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Does anyone know what Fetty Wap is saying whenever he raps? I'm legitimately stumped most of the time-- it's like the tone of his voice confuses my synapses and it's decoded in my brain as complete gibberish.

Anyhow. I've spent the last week listening to old school hip-hop because it's got better lyrics than the shit that's on the charts right now. Yes, I'm old and complaining about the music of the youth of today. But also because I'm currently teaching my kids how to write poetry by using examples from rap. You know how hard it is to find lyrics that are meaningful in anything made post-2012 that isn't filled with explicit language, repeated mention of drugs or violence or calling women thots?
As an aside, I totally told one of my kids what a thot was yesterday and I will admit I took sick joy from saying 'ho' to a thirteen year-old. It shouldn't be as fun as it ended up being, but here we are. I'm going to blame the stress of teaching them for this hilarious lapse of judgement.

But for real. My student love to listen to Lil' Pump and no matter how many times I try to explain that Lil' Pump is an illiterate fool, they still come back with the idea that "Gucci Gang" is a brilliant song. While I've been known to pump it really loud when I'm driving, it's because it has a sick beat and I love to give my 10" kicker a workout every once in a while as well as the idea that it's a hilarious example of how far we are from God's light. Not because I think rhyming Gucci gang seven times and then mumbling something about bitches doing cocaine is the poetic equivalent of the Bard.

Needless to say, my students are loving my poetry unit. For a group of kids who hate homework, they're coming up with rhymes at home without me assigning homework and that's just a thing of beauty.

Also, can we talk about the fact that someone dug up Snow and put him on a track??? WHAT YEAR IS THIS? And in Spanish? I'm shook. Informa indeed. This week in music has been nothing but a confusing roller coaster of emotions for me. Like, country hip hop? Not since Nelly and Tim McGraw have I heard something so fucking out there. And Yelawolf coming out the woodwork, proving he's still worth it. I'm quaking mostly because I associate Yela with a time in my life I try not to dwell on.

Anyways, the main event. As always, I'm unapologetic.

xoxo,

-- ffh

10. congratulations (remix) - post malone ft quavo, future
9. mask off - future
8. break up with your girlfriend i'm bored - ariana grande
7. no new friends - sia, diplo, labrinth LSD
6. iv sweatpants  - childish gambino
5. wow. - post malone
4. rowdy - yelawolf
3. 7 rings - ariana grande
2. bad guy - billie eilish
1. dreamers - k flay 

'.... this one goes out to all the dreamers at sea. this life is only what you want it to be. and i want more, i want more. you go to heaven when you die i'm betting. you're still with me on the line? just checking. cause i've been making fast friends late night the kind when the sun sets like waking up and thinking honey, would i do it again?...'