The iron lung was a machine that helped someone breathe when their lungs failed or had a disease. He's saying he's blessed with a silver tongue (clever bars) but he's literally sick (with Lyme disease).
Yes iron lungs were hyperbaric chambers that kept people with tuberculosis alive. They used to call it “ the consumption “ Tuberculosis.” Took over 1.7 million lives.
that Freddy Mercury bit is really nice. He says, "I'm heavy, Mercury, I am Freddy." So he's heavy, bc he's a badass, then Mercury, as an element, is a heavy metal, and is the most toxic of the heavy metals. So it will make you extremely Ill, and then he puts a bow on it with the Freddy Mercury reference. 🤘
Also, he'd also earlier said he was Freddie Krueger, so it also refers back to that, as there are other Krueger references through the song (4,5,6 spit a crucifix etc).
It's 'I'm heavy, on Mercury, I'm Freddy.' Which adds a bit more to the meaning, I think. Mercury is the smallest planet, and he's heavy even in it's weak gravity. Also, mercury, heavy metal, and Mercury, Freddy. Fucking brilliant multilayered wordplay.
He refers to the Swanton Bomb in a few tracks. The first time he met one of his best friends, Joe, he did a swanton bomb on the ground and Ren was shocked but he popped back up grinning. Joe is the friend who committed suicide when they were young and his death had a very serious impact on Ren as it would of course. The Suic*de track honestly is a work of art
So far I've never heard anyone mention the obvious "Spinal Tap" reference: "turn it up to 11". This was also a "Stranger Things" reference. Double entendre almost certainly intended.
Swanton bombs pop up often…I think it’s a tribute to Joe, he was flipping Swanton bombs when they met 😊 Ren mentioned it in his comment on the Suic!de video 😢
This one was embedded in my mind since it came out. The soundtrack of my dreams and it's one of my favourite songs ❤ one of the little bars I love and most miss is "I'm a sick little puppy who gets lucky when he speaks" - most people name their puppy Lucky! Double meaning in every line tbh ❤
Great reaction and new sub earned! Ren is swinging like Tyson, biting like like a python (and Tyson ;-) Ren is laying down the bars, switching flows like a river bend and hiding Easter eggs for all his fans. Lyricism through the freakng roof. Witness the RENaissance, RENegades Rise!
His lyrical use of double entendres is amazing, "Ready I'm heavy, I’m Mercury, I am Freddy,..." Mercury being a HEAVY metal, Freddy Mercury....😵💫 C'MON! Even the title is a double entendre - "Illest of our Time". He's firing warning shots in this one and making sure everyone takes notice. Nice to see him showing some attitude and confidence, being a little braggadocious. I Love it. He did a live stream right after the video dropped yesterday (on Twitch), and to see his genuine, emotional reaction to how many reaction channels had already posted videos within an hour of the songs release, was truly heartwarming. This young man deserves every bit of love , support, and success he's finally getting. I couldn't be happier for him, especially for someone so talented, so driven, and without question, someone who has been forged through fire. Love this kid! Fan for life.
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First.. MINT Vegeta on your wall mate!!! Thanks for the reaction loved it, I’ll be checking out some of your music too after hearing the intro.. VERY LIT 🔥
It's not quite got the high-budget video, but as far as bars, I think my favourite is "Life is Funny". It just strikes the right balance between philosophy and brutal bars switch-up towards the end.
Ren is a musical freak. Talent on top of talent. I'm sorry he had and has mental and physical difficulties. But his music wouldn't be NEXT LEVEL without the battles. Soooo good
i think he uses the Swanton bars alot as a little honor of his best friend that he lost cause the first time he meet him he did a swanton bomb thats what i think
Turn it up to 11 is a Spinal Tap reference. This track is 🔥🔥🔥 The Swanton Bomb showed up in Losing It, which is just a hair better than The Hunger, tho Hunger is my fave because I just really love the flows he goes through. This one... just might be the Illest of Ren.
U missed one neardy bar. Eleven in stranger things. But turning up the speaker to eleven is from a really funny pseudo documentary called this is spinal tap.
You seemed to miss most of the rap over the fight scene, which is a shame. It's my favourite part of the track, with some beautiful poetic rap and clever wordplay. That's one of the problems with videos I suppose. They can be a distraction, rather than a focus. Don't get me wrong, I love the video as well and I enjoyed your reaction! :)
I heard that little beat at the beginning saw the check out our music, my first thought was they're using Ren reactions to promote themselves? Cool... As in that looks dope and I think this is exactly the sort of thing Ren would like too. Having people find other musicians and all being exposed to more artists supporting each other. Also you have a Vegeta poster in the back ground I'm obligated to check out all your stuff.
Thank you for checking out the music. I like to think of reactions as killing 2 birds with one stone. I get to find great artists and give my thoughts on their craft, while also using the opportunity to promote. Ren is dope and I always look forward to days that I react to his music
So glad I found your channel! I, too, go crazy for nerd bars!! I hope you’ve checked out down on the beat! There’s so many amazing nerd bars in there I nerdgasmed! 😂
"Illest of our time" unofficial lyrics.... yeah I'm that sad I spent an hour going over & over typing them out for you 1, 2 , 3, spitting bullets on the beat, I’m a sick little puppy who get’s lucky when he speaks, Blessed with a silver tongue Chest with an Iron Lung, Extra Terrestrial, Tentacles, Alien, Psychopathic tendencies, A pathologic entity, If everything is set in stone, then this is how it’s meant to be, Elementary dear Watson, you might find, Yourself inside the mind of the illest of our time, Get it boppin hot rockin, I’m Freddy Kruger, I’m choppin, I turn it up to (elle-heaven) 11, The demigorgon of oppin, The strangest thing I’m the boss when, the danger lingers, I’m plotting, Sweet like a spoonful of sugar, Because I’m Mary like Poppins, The double barrell is cocking, A shotgun shell to the noggin (head) I’m crafting catchy bronchitis, You’re in your funeral coffin/coughin, No stopping, blocking me, not when I pick the world up, I’m squatting, And when I take from the rich, I’m in your hood & I’m Robin/Robbing 4, 5, 6, Better Crucifix/Cruise a fix, 666 flow, Crucify a Catholic, Maverick, anti-hero, villain or protagonist, words are kind of muffled, when you’re sucking on my massive ughhh… Who’s the fucking illest, who’s the realist, who’s the baddest kid? call the police, on this beat before I damage it. A kiddie called Screech on the streets, I’m a masochist, so far from reach, I’m the type to kill a pacifist, Catalyst? Or Chemical Combustion? I’m the analyst, Of metaphors and similes and synonyms, An alchemist, Evangelist, Spread the words I seek, like they’re cancerous, Pragmatist, I think before I speak, Then I answer it, Pull up, pull up, pull up to the place, when I pull it bang, my bullet sang, it’s shot right into space, Music for the hooligans, let loose on the estate, Call the police & the riot vans, the people wanna play, ay.. Freedom now, has lost all meaning how, can we all be free, in the hierarchy breeding ground, The poor get poorer while, The rich get rich in style, I’ll be a heretic, kill a king, take his crown, Top of the throne, top of the kingdom I own, top of the streets that I roam, Top of the dome, spitting for Britain I’ve shown, Bars a cellular phone, Hyping, like Tyson, an Icon, roll twice and Left righting, I’m striking, like I’m biting, Like a python, Ready, I’m heavy, I’m mercury, I am Freddie, So eat my words, fill your belly, like alphabetty spaghetti, I am a rap star, don’t believe me? the facts are, I spit fast like a Nascar, Don’t believe me? Then fuck yaaah, I- -Shit… I don’t feel so well, I don’t feel so well, I don’t feel so well, call a medic for myself. I don’t feel so hot my brother, aching shaking, stop, then stutter, things go wrong, hit by King Kong, a Swanton Bomb like Hardy Brothers, I don’t feel so fresh my bro, things look blurry, speaking slow, Heading Hong Kong, Wonton Soup is, what I have for brains I know- -That I, want to spread these tattered wings- and hold them high, banished from the Heavens, but I’m knocking on the sky, Living with depression is a blessin in disguise, never second guessing intuition, getting wise, Want (one to) to sink into the pupil of my eye, Travel to the corner of my cornea & mind, Look for all the answers that I never seem to find, Till then, I guess I’m still the “Illest of our time”
I personally feel that it's way too accurate timing wise. I prefer a ltitle play with the timing. I may be biased but prefer techique over punchlines. I just don't get Ren. He's fast, his punchlines are strong but his delivery is robotic imo.