RXK Nephew: A 21st century Diogenes. “Slither Conspiracy” analysis

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  • @artie_greene
    @artie_greene Рік тому +397

    AVAA! I love RXK Nephew and it's good to note he's nowhere near as homophobic/transphobic in real life (at least toward his fans) as he can portray sometimes in his music. I found out about him last year through a screenshot of a hilarious DM exchange where a fan asked for Nephew's thoughts on femboys and explained the concept, to which he replied "I have a cousin like that ! He know how to fight and Robb people, so I just mind my business cause gay n- be regular ppl who hit licks too n they got guns" Awesome guy.

    • @rabbitmane9265
      @rabbitmane9265 Рік тому +91

      i think its important to note that he often calls people out for not being their selves. For instance he wouldn't call you out for being gay if you were openly gay, only if you are hiding it and not being true to yourself will he call out the fact that you are actually gay.

    • @gluemonkeyfan.714
      @gluemonkeyfan.714 11 місяців тому

      neph is fuckin w the lgbtq community? neph fucks w me 😮😮

    • @kinfoul
      @kinfoul 10 місяців тому

      There’s no such thing as homophobic if someone doesn’t like gays that’s normal normal humans have babies

    • @nym2259
      @nym2259 8 місяців тому +2

      what does avaa mean

    • @lewisblackwiththenicehair
      @lewisblackwiththenicehair 7 місяців тому

      ​@@nym2259 5:30

  • @thancs777
    @thancs777 Рік тому +58

    this is the kind of academic respect we should be treating some of these rappers with!

  • @cademiller5627
    @cademiller5627 Рік тому +92

    The amount of effort you put into analyzing a song that most people would just overlook as nonsense is inspiring AAVA

  • @Senydd
    @Senydd Рік тому +56

    Would recommend Slitherman vs Nephew and Slitherman Solo Set if you're planning on venturing further into the Slitherverse

    • @Bighomie39
      @Bighomie39 3 місяці тому +4

      Slitherman vs Nephew has to have the highest rate of funny lines per minute, at least 50% of those lines are hilarious

  • @27remdog27
    @27remdog27 Рік тому +32

    AVAA, I highly suggest listening to beam on ya toes next. Definitely satirizes addiction while being genuinely catchy and describing the inconveniences of that lifestyle. Also goes hard in the club

  • @williamlockman9506
    @williamlockman9506 Рік тому +40

    AVAA prof skye you’re making me actually appreciate literary analysis somehow. Never thought this type of content would be made on such an obscure rapper

  • @user-zk6hl2jc2i
    @user-zk6hl2jc2i Рік тому +41

    Thank you so much Prof! It’s so refreshing to see neph be taken seriously. I thought I was the only one looking too deep into it. I listen to him at work and sometimes he makes me stop and think which is the most valuable thing music can do.
    AVAA

  • @saltybrackishfresh
    @saltybrackishfresh 2 місяці тому +6

    Aye I’ve been listening to Neph for 5-6 years since he had like 1,000 subs max he’s a goat. I’m the conspiracy goat tho but yes he does know some good basics of it. this my fish page.😂

  • @kestrelsc
    @kestrelsc Рік тому +7

    “tory lanes should have shot his barbershop up” def sounds like a modern AC song

  • @thefloodwatch785
    @thefloodwatch785 Рік тому +26

    AVAA! the only thing i disagree when it comes to these past two rxk nephew songs is your opinion on the beats. Personally I think they are fantastic and do add a lot to the song. the america terrorist beat reminds me of a cross between memphis rap and 2001 a space oddessey. Just this looping ambient beat that swirls around and sets the stage for nephew to express his thoughts. The haunted screams in Slither Conspiracy's beat are fantastic and add so much to the nightmarish aspects of neph's music imo.

  • @SSX1799
    @SSX1799 Рік тому +44

    Aye Professor Skye got that giving holiday spirit. Every video has been fantastic forreal. Dawg if you do The Real Lil Reese by Neph that would be too epic. At this point you have a legendary catalogue Prof👌🏾. Thanks for nourishing peoples minds in such an entertaining and accessible way.

  • @UltimateTNTGod
    @UltimateTNTGod Рік тому +25

    I actually think the beat lends a lot to the song. It's ambient and surreal. The surrealness makes the lyrics hit harder. I imagine sitting on a porch in the desert at night with RXK Nephew as he explains his opinions about our society. I'd also guess that the beat put Neph in a more contemplative mood as he wrote and/or freestyled this track -- something like a trappier beat would probably not have led to as interesting a song.

  • @pokeyball
    @pokeyball Рік тому +10

    Runts are a weed company. Runts is a play off the candy but they are weed strains as well

  • @Tripfromfacade
    @Tripfromfacade 10 місяців тому +13

    me after two beers:

  • @KingYoshi3
    @KingYoshi3 Рік тому +4

    AVAA! My new favorite UA-cam channel. We absolutely need more discourse like this bridging the gaps between academia and hip-hop/rap culture

  • @teerdkrepp987
    @teerdkrepp987 Рік тому +10

    His 2021 album Slitherman Activated is definitely worth checking out as well. It would be my favorite rap album of the year if it wasn't for Injury Reserve

  • @christopherdamaskos4217
    @christopherdamaskos4217 3 місяці тому +1

    I actually got that Diogenes and Alexander the Great scene Tattooed on my thigh, for all the odd things Diogenes said and did, I reinterpreted his response to Alexander the Great wanting to be him as "If I were not myself, I too would choose to be me."
    Great video as always, love RXKNephew, AVAA!!

  • @trevorroddy3773
    @trevorroddy3773 Рік тому +4

    AVAA thanks for continuing to look into older stuff, and giving expose (at least to me) to rxknephews music as intellectually fascinating

  • @allxxndr
    @allxxndr Рік тому +9

    I think you're right about crack being the great equalizer. I think crack is being used to make us see the equivalence between crack and cash, the way that crack is used you could almost replace crack with the stimulus check. The way that all the celebrities use crack and do not get backlash for that dependency as opposed to the dependency of the stimulus check and the government. it is the great equalizer between the wealth inequalities, where one must be subject to dependency on cash to survive the other chooses to become dependent. Like you also talked about coming from a place of wealth will blind you to the dependency that cash brings which Neph calls out.

  • @noahsavas4451
    @noahsavas4451 Рік тому +10

    AVAA !!! Love the RXK videos. As I’ve been listening to you over the past couple weeks you’ve made me try to think deeper on a number of topics which is really cool. I’d like to maybe see a Lil B vid in the future?? #TYBG

  • @Louie1629
    @Louie1629 Рік тому +3

    Bruh u by far have the best analysis of rxk nephew and rx pap keep going with these types of videos you genuinely just recently appearing on my recommended

  • @draaaiin
    @draaaiin Рік тому +4

    Wow Seth Putnam? Prof skye is truly goated for that

  • @zelimss
    @zelimss Рік тому +1

    AVAA! Another banger video, really enjoyed it!

  • @SomeSong2
    @SomeSong2 Рік тому +21

    In honor of this upcoming video I’ve prepared some (albeit safe for UA-cam) Seth Putnam-inspired song titles.
    You Stopped Going to 311 Concerts Because It Wasn’t Reggae Enough and Your Stepmom Buys You Lunchables
    The Only Thing More Grunge Than Pearl Jam Is Boy George
    You Clean Toilets To Bob Seger at the Homecoming Football Game and Use Tylenol
    JC Penny’s Called You Back Once About a Pair of Cargo Pants
    The Last Movie You Watched Was Charlotte’s Web

    • @professorskye
      @professorskye  Рік тому +14

      love these. Keep 'em coming! Nothing will ever beat "You Own a Houseboat" but we can all strive for perfection.

    • @SomeSong2
      @SomeSong2 Рік тому

      You Listen to Spin Doctors While Eating Apple Jacks
      You Thought Utah Jazz Was a Music Festival
      You Lost Your Oak Ridge Boys Cassette In a Little Caesar’s
      Your Gigapet Died Because You Wear Tweed
      You Take Bubble Baths to The Andy Griffith Show

    • @Neptunebb369
      @Neptunebb369 8 місяців тому

      What about Kyle from incantation’s mustache?

  • @j2k16
    @j2k16 Рік тому +1

    AVAA, I've written college essays on similar topics and enjoy RXKNephew so this video was great

  • @mamoet1283
    @mamoet1283 Рік тому +1

    You Always post straight heat avaa

  • @zurno7901
    @zurno7901 6 місяців тому +2

    AVAA! It’s so cool that your son can share artists like Neph with you. These vids are great and now I see madvillainy and Aes videos. Consider me subscribed 🗣️‼️🫵

  • @BaZErK5734
    @BaZErK5734 Рік тому

    Avaa! I’m always delighted to see a new video from you!

  • @ethanlockwood8195
    @ethanlockwood8195 Рік тому

    AVAA. My new favorite channel!

  • @goeyguts
    @goeyguts 10 місяців тому +1

    You're great at tricking me into going to class AVAA

  • @fokuzd_beats
    @fokuzd_beats Рік тому +1

    AVAA! I really like your recent videos on the RX Artists! :) I would love to see a video on the dutch international sensation Joost Klein, he makes very unique music and his last project fryslan is amazing!

  • @mrluhhasheish
    @mrluhhasheish Рік тому

    I'm loving these so much, Keep It up man

  • @fishnets2
    @fishnets2 Рік тому +1

    AVAA - if you are going to continue this series of analysing the works of RXKNephew, I would highly suggest a song I consider to be greatly underrated "Unsubscribe Me & Don't Buy My Music". It explores Nephew's hedonism, has some of his most pointed commentary on religion and his performance is highly passionate the whole time.

  • @realitycreatr
    @realitycreatr Рік тому +9

    Can you PLEASE do 'The Real Lil Reese'

  • @JP-gw3xr
    @JP-gw3xr Рік тому

    I’m getting a second hand education thanks to rxk nephew. This is beautiful

  • @nottucks
    @nottucks 5 місяців тому

    AVAA! I hope you make an analysis of “unsubscribe me and don’t buy my music” by RXK next. Would love to see that.

  • @nas5017
    @nas5017 Рік тому

    My favorite Analysis on the channel

  • @nathanprohaska8635
    @nathanprohaska8635 9 місяців тому

    AVAA!!! This is so amazing!!!!

  • @boogereater55
    @boogereater55 Рік тому

    Just finished watching , great video!

  • @iwush3163
    @iwush3163 Рік тому +4

    AVAA! This was a phenomenal breakdown of one of the weirdest things I’ve heard. I’m really impressed that you got everything to tie together so well considering nephs pretty sporadic choice of topics. I’d love to see you do one on operation: kill Chet haze by Devon Hendryx. Idk how much you’d get out of it, and I’m probably guaranteed to be a fan of whatever you post next regardless

  • @danilomarinkovic8711
    @danilomarinkovic8711 Рік тому

    First time hearing RXK, my immediate response was that he was a modern day Diogenes/hood philosopher, so seeing this video really put a smile on my face! AVAA

  • @shrem11
    @shrem11 Рік тому +8

    I'm interested in Diogenes, is there a specific book you'd recommend to learn about him and the lantern story? Great video btw

    • @mygriddyaunt
      @mygriddyaunt Рік тому +7

      Although he wrote no material himself, Oxfords “Sayings and anecdotes” is probably the most Diogenes dense/focused book available.

    • @professorskye
      @professorskye  Рік тому +4

      That sounds like a good one!

    • @commaJim
      @commaJim Рік тому +1

      ​@@mygriddyauntwe have no surviving fragments from him, but that doesn't mean there wasn't at some point direct text with his ideas on them. The cynic movement in ancient Greece was vast.

    • @mygriddyaunt
      @mygriddyaunt Рік тому +1

      @@commaJim He pissed, shit, and came in public. He most likely never learned how to write and instead generated ideas through dialogue, which he expressed through dialogue.

  • @NightlyBasis
    @NightlyBasis Рік тому +2

    Unc, please do the money store by death grips

  • @esoteric333reality
    @esoteric333reality 2 місяці тому

    Check out beam on ya toes it shows a lot about the psychology of addiction (or that's one way to look at it.) Also has a fire Baltimore club/breakbeat type beat

  • @relacks8528
    @relacks8528 Рік тому +1

    nah what i just discovered ur tterroristt analysis an hour ago and now i check back and you do slither conspiracy??? crazy

  • @karasu9
    @karasu9 Рік тому +1

    I love Diogenes because he's the player character in getting over it

  • @xalamander5502
    @xalamander5502 Рік тому

    Skye we need a sit down conversation with Neph

  • @adoneran
    @adoneran 3 місяці тому

    AVAA. RXK Nephew means a lot to me, I was introduced to him through one of my best friends who is now deceased. They would love these videos.

  • @rolkaaaaa
    @rolkaaaaa Рік тому +1

    Edit: AVAA
    Great video as always, you should check out RX Papi's Therapy Session also wondering if you've ever listened to such music as Mount Eerie? It's not rap, but I wonder what your take would be on such music.

  • @MachManus
    @MachManus Рік тому

    Great video!

  • @spyspy4236
    @spyspy4236 Рік тому +4

    runtz is a weed strain lmfaoo AVAA

  • @thomas7365
    @thomas7365 Рік тому +3

    Thanks for the interesting video! Really enjoy you covering more underground hip hop artists. I'm curious, have you listened to Young Pappy at all? I think in 2017 he was shaping up to be one of the most interesting rappers in the last decade. Songs like Shorty wit da 40 and Two Cups made it seem like he had a very sardonic understanding of the consequences of his active participation in gang activity, making his eventual murder right when he was beginning to gain some main stream appeal all the more chilling. Would love to hear a breakdown!

    • @mr.bigweld8138
      @mr.bigweld8138 Рік тому

      Agreed! But it was 2015 that’s the year he got killed

    • @thomas7365
      @thomas7365 Рік тому

      @@mr.bigweld8138 You're right! think I got it mixed up because 2 Cups: Part 3 was released posthumously in 2017.

  • @sebivibes
    @sebivibes Рік тому

    very insightful

  • @biggator7233
    @biggator7233 Рік тому +2

    Also, would love to see a video about drain gang/ sadboys

  • @whatupgovna
    @whatupgovna Рік тому

    i appreciate the way u think i wish i had teachers like u as a kid we woulda clicked.

  • @jackhenry7656
    @jackhenry7656 Рік тому +6

    Avaa prof, since you’re checking out old stuff, try out uneven compromise by lil ugly mane

    • @simonhull4342
      @simonhull4342 Рік тому

      Yes please Avaaa prof and even on doing an evil dead blues and his album volcanic bird enemy and the voiced concern is amazing too

  • @cardibmouflookdumb3260
    @cardibmouflookdumb3260 9 місяців тому +1

    Thank for for these breakdowns, rxk is the most misunderstood philosopher of all time, especially in our generation of cookie cutter music that has become modern day philosophy. A world without a Diogenes is a world that needs a Diogenes.

  • @randelfrank2421
    @randelfrank2421 Рік тому +1

    Can you please please please please look into “purified”-Crack Therapy 🗣️🙏🏼 fw the content and really appreciate you taking the time to seriously analyze this art that is often looked over 😔

  • @spyspy4236
    @spyspy4236 Рік тому +1

    make sure to listen to "phresh" one of his best coming form the heart joints

    • @frankz9251
      @frankz9251 Рік тому

      That's a hidden gem fr, I hate that most these kids focus on his silly songs and not his real ones

    • @spyspy4236
      @spyspy4236 Рік тому

      @@frankz9251 all of the songs are his "real ones" just keep spreading the joints you like it's all good. you don't really hate anything you just frustrated for some other reasons so it's directed at imaginary people not listening to music the way you think it should be done. it's gonna be all good keep ya head up

    • @frankz9251
      @frankz9251 Рік тому

      @@spyspy4236 nah I just mean online I see most ppl talk abt American tterorist, beam on ya toes, slitherman vs nephew etc, basically all his popular songs that are mostly crazy and comedic, I'm not saying they are bad songs or that ppl can't enjoy them, I'm js that he has soooo many actual meaningful good songs that get slept on and a lot of new fans don't find them bc all they hear about are the popular ones

  • @loops03
    @loops03 Рік тому +1

    AVAA! As an enjoyer of both, I think the neph’s views on ignorance is similar to Lucy Dacus’s views when it comes to religion. It takes a backseat to a lot of the other themes in her music, but like in Satanist when she is talking about Solomon writing Ecclesiastes, that line reminds me of these same sort of ideas on ignorance & the pursuit & questioning of knowledge. Your reviews of her & BG’s music are also awesome as always. Have you listened to Naomi Elizabeth? I’d be very interested to hear your perspective on her music, although her audiobooks (on spotify) add a lot of context to her songs

  • @bracha-g8j
    @bracha-g8j Рік тому +5

    Keep studying Nephew, he is like Tupac reborn

  • @thugger_wit_a_ak4444
    @thugger_wit_a_ak4444 Рік тому

    You should do an analysis on c.a.n.d.y it’s like a six minute freestyle by rxk nephew but it is very good, its one of my favorite songs by him

  • @thefloodwatch785
    @thefloodwatch785 Рік тому +2

    this past week nephew released a kanye diss track called "yeezy boots." If you are in any way familiar with kanye and rx it is fantastic and hilarious.

  • @cardibmouflookdumb3260
    @cardibmouflookdumb3260 9 місяців тому

    That Diogenes snappin tho 🔥

  • @BorrowedYeti
    @BorrowedYeti Рік тому

    Avaa! Please listen to Party Gator Purgatory by Temps before the end of the year too!!

  • @sammyh1897
    @sammyh1897 Рік тому

    Would love a King Krule reaction!!!

  • @garretta8422
    @garretta8422 Рік тому

    White runtz is a weed strain. I love this video so much

  • @taxesrtheft
    @taxesrtheft 6 місяців тому

    i fucking love diogenes. and i love rxk too but i also love diogenes.

  • @nas5017
    @nas5017 Рік тому +1

    AVAA You gotta do early age death next by him

  • @JUGGINFAJERZEY
    @JUGGINFAJERZEY 5 місяців тому +2

    calling "auntie" and "unc" his family is crazy😭 unc and auntie are junkies thats why they owe him out they stimulus check😂

  • @goldenrod7804
    @goldenrod7804 Рік тому +2

    AVAA!!! I got into a car crash to this song.

  • @oliverbranch777
    @oliverbranch777 Рік тому +1

    Black coffee drinkers are cool asf like me 😂

  • @NoetsMierKeps
    @NoetsMierKeps 8 місяців тому

    This is Genius

  • @YouWinTheAward
    @YouWinTheAward Рік тому +1

    slither PSYCHOSIS next pls! AAVA

  • @MachinePinatas
    @MachinePinatas Рік тому

    Hey Professor Skye, I know you've talked about Boldy before and the weirdness of CrackRap, But I think you should try to listen to his Album
    Manger on McNichols - Boldy James
    There's a lot of deep cut samples and intense things going on on that album and theres alot crazy things going on on it.

  • @projectp777
    @projectp777 11 місяців тому +1

    Unrelated but I’d recommend Glokk40Spaz - I Choose Violence for a breakdown

  • @5u8x.A-D
    @5u8x.A-D Рік тому +1

    14:23 wait the prof has been to inverness?? scotland stand up! gum biodh maitheas agad skye

    • @professorskye
      @professorskye  Рік тому +1

      Spent a month in Glasgow., went to Skye before the bridge, been to Inverness, Edinburgh, Dunoon, Falkirk and its wheel, the Monty Python castle, Dundee and many other places.love Scotland, where my ancestors (Clan Campbell) murdered my other ancestors (clan Lamont) in cold blood! 😀

    • @5u8x.A-D
      @5u8x.A-D Рік тому

      @@professorskye omg that's so cool!! hope you come back sometime soon :) AVAA from a descendent of the Murray clan

  • @karasu9
    @karasu9 Рік тому

    39:49 favorite part

  • @ZimMan26
    @ZimMan26 Рік тому

    frank stella poster, nice

    • @professorskye
      @professorskye  Рік тому +1

      I have spent hours and hours of my life looking at that poster and I never get tired of it

  • @taxesrtheft
    @taxesrtheft 6 місяців тому

    rxknephews music is modern example of "dont cast pearls to swine"

  • @saura_
    @saura_ 8 місяців тому

    For real this video was unexpectedly good. I came across randomly with RXK Nephew and I was super confused by this song, and I was wondering if it had a video and then I saw this! AVAA!
    I wonder if he knows how deep everything is or he is just intelligent but not thinking things that deep?
    Can the humanity be clever without knowing?
    Do you think all of this is premeditated?
    Ty

  • @patrickfox1869
    @patrickfox1869 Рік тому

    you should make one of these videos for cousin tito by rx papi

  • @milest872
    @milest872 Рік тому

    So glad ur touching on Rabelais LOL

    • @professorskye
      @professorskye  Рік тому +2

      Without hyperbole, Rabelais is the reason that I chose my life path.

    • @milest872
      @milest872 Рік тому

      ​@@professorskyediscovered him thru the bakhtin book a while ago on a literature course. I love both rabelais n rx i never expected someone to do this type of video but it is amazing ur doing it. Making links like this is so cool to me!

  • @sirmerc
    @sirmerc 3 місяці тому

    i approve of this message. avaa

  • @leafygreensmusic
    @leafygreensmusic 16 днів тому

    RXK RXK!

  • @jamesforreal_
    @jamesforreal_ Рік тому

    U gotta do cousin tito by rx papi

  • @DVN_DVN
    @DVN_DVN Рік тому

    Please do Beam On Ya Toes 🙏 AVAA

  • @BABYGFN
    @BABYGFN 8 місяців тому

    Neph is this goat

  • @christian_sidehug
    @christian_sidehug Рік тому

    re: original thumbnail: eehhhhhh idk about that AxCx comparison there. that band was always just there to take the piss imho. neph has an earnestness that.. idk, makes his words matter more? idk seth putnam and rxk nephew are both inebriated savants but the latter i can take his lyrics in good faith. i'm sure when the video drops you'll make it make sense, this is just a gut reaction lol

    • @professorskye
      @professorskye  Рік тому +1

      I am curious to hear what you think of the video.

    • @christian_sidehug
      @christian_sidehug Рік тому

      ​@@professorskyejust finished the video, avaa! i definitely see where you're coming from now, especially given how you tied seth to diogenes and rabalais. i also re-listened to the track beforehand and... yea i can definitely see where AxCx might have some influence there. if there was a track you'd compare that band with, it would be that one lol. i think that what you said about how all three of those figures came from a place of privilege that neph never had growing up really hit the point i was trying to get at with my first comment better than i could say it. both seth and neph hold the lantern to society through their work but Why they do so is the key to differentiating who's realer to me.

  • @Tupadre97
    @Tupadre97 Рік тому

    do rx papi therapy session next

  • @kwekuhodgson1976
    @kwekuhodgson1976 6 місяців тому

    What does Aava/avaa stand 4???

  • @thEpRoCoOkiE
    @thEpRoCoOkiE 11 місяців тому

    AVAA watching while drinking black coffee

  • @josueperez7432
    @josueperez7432 Рік тому

    LETS GOOOO

  • @medicalboneR
    @medicalboneR Рік тому

    Oh my god

  • @FAMØSenterprise
    @FAMØSenterprise Рік тому

    AVAA, love ur vids, but u gotta make those thumbnails more simple and straighht to it. I will gladly help you Prof. Skye

  • @biggator7233
    @biggator7233 Рік тому

    Lets goooooooooo

  • @ROYAL-ob6kf
    @ROYAL-ob6kf Рік тому

    you should listen to the album crest by bladee and ecco2k there are lots of cryptic lyrics with spiritual references i think you would like to decode

  • @brainchxlddd6861
    @brainchxlddd6861 Рік тому +2

    AVAA I believe you would seriously enjoy Unsubscribe Me and Don't Buy My Music by neph as an interesting and just as provoking sequel to American Tterrorist

  • @sunkilmoonfan
    @sunkilmoonfan Рік тому

    Avaa!

  • @oldmanbill7012
    @oldmanbill7012 10 місяців тому

    You think you have enough adds there sonny ?