SEATTLE, March 31, 2009 — UnderstandRap.com lets people who don't understand rap music submit confusing terms (parts of lyrics) used in rap songs for other people to explain.
For example, the term "thought I was burnt up like Pepsi did Michael" from a Kanye West song is explained: "Kanye is comparing the fearful, worried reactions people had after finding out he was in a car accident to the reactions people had when finding out Michael Jackson's hair caught fire on the set of a Pepsi commercial he was filming in the early 1980s."
Another example: "I'm comin' with a gun like a Nintendo" is a Term from a Lil Wayne song. An explanation is that "Lil Wayne is bringing a gun with him wherever he's going, just like the Nintendo Entertainment System came with a zapper gun to play the video game Duck Hunt."
Not limited to slang, the terms may be comprised of cultural and historical references or may contain metaphors or other literary devices. At Understand Rap, terms can be found by going to a specific artist, or by browsing by category to find terms that have to do with cars, money, fashion, sports, people, events, drugs, places, food, crime, culture, and sex.
Recently launched, Understand Rap has been featured on USA Today's Pop Candy blog, Thrillist.com, CollegeHumor.com, Loyola University's Phoenix Newspaper, a Pittsburgh television Channel 4 video blog, DaveFM (a Toronto-area radio station), and numerous blogs. The site is also being heavily discussed on Twitter and has been receiving a lot of positive buzz on Facebook.
The demographic for this site is extremely wide as it provides definite educational (as well as possible comedic) value to the large number of people around the world that do not understand rap lyrics, even though rap music is one of the fastest growing genres in the United States.
Contact:
William Buckholz
419 973 7241
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