Ren's most playful nudge to look inside yourself yet! Halftime (Nas Retake) Reaction & Analysis 

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Agree Ren is super talented but also puts 110% into all his work.

Chris, you are one of my goto reacters for Ren music. First, thank you for stating that you should do a bit of research on the original music to understand Ren's retakes; that is key for those who are not familiar with old hiphop or even contemporary. Next, there is a great deal involved in rapping, such as rhythem, enunciation, lyricism, flow and style. Ren seems to have it all considering how he changes it up so often. In this retake it seems like bog standard rap but there is nuance that we get from Ren always. You can find that nuance much easier than us and we appreciate your discoveries as much as the lyrical breakdowns of others. Tell me about how difficult it is to do this. Oh wait,you did!

Ren's retakes are always multiple things: All retakes are not monetized and he wants to show his love for those artists while educating people on great music in the process. All of them. They are also never covers but reintepretations in various and creative ways. Bringing musical culture to life one retake at a time. It's just an awesome experience. And here he is basically saying: Pay respect to the greats that came before me and that are not longer with us, BUT more importantly value them while they are STILL ALIVE. Which he did here with Nas. You have to love it and respect it. He also changed the beat in various ways in a very dope way if you pay attention and did callbacks for other Nas songs within the lyrics of this retake. And more eastereggs that I do not want to spoil. :D

I appreciate your courage in venturing into something you intially might have not exposed yourself to. And you came away with something valuable. Sure, your mind might not have been blown by all of the hidden doubles, triple, and references that others might have -- _but that didn't stop you from appreciating it_ -- and that speaks volumes on your character and integrity.

Great reaction, thank-you! I had seen the vid how showed of Ren practicing his speed, and I saw another one where he kept pushing to sing longer w/o a breath. While we all appreciate his amazing talent which he shares with us.. but we also need to appreciate him for HOW he’s gotten so amazing!

I love your reactions Chris. I agree with you: REN is ridiculously talented but he worked and still does work so hard for it. Very disciplined.

Absolutely. Ren puts in the work. That's why he's so good.

Great reaction! You definitely brought a lot to this analysis even if you aren't a rapper. Yet. I'd like to recommend "Swan Song" by The Big Push. The harmonies between Ren, Gorran, and Romain are exquisite.

Wasn't sure if you'd be reacting to this one, but always happy to see a Ren video from you! Great insights even when singing doesn't come into play ❤

Don't apologize for reacting to everything Ren does! You never know what gems he is dropping, and you love him just as much as we do! I will always check out your Ren reactions! I mean, you helped mold him into who he is

Thanks for your reaction - you’re always interesting even when it’s rap. Edited to say I once saw him training to hold his breath and he was nearly up to 3 minutes 👀

hello dear!!! imho, part of the ren effect is an expanded world!! he sure keeps blowing mine, like a flashback! kathleen

I'm very glad you jumped on this one Chris, it was great to see you appreciate it from a different perspective than all the Hip hop pros. Enjoyed it a lot.

You are so correct about how hard Ren works. And to work as much and as hard as he does with his health issues is absolutely mind-blowing. He is truly one of a kind and an inspiration 💜💜

Oh yes .. study's will be done on this lad for sure

The lyrics? The flow? The delivery? The performance? All out of this World! As always! :) But... All the added audio in the Ren remix!? Especially the guitar! Just fantastic! :) Btw, I think you missed the couple of lines before the 'troubles on the page line. They're brilliant! :)

Thank you 🙏❤ Chris ❤ for your 🐷 Ren - Halftime (Nas Retake) reaction! #ren #nas #sickboi #halftime #calgary #retake

I'm also using Ren as a gateway into genres that I have not explored. The lyrical references come thick and fast in this one, "Waviest Guy" refers to NAS' first MC name Kid Wave and his later track Wave God. The Nuclear lines call back to the Atom Breaker album NAS first appeared on. The more I learn, the more I appreciate REN's craft.

I remember reading something about Michael Jordan being kind of offended when an interviewer kept mentioning his natural talent, and he was like 'no i worked extremely hard to get good, I wasn't just born like this.'

I think Ren captures the essence of his influences and gives it his own independent unique twist, an honourable homage. He is poetry in motion, no doubt about it. Agree, he can make you laugh and cry, and oozes humility and positive energy.

The isotope, split an atom in a fractional reaction bar is straight up taking you from the fundamentals to an atomic bomb scheme.

Chris, when you stop to think that 12 year old Ren was making mixed tapes and selling them at Medieval Fairs his hippie parents took him to, he is a library of all music in all generations. What kid of the 90's listened to Frank Sinatra, Nat King Cole, 20'30's and 40' classics? Ren has enlisted all of it in his, I Love This Music collection. He rhythms in his sleep and even makes beats that he wakes and puts to memory. More than an anomaly, it's just Ren.

Ren is siiiiiick 🔥 And this is the sickest ad for some sick boi merch 😂 Seriously though, Ren showing love for music he loves with his ReNtakes is yet another reason to love this sick boi. Somehow he manages to be humble and show respect for other artists while spitting braggadocios bars 😅 Not quite sure how that’s even possible, but hey it’s Ren doing Ren things 🤣

I'm so happy that you decided to go ahead and do this. I always appreciate the things that you think about and your approach. Loved it.

Yo I luv this reaction.. soon as I see Chris in the thumbnail I had to see his reaction to this. Respect to the mindedness

Thank you very much for having that respect to remind people they should listen to the original artist. It’s hard to understand where Ren is personally coming from with his interpretation without knowing where it comes from. Especially when it comes to something from NaS. NaS is so well loved and respected in rap culture that trying to take on something like this very hard. IMO it’s something that can break someone’s career so easily! That brings me to the part at the end of your video here of you recognizing Rens hard work…. I honestly think without his hard work and respect for the art and artist he wouldn’t have been able to make this a great tribute!

Yes, Chris! On everything! But especially looking into other genres. Scientifically proven to be good for your brain and we get it all in one artist with Ren! 😂

He is sooo inspiring to watch... 🥰🌅🎶🎵

Hey Chris! Love your videos! I've recently went to Ado's show yesterday, and she has surpassed all my expectations. The character and emotion expressed on that stage left my jaw on the floor. I must recommend her song Fleeting Lullaby, i think you would really enjoy it! I look forward to seeing what you think.

🔥you got it Chris

Thank you, im not a rap fan but have learned to appreciate it by becoming a fan of Ren, its opened up a whole new world for me and I love it ❤ from the UK

Hey man ! I have been listening to ren and the big push alot lately, and the song "Goodbye Good Days" by the french guitarist Romain Axisa is such a beautiful song and it has such beautiful vocals ! I was wondering if you could check it out because, he deserves alot more credit than he gets for his solo stuff ! Love your reactions aswell man!

Love your message at the end. I can’t sing but enjoy your reactions. ❤

Mad respect to you for noticing the nuances and the word play. Happy Pi Day, not many catch that bar. Much ❤ Ciao-4-Now

I love this. There is so much lyrical mojo in this that I needed help with from smart reactors. It's so dense.

Very well said Chris, after every track heard people are realizing the work he puts in. Hard work, talent and his sound design choices means he will always succeed in my opinion. " Note for note I go for broke in every single song i wrote" -Ren "Power".

Thank you for recognizing the importance of seeing the original before watching the retake❤❤❤

Great reaction to our Ren. Thanks Chris

I really love your message in this. If you love it, put in the work. Every human has SOOOO much potential. Not just musically. If you truly love something, do it.

Love your reaction! Thanks! 🤘🏼🎶

Good point about listening to original! Gonna go watch Nas vid right now!

I love this! You are right… he works very hard and practices a lot and yes he is super talented but he is talent plus hard work. ❤

Great analysis, BP! Thank you

Very nicely said, Chris!

❤ your reaction to videos😊

He also made a couple of Pi references and released it on Pi Day - 14th of March.

Excellent motivational thoughts. Just what I needed to hear😊

Ren is a Goat. No need to compare but that was an awesome tribute. So many bars and the flow was so good!!

interesting insights about talent

Hey I know you’ve probably listened to Ussewa from ado before right? Well listen to her concert where she sang it! It was sang with so much anger and emotion you need to listen her live version of it!

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Chris it has bothing to do with Ren but may I suggest you to analize Kaleo? I woul recommend in particular their cover of the song Bang Bang but anything would do. Their vocals would be so interesting to go through.

Thumbs up for open mind :)

Much love ❤️ Sue

Love it!

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One thing that struck me was the breath control. You have to really think of how to place your breathing to go two minutes of non-stop rapping.

True that

Great to hear some Brass.★

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Not sure if you already watched it, but you might enjoy The Hunger by Ren. It is a rap song but musically a wild ride. Highly enjoyable but the flow switches every twenty seconds...

the line feeding them pie pi is 3.14 today is pi day and its also 3rd month also did u hear the Eletric guitar he added

Still waiting for Dayseeker Vultures review

For me chemical reaction scheme was about all of you guys, reaction channels :) Proton is positively loaded but it need negative neutron for reaction to happen, then he says about atom reaction and that reaction channels supersized him, so he will supersize his order as like we are his order, we are the knights that will bring awakening to the world. :D Sorry, my brain goes into quantize mode after hrbz. Am I digging too deep? :P

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Also: When will we see Chris Liepe rap? ;)

I'm no expert but it seems like you'd really need to know how to breathe to rap non-stop without a single pause! (like reading a run-on sentence and taking an awkward breath in the middle)

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Thank you for this Chris and the inspiration… Ren inspires us in ways we never knew were possible… and it’s great giving us the reminder of Ren is so talented but even better imo he works so hard … 🫶🏻🎼🫶🏻 In Ren you will find Where? Meeting of minds Hard work and talent takes place Why care because one without the other is a blank space There

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