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DISGRACELAND

XXXTentacion: Mellow Beats and Ultra Violence

DISGRACELAND

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Music, True Crime, Society & Culture

4.6 • 13.4K Ratings

🗓️ 13 March 2023

⏱️ 41 minutes

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Summary

XXXTentacion was one of Generation Z’s most talented hip hop stars but his ascent was marked by violence and drama; beatdowns, beefs (what’s up, Drake?) and abuse. XXXTentacion’s music quickly rose from Soundcloud to the top of the charts due in part to the relative loneliness and alienation he repped in his lyrics, sentiments his audience quickly latched onto. XXXTentacion’s connection to his audience was (and still is even in death) unique and powerful. Their connection via social media-fueled him, inspired him and ironically alienated him, just like his penchant for violence. What, if any of it, all led to his untimely demise?

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0:00.0

Hey, this goes Jake Brennan here. Listen to new episodes of Discrets Land from season

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11 every Tuesday and catch the after party episodes every Thursday. This is where we go

0:16.1

deeper into the artist's stories. I'll share what I'm reading, listening to, and what

0:19.7

I'm watching, and I'll respond to your messages and questions, and of course, I'll be reading

0:23.2

the phone book.

0:24.2

You've probably realized that we're releasing a lot of previously exclusive episodes this

0:28.2

month. We've got episodes on Studio 54, Prince, the Missfits, Selena, way more that you've

0:32.9

probably never heard before. You can listen to all those episodes in a bunch more Discrets

0:36.4

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0:41.3

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0:45.0

listening.

0:46.0

Let's get into it.

0:47.5

Discrets Land is a production of Double Elvis.

0:58.2

The stories about hip-hop star XXX X-10 Tassion are insane. He beat his soulmate to near

1:08.2

death, bludgeoned his pregnant girlfriend, and incited riots from the stage during his

1:13.1

live shows. He was born into violence, informed by it. It was there for him when nothing,

1:19.7

when nobody was there for him. He was alone, and despite his growing fame or perhaps because

1:24.8

of it, unable to get a grip on his life, a life that was mysteriously cut short, a life

1:30.1

that began and ended in violence and that produced great music along the way. In that

1:35.3

music you heard at the top of the show, that wasn't great music. That was a preset loop

1:40.0

from my Melotron called Louis Mellow Balero, BK1. I played you that loop because I can't

1:47.0

afford the rights to psycho by post-molone. And why would I play that specific slice

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