Edited by Azizi Powell
Part II of this series presents selected discussion thread comments from Rapsody's Hip Hop record "Ibtihaj" that focus on the Hip Hop artists who are featured in this record or who have cameos in this video.
Part II of this series presents selected discussion thread comments from Rapsody's Hip Hop record "Ibtihaj" that focus on the Hip Hop artists who are featured in this record or who have cameos in this video.
Click https://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2019/10/rapsody-ibtihaj-featuring-dangelo-gza.html for Part I of this series. Part I showcases a YouTube video of Rapsody's 2019 Hip Hop record "Ibtihakj" and includes the lyrics to that Hip Hop record. Selected comments from that video's discussion thread that provided information about the record's lyrics and/or tune are also included in this post.
The content of this post is presented for cultural, entertainment, linguistics, and aesthetic purposes.
All copyrights remain with their owners.
Thanks to Rapsody for this Hip Hop record, and thank to all of those who are associated with this record. Thanks to all those who are quoted in this post and thanks to the publisher of this video on YouTube.
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SHOWCASE VIDEO & LYRICS: Rapsody - Ibtihaj ft. D'Angelo, GZA
Rapsody, Aug 2, 2019
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WARNING: A form of what is commonly referred to as the "n word" is included in this record.
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SELECTED COMMENTS FROM THIS VIDEO
All of these comments are from August 2, 2019 to October 9, 2019 and are presented in relative chronological order based on their publishing date (with the oldest dated comments given first).
In addition to the information and comments about this record and its artists, I'm interested in documenting the vernacular words and emojis that these commenters used. These vernacular words are given without any definitions.
1. BROTHER TIMOTHY 3X
"This female emcee understands “you must pay homage to keep the culture moving!!” "
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2. Calintzz W.
"This "female MC" is Rapsody, one of the hottest rappers in years. Look her up, she's been in her bag for years."
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3. Zeno Planets
"This emcee is one of the most fire emcees out right now"
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4. Karla Castro
"Leave the fact that she’s a female out of this. This emcee understands to pay homage period"
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5. dlion314
"GZA SNAPPED. How the hell did she get two legends on this track?! Rapsody is hella respected."
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6. Rachael Taylor
"dlion314 also a Mary J and Roxanne Shante cameo appearances. She’s the truth"
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7. RapperHolik
"real recognize real. That's all it is"
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8. Randy H.
"Love for Rapsody always. 😍
Much respect to Gza...The Genius. 🔥
Big ups to the soulful D'Angelo. 🎶"
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9. Cheryl Oshun
"Video had me screaming in the living room.....Roxanne Shante', Mary in da vid, GZA on the track.....D'Angelo vocals......and those nasty ass samples.....my fav GZA track too....dear gawds, thank you for Rhapsody.....keep her protected....Ase"
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10. Del Zachary Green
"Wait Mary J and Roxanne Shante in the video..GZA and D'Angelo on the track. I'm feelin' it!"
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11. GuRUCLANdotcom
"Is that Mary J. Blidge in the white hat? I can't tell because in 20 years she hasn't aged or gained a pound looks exactly the same from the early 90's. The magic of a sista's melanin."
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12. Love Always
"Yes that's Mary! She looks great, highkey ageless.💗"
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13. AL GORDON EL
"Yep that’s the Queen."
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14. Retro Future 84-
"Makes me think about the 90’s and early 2000’s style hip hop videos"
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15. Taurus World
"The queens are in the building!!!!❤🔥💪🏿👸🏾👸🏿GZA the legend!!!"
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16. S He
"Roxanne, Roxanne! ✊🏿✊🏿✊🏿 yes!!! Get it Rapsody"
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17. Carlton Beckford-Dozier
"When the "Real MC's came to show the non lyrical mumble mouth mfers how to spit game!🎙🎙🎙🎙🎙🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
Salute Rapsody, The GZA, & D'Angelo for keeping real hip hop alive. 🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾"
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18. Bee9 Gee9
"Word UP!!"
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19. Harry Ross
"GZA is in his 50's and could still out rap 90% of rappers today"
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20. Brandon Neilly
"GZA still not wasting a line with meaningless lyrics. Always clever with the wordplay. One of the greatest to ever do it"
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21. Ahdree23
"Rapsody got hip-hop royalty in here.....Roxanne Shante, GZA......r&b royalty.....Mary J and D'Angelo...whew!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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22. James Thomas
"It was cool to see 3 generations of Hip Hop represented and all in unison."
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23. Andrew Burrows
"Rapsody silently carrying female rap on her back!!!!
Oh and Wu-Tang is FOREVER!!!!!"
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24. Steve Graham
"Take the word female out of your comment and it is even more true."
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25. CeCe Mi
"I wish i could LIKE this x100!!!
She is doin it!!"
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26. Lindokuhle Nxumalo
"Rap in General not just female rap"
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27. Cl123
"Rapsody has a back problem from holding all these rappers trust me I am a doctor"
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28. Gharian Price
"Also... D'Angelo Kills the hook"
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29. kendyl814
"no she carrying hip hop on her back period"
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30. gsr4079
"The Liquid Swords beat has always been one of my favs. Didn't think it was possible to improve on it. but this remix beat is dope AF. This is officially my summer anthem"
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31. Chocolate Queen
"Roxanne and Mary J. Blige are so beautiful and gorgeous Legendary Queens in 80's and 90's Hip Hop and R&B era. 👑💜😍🌹❤💕"
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32. Genycis
"She murdered this track, D'Angelo gave it that smooth flava, and GZA STILL got it! This is Hip Hop! 🙏🙏"
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33. Yeshua
"GZA in a very small category of people with endless goat level bars with guys like Andre 3000"
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34. jermaine smokes
"So nobody gonna acknowledge the four finger rings, that was so necessary big ups to Rap....."
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35. slickvisualpoetry
" "Like these old school four finger joints my name rings"."
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36. Deon Florence
"Her rings @3:25 right-hand B.I.G, PAC, ODB, & Big L. Left-hand MLK, Malcolm X, Marcus Garvey, & Frederick Douglass"
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37. kaptenlu
"Eazy-E??? I'd say Big L"
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38. Tamika Pizarro
Tamika Pizarro
"at 1st thought it was the clan, thanks for giving me a heads up on that"
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39. Les Son
"yeah i knew it had to have some significance I was trying to peep & c who they could be"
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40. theycallmejlines
"@kaptenlu Eazy"
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41. Chronos127
"R.I.P. BIG L .. its Flamboyant baby!.. 139 & Lennox.. Harlem fo Life!"
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42. Deon Florence
"Chronos127 ur right fam
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43. OMGxITZxPACMAN
"That's clearly Eazy E. C'mon man. He has the shades and the Compton hat"
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44. dawb86
"Nicky Mirks You can even see the jheri curl on the side of the head lol!"
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45. kaptenlu
"@OMGxITZxPACMAN yeah my bad"
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46. Tokunbo Olajide
"D'Angelo WHERE U AT BROTHER?! We need you out huur. Take your time but we miss u mang. Salute to the Boss Lady and Grand GZA. The Hip Hop of my youth!! Thanks to all those involved for this contribution to Black music."
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47. Armando Ramirez
"GZA for my money is a top 5 GOAT emcee. His words truly paint pictures in your head."
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48. MadamCJda3rd Productions
"When aunties Roxanne and Mary came THRUUUUU for REAL hip hop!!!!"
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49. Hugo Almeida Lima
"Melanin on point.
So much Melanin I'm trippin'
And she managed to get D'Angelo and GZA on the record.
Then Roxanne Shante and Mary J. Blige in the video.
That's dope, a stellar lineup."
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50. Dreesdog7
"Big up Roxanne Shante’ and Mary J..."
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51. Lieno Namron
"So how nobody talking bout Queen Mary J's cameo????"
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52. Brandon Heat
"Queen Mary....well true...but Dude...
She brought
ROXANNE SHANTE OF THE JUICE CREW!"
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53. Lieno Namron
"@Brandon Heat Sorry, but I've been crushing on Mary since 1994.... Get excited whenever I see her😋"
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54. glenn doleberry
"Lieno Namron hmmm 🤔 So it’s looking like it’s gonna a female rapper to bring NYC Hip Hop back?? Would she be the first female of WTC??? Not a bad idea"
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55. Khary Armah
"Roxanne Shante my G, salute the Queen of Hiphop"
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56. Robert Williams
"Fire bars from some of my favorite lyricists and that super dope hook and harmonies from d’angelo ... this makes my heart happy 😌"
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57. TheCharcoalchicken
"this is actually a pretty decent remix of a gza/wu tang song, paying homage and got gza on the track as well, good stuff, this is how you do it."
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58. gsr4079
"The Liquid Swords beat has always been one of my favs. Didn't think it was possible to improve on it. but this remix beat is dope AF. This is officially my summer anthem."
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59. Queen LaReefer
"So dope for her pay homage to the greats! Loving her meaning behind the message 🔥🔥🔥CAN WE STAN THIS YOUNG LADY? Salute"
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60. SHAdaKID
"Yes sir. Been rocking the Gza since '91 Words from a Genius. Wu 4 Life!!!"
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61. DoloSamurai1
"Now this that real NY teach your kids a lil sum Hip Hop is still alive and well type sh&t* right here. And if you got The Genius on here it was already a wrap. And beautiful Black Queens showing how its supposed to be done with clothes on - salute"
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*This word is fully spelled out in this comment.
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62. C B Taylor
"Real Hip hop! GZA and this beat took it another level, old school flava"
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63. Chanda Scott
"I looovvve this!! Wu Tang Forever!! Thank you for blessing us with this Rapsody!!"
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64. nathaniel rendon
"Damn son this goes so hard, The sample from liquid swords fits so smoothly I love it."
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65. MELO MAC
"Liquid Swords is one of my favorite songs of all time.
When I saw that GZA was on the track I was excited 🙂🙂🙂
When I heard D’Angelo’s intro I was super happy 😀😀😀
But when I heard the RZA sample, I lost it💀💀💀
WU TANG IS HERE FOREVER!!!!"
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66. Gabrielle Elliott
"Wu Tang fa life"
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67. D K
"The Genius GZA speaking wisdom on the track."
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68. lyricsfromsweden
"When I was listening through this album and got to this song I just thought the song was a tribute to Liquid Swords - same sample, same hook etc. I had no idea that GZA was actually going to have a feature. Blew my mind.
Rapsody is amazing, she's up there with the top tier modern rappers as far as talent goes."
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69. Eric Lindegard
"So dope to see GZA back. I grew up on Liquid Swords. I’m a huge fan of Rapsody now"
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70. Don't GiveUp
"Having GZA is the frosting on the cake. She flipped GZA Liquid Swords. If you know you know. This is fire 🔥🔥🔥"
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71. Mark Silva
"GZA is one of the best Emcees. The flow, the verse structure."
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72. Hipp's Daughter
"GREAT track Rapsody!
GZA is STILL A BEAST ON DA MIC!⭐⭐⭐⭐ love the rings too!"
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73. brockbridge
"Wu-Tang Clan never gets wack. They're going to be in their 60s still out rapping young dudes. Rapsody did real good on here.."
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74. Kaey Hendrix
"You know for dangelo to come out of hiding... this song has to be fire 🔥🔥🔥"
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75. Enchanted Star Goddess
"GZA & Mary J are straight up OGs and they still look fly."
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76. tatenda mhuru
"This record an Ode to Liquid Swords. Word up!!!"
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77. Angel Bencebi
"The genius aka the GZA one of the best rappers of all times"
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78. Warren Petchalonis
"Rapsody spits so much fire she might as well be a dragon
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