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Luke's ENGLISH Podcast - Learn British English with Luke Thompson

133. Hip-Hop Lyric Analysis

Luke's ENGLISH Podcast - Learn British English with Luke Thompson

Luke Thompson

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🗓️ 1 June 2013

⏱️ 70 minutes

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A look at hip-hop culture and analysis of the lyrics to a classic rap song. CLICK HERE TO READ A FULL TRANSCRIPT TO THIS EPISODE and for other useful and interesting links. http://teacherluke.wordpress.com/2013/06/01/133-hip-hop-lyric-analysis/ PEACE.

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0:00.0

You're listening to Luke's English podcast. For more information, visit teacher Luke.

0:06.0

Wordpress.com. Hello listeners you're listening to Luke's English podcast. It's that time again. This one's all about hip-hop. I hope that's your kind of cup of tea.

0:28.4

Hope that's the kind of thing that you're into. It's not the normal sort of subject that I'd cover on an

0:36.4

episode of the podcast, but I've been listening to a lot of hip-hop recently and I

0:40.9

thought I've got to do something on this I've got to talk about this I've

0:44.9

got to throw down some lyrics on this subject you know I'm not trying to be cool

0:49.4

or anything I'm not in fact I think it's not cool at all to try to be cool I'm not in fact I think it's not cool at all to try to be cool I think really the best way to be

0:56.1

cause just to not try to be cool at all and if because if you know you're cool you're not cool right

1:01.2

if you try to be cool that's not cool right if you

1:04.4

don't know you're cool then that's pretty cool but if you know that you don't if you

1:08.7

know that it's cool to not know that you're cool then are you still cool I don't know I don't know what cool means I don't

1:14.5

know what it is anymore I don't care frankly I just like this music and that's why I

1:20.0

devoted this episode of Luke's English podcast to the subject of hip hip hop,

1:25.8

hop, hop, hop, hop, hop, hop, rha, hop, hop, hop,

1:29.5

I wonder if you're a fan of hip hop.

1:31.3

Maybe you are, maybe you are not. If you already are, then sit back,

1:35.2

enjoy the episode. Have a nice fat cup of tea. If you're not, then listen on because

1:40.4

you know you might learn something about the world of hip-hop music

1:43.2

which you previously didn't know you can also learn some slang in the process so in

1:49.7

this episode first I'll tell you a bit about hip-hop and it's history, but not too much because I don't want to bore you,

1:56.6

and then we'll listen to some hip-hop music and have a look at the lyrics and analyze them.

2:02.2

I'll explain them and kind of give you my thoughts on them.

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