rap is literally the mysterious spell cast upon Amy Winehouse like a simple named spell or a command based spell literally forcing her to only mumble rap for the remainder of the story.

@corcko Ай бұрын

@@RZIRUE pretty spot on

@joshhopkinsmtb5725 28 күн бұрын

So is Cake the song that was on her heart? It seems like a demonstration of incredible lyrical ability.

@corcko 27 күн бұрын

Wait you might be right there! Didn’t even catch that one

@joshhopkinsmtb5725 27 күн бұрын

Loving your breakdowns man. Keep going!

@ID-xq2hl Ай бұрын

Yoga Flame

@ayyonmichaels9731 29 күн бұрын

that voicemail should have been the intro to the album...

@corcko 29 күн бұрын

yeah... rather unfortunate

@khariperkins4243 Ай бұрын

Good shiz

@quanahlecornu478 23 күн бұрын

pretty good. I had no idea about the winehouse aspect. Where is that even indicated in the album? I mean, i havnt given a genuine listen yet, but where is amy?

@corcko 22 күн бұрын

@@quanahlecornu478 Lupe released a tweet a few years ago saying that it was a concept album about Winehouse, and on the opening track ‘Samurai’ he directly quotes her voicemail as the chorus.

@quanahlecornu478 22 күн бұрын

@@corcko whoa thanks

@jarenjaren2478 Ай бұрын

2:00 are you saying I should listen to this album playlist backward

@corcko Ай бұрын

I mean you totally can, but I was more so getting at the fact that the song asks to take it to the start, which implies that the start of the song is the end, if that makes sense.