#rap themes

[naradivision]

Mod’s notes:

Hello everyone,

Sorry for the late reply and thanks to @kunnaki for asking the rap themes of my characters, here I’ve updated each of them in their profiles (Yuuya | Asahi | Saigo)

Though I do have the idea about this ever since I’ve created my OCs, somehow I has left this topic uncompleted for such a long time because I’m not so confident in translating my own thought into words and my basic knowledge on music is kinda limited 😅

And one more thing, due to some circumstances on my side in December, I think I have to skip the birthday event of Saigo-san for this year. Hopefully, I wish I could celebrate all three of them in 2024!

If I’m lucky enough, see you guys later around Christmas

#hypmic oc #hypnosis microphone oc #nara division #miraitabi #yuuya kanata #asahi tomoharu #saigo fuyugami #rap themes #mod’s note

[chaoswithmusic]

Lin-Manuel Miranda is in my fucking walls.

I could be watching a show about a greedy duck and "oh what is this familiarly awkward high voice?" IT'S LIN FUCKING MANUEL.

I'm watching this super cool cop show and "oh poor Amy her brother sounds slightly pretentious" DAVID SANTIAGO IS LIN-MANUEL FUCKING MIRANDA.

This well beloved book of a lot of people's childhood based off Greek mythology is getting turned into a show "lemme check the cast of the gods in this show, I kinda like Hermes he seems like a fun god-" IT'S LIN-MANUEL MIRANDA BITCH.

#lin manuel miranda #ducktales #fenton crackshell cabrera #brooklyn 99 #b99 #david santiago #HE'S IN MY WALLS #percy series #percy jackon and the olympians #hermes #hermes pjo tv #love his music tho #favourite rapper fr #hamilton #lmm #HE SINGS THE NEW MAGIC SCHOOL BUS THEME?? #magic school bus #modern family #bluey #major tom #house md #i havent watched the parts hes in yet but from context clues hes some guy in a mental hospital who #raps?? #as his means of communication?? #idk whats happening anymore

[elodee]

HERMIT A DAY MAY - DAY 16

Welsknight x Knights of the Zodiac (Saint Seiya)

For Wels I chose the original Saint Seiya anime, also known as Knights of the Zodiac!

I watched this show when I was pretty young, so I actually didn't remember much about the plot of this show when I started this piece. What I did remember is that I really enjoyed it. It felt like both a shonen and a magical girl anime (best of both worlds) and everyone had really, really shiny armor. And I mean, obviously I couldn't pass up the opportunity to reimagine Wels as a late 80s space knight in head-to-toe chrome!

To learn more about Knights of the Zodiac, please journey below the cut. (Gamers Outreach fundraiser - keep it going!)

Saint Seiya, or Knights of the Zodiac as I knew it growing up, is an anime from the late 1980s based off a manga series of the same name.

The story follows a young man named Seiya, who is part of a group of mystical warriors that wear magical armor (called Cloths) which pull power from (and are themed after) the constellations. The warriors fight for the goddess Athena to defend earth from evil.

One unique thing about the show is the characters don't usually have weapons - they are supposed to fight with only their Cloths and the power of the cosmos (it's a whole thing in the premise). However, Wels felt incomplete without the sword, so he gets to be an exception. :)

The anime is bright, campy, and action-packed but takes itself fairly seriously - basically exactly what you would expect from a classic shonen. The plot is divided into arcs but isn't too complex, so while it is best to start from the beginning of the show you can pick it up pretty quickly from anywhere if you're familiar with the genre.

Style references:

The designs for the knights - long fluffy hair is a requirement

The dramatic shine on all the armor is both iconic and very fun to draw once you get the hand of it

Knights of the Zodiac/Saint Seiya title logo. This is actually the logo from the ONA, not the original anime, but I think this font is way more fun so this is the one I used

#Athena lets Wels have a sword because he is a knight themed Saint and a special guy #either that or he beat her in a rap battle once #I was dreading shading the armor on this but I ended up having a blast #welskight #hermitaday #hermitcraft

[ydotome]

"Next Stage -SHINJUKU ver.-" by Matenrō (ep 5)

#Hypnosis Mic Division Rap Battle Rhyme Anima #Hypnosis Mic #Hypmic #Matenrō #Jakurai Jinguuji #Hifumi Izanami #Doppo Kannonzaka #my gifs #my post #ending theme #long post

[glassesfreekjr]

... Why did they build a whole-ass flood bypass out in the Splatlands, anyway? Is it like California rules where it's arid as hell most of the time except for when everyone drowns, or has the flash flooding caused by Big Runs been more of a long-running issue then we initially thought?

The fan splatband Red Flare District is named in reference to the 190-chapter juggernaut "exercises in gratitude (The Barclay Street Flood)" by @redeyedsheepskull over on AO3. Contrary to what Inkopolis news media would have you believe, the Order vs. Chaos Splatfest was only partly the reason for the mass cultural exodus to the Splatlands. Maybe it had something to do with the fallout after a catastrophic spillway failure submerged a low-class Inkopolis neighborhood in millions of tons of polluted floodwater, I dunno.

RFD changed its name (from RLD) partly to capitalize on the event and partly out of genuine albeit ham-handed tribute.

And here, out in the middle of the desert, is yet another failed flood bypass. The ironic hilarity was too good for them to not write a song about. Fast-forward five years and some still consider the end product to be a tad insensitive.

(sample source list can be found on my YouTube)

#splatoon #splatoon ost #fan music #fan ost #undertow spillway #stage theme #fan splatband #red flare district #splatband #splatoon 3 #arrangement #mashup #ichika nito #psycho pass #bing bing bang rap #guitar #splatune 3 #music #audio

[moonchild-in-blue]

If I had a dollar for every band originated from a multi-instrumentalist / drummer duo of two best friends, lead by a sad pathetic wet cat piano man who writes the most gut-wrenching lyrics, with lore regarding the aformented frontman's darker side, who also uses black body paint and masks (on ocasion), and incorporates so many genres that made it impossible to properly classify it, I'd have two dollars, which is not a lot, but it's weird that it happened twice.

#Sleep Token 🤝 Twenty One Pilots #with a bunch of religious themes and emphasis on mental health as well #Tyler and Vessel are two sides of the same coin actually. Tyler got the “better at rapping” while Ves got the “better at singing” gifts #both are pretty solid screamers #both play a ridiculous amount of instruments with piano being their main one #josh and ii are ridiculously good drummers #Blurryface is just Vessel (the masked persona) if you think about it #the heights are inverted though. ii and tyler seem about the same height. i think Vessel might be taller than josh but not by a lot #Tøp's lore is so interesting and dark and hella cryptic as well. They're sisters #Someone indulge me in this because I've been trying to get my best friend to listen to sleep token properly but he's being difficult #sleep token #twenty one pilots

[difeisheng]

duel meta

i think a good aspect of the conflict present in the donghai fight is the fact that li xiangyi and di feisheng are each seeing the other as representing incompatible things, and this isn't something that began with the duel but it was part of what doomed them by the end of it.

it has to do with how both of them view their places in the jianghu, in general. li xiangyi by this point has become the symbol of sigumen. he embodies everything it stands for, and by extension of sigumen's prestige, he embodies what those in the jianghu striving for righteousness should look like. he's the legend of both this generation and the next, and when he snaps at shan gudao, li xiangyi literally considers himself the beating heart of sigumen. without him, it can't exist. he has become one with every person he represents while still apart from them, embedded in this fame across the jianghu and all its eyes on him. it's a burden, but while he's placed on the pedestal, li xiangyi still attempts to do good by all who put him on it. so here he stands, trying to shoulder it all.

di feisheng, on the other hand, has always seen his position on an individual level. he's associated with jinyuanmeng and he built it, yes, but that power is not something he's thrown himself into as its leader. he wouldn't say that jinyuanmeng wouldn't exist if he was gone; once di feisheng is reinstated as mengzhu in the present day, the first thing he does is to hand it over to jiao liqiao. his actions throughout the story after that are largely separate from those of jinyuanmeng, and he makes little effort to involve his subordinates except for a few specific people. to di feisheng, his achievements and strength ultimately rest on himself as a swordsman, and his skill compared to other distinguished people at the top of the jianghu. we see that on the night he frees jiao liqiao. he's not here to take over forces or resources, he's just here for one man and the rank he holds.

(i would argue that the power di feisheng did accumulate through jinyuanmeng is for two reasons. one, so that he had enough people behind him to apparently rival li xiangyi, and two, to keep him safe from the di mansion. but that's a different topic.)

so when the war between sigumen and jinyuanmeng breaks out, its final act on the donghai ship is a standoff between two people: one who views himself as representing a collective, and another who considers himself in that moment a swordsman on his own. and this greatly influences how both of them treat that fight.

to li xiangyi, this is a duel contextualized by leadership. because he will take the responsibility for sigumen and his side of the fight, he's focusing all that grief over shan gudao, all that anger and blame on di feisheng alone, as the opposing head of the forces he's been clashing with. since the name of li xiangyi cannot be separated from sigumen (and by now i don't think li xiangyi could define himself as person from image even if he tried), now he attaches di feisheng to jinyuanmeng in his attempt to force him to take accountability. in li xiangyi's eyes, they're really not people in this duel. they're the faces of hundreds more warriors, and every move they make has the lives of those people hanging onto them.

to di feisheng, the fact that they stand alone on that ship means they are alone, cut loose from everyone and everything else in an isolated space. this is a fight in its purest form now. just two men and their blades, relying on their own physical/spiritual strength and nothing else. it's what di feisheng has been waiting for, this chance to challenge li xiangyi where both of them stand on truly equal ground. there is no sigumen or jinyuanmeng dragging them down. they've cut through all the noise of the jianghu that he doesn't care for, and they're just di feisheng and li xiangyi, two highly skilled people who get to see who's stronger in an environment no one else can influence.

(it's worth noting, i think, that di feisheng chose the location of the duel by situating himself and therefore li xiangyi who would find him out at sea, even though the majority of their forces were fighting on land. his men on the ship complained about how horrid a decision it was to be at sea in that weather (it's the first dialogue of the show), but this ensured that any outside/not predetermined interference during their head-to-head would be much more difficult.)

these views or motivations are so terribly at odds with each other. li xiangyi is fighting out of desperate rage and the need for retribution, weighed down more than ever by all the people who look up to him and depend on him to seek justice. di feisheng is fighting for fairly-won status and glory, and in his eyes, for the first time they have been granted the freedom to go against one another where nothing else needs to matter.

it shows in the moves both of them choose to make. namely, that di feisheng fights with more restraint, while li xiangyi fights quite viciously. i'm going to focus a bit more on di feisheng's role here, because i think this contrast on his part is interesting and works to subvert his initial reputation/image, something significant to his character throughout the show (or at least more than it is for li xiangyi).

i would argue that di feisheng is on the defensive for the majority of this fight, as his side has been this entire war. in the duel choreography he's blocking, dodging, or backing up a significant amount more than li xiangyi, who keeps pressing, launching new offenses wherever possible to search for an answer and revenge. there's a clear give and take between them as the fight progresses. and thanks to how this dynamic plays out, and with the background of these characters' motivations, there are three key pauses in the duel that stand out to me. they're all points where di feisheng could have moved on or killed li xiangyi, even as he was the one being attacked, but chose not to.

the first is when li xiangyi is pressed up against the ship wall, di feisheng's sword against li xiangyi's cheek, enough to cut but not enough to lethally wound. they're locked in this position for a good few seconds before either of them react. di feisheng could press forward and cleave his skull, since li xiangyi can't parry him. i couldn't get a good screenshot, but shaoshi is buried in di feisheng's shoulder here. for that di feisheng could also back up and away, given his injury. but he does neither. instead he freezes in place, doing nothing until li xiangyi draws his blade out of di feisheng, and makes the next move.

the second is when there's a lull in the action on the roof of the ship cabin. we get di feisheng's line “一个剑客不该有弱点” ("a swordsman shouldn't have weaknesses") and li xiangyi pausing as the bicha poison begins to take effect. this is another very long break where di feisheng could've taken advantage of li xiangyi being distracted, but he stands still. we learn later that he didn't even know li xiangyi had been poisoned then, so this isn't him dramatically pausing to revel in li xiangyi's pain. his opponent wasn't immersed in the fight, so di feisheng waited until he was. he only moves forward to meet him when li xiangyi chooses to.

these breaks turn the duel into a dance, almost, where di feisheng is letting li xiangyi lead and only moving with him (when they're both in the physical state to). he's fighting with too much respect and leniency to be out for blood the way li xiangyi is, with everyone else on that ship already dead. they're fighting the duel through vastly different lenses and neither of them have realized it yet.

that point of realization is this last pause, di feisheng's blade stabbed into li xiangyi while he stands over him in the rain. the fact that di feisheng isn't actively trying to kill is apparent in two different details here. the first is that di feisheng's blade missed li xiangyi's heart, even though his accuracy as a swordsman is incredible. the second is that, once again, he waits until li xiangyi can move again before attempting to do anything further— except this time he yells that he's won.

this is the moment it genuinely struck for me that their perspectives on this duel are so different. di feisheng dealt li xiangyi a wound that is serious in the moment, but for someone of li xiangyi's strength, he'll be fine in the end. it only takes him out in the short term, and within that time, what di feisheng is waiting for after calling his victory is for li xiangyi to concede the duel. to say it's over, and give over his name as the top swordsman. that's what di feisheng was after.

to him, when it came to li xiangyi, defeating the man and killing him were two different things.

but this isn't where it all stops, because li xiangyi didn't know this (how could he?) and he's fighting for more than ensuring his name remains above anyone else's. di feisheng is fighting cold, but li xiangyi still has so much anger, so much left to do. so much at stake and on his shoulders and 'defeat' and 'giving up' are luxuries he doesn't have.

when the blade in him and the poison taking greater hold pushes li xiangyi into needing a last stand, he refuses to hold anything back. he's an opportunist now, and di feisheng has given him an opening. so out comes wenjing in a surprise attack, there goes di feisheng impaled against the mast, and it all goes to hell. di feisheng can't fight honourably because li xiangyi is coming for his life, and for the first time after a pause like this, he's the one who attacks first.

their last skirmish is because now there's nowhere else for either of them to go. all other motivations have been shattered. either one of them must break, or they must fall together. and the latter is exactly what they do.

perhaps, in a thousand other worlds, the duel went differently. but in this one, li xiangyi fought because he thought they both represented everyone, and di feisheng fought because he believed they represented nothing more than themselves, and neither man could understand that the other didn't share their perspective. signalled though it was throughout the fight, and evenly matched though they were, they were fighting two separate battles on that ship. it wasn't anything they could help, only the result of contrasting lives in the jianghu and what it had shaped them both into. and so there was nothing that could come of that duel except for both of them to lose.

#not the direct theme of all this but i maintain that di feisheng is the most 侠义 character in present-day mlc #and this is where you see the foundations of it #anyways THANK YOU if you actually read all this #i've had these thoughts stewing in my head for days and it all came out tonight #but it doesn't end there. i came up with two other meta ideas in the process of writing this one #here to stay for the long run #also sidenote but i had xiao shunyao's intro rap verse to rock star by MIC on loop in my brain the entire time i was writing this #so i think you should all be proud of me that i got this done #mysterious lotus casebook #feihua #di feisheng #li xiangyi #mlc meta #ashton originals #li lianhua

[spaceshipsandpurpledrank]

#talkin #tik tok #rap #hip hop #music #john legend #jaephillips1 #pokemon #pokémon #pokemon legends arceus #pokémon legends arceus #jubilife village theme #andre 3000 #flutes

[faunandfloraas]

3racha being on maxident is objectively really funny just hi, welcome to our album funny, silly time 😁 Oh and now drop the fuckin drill track

#taste is also funny to be there but like next to chill and all that it thematically suits the love theme #its the lust part of love #3racha is just 3racha doin British rap for a minute #and its GREAT #i can always appreciate a heyday or a 3racha

[i-star]

⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀،🧛🏿‍♂️ king vamp.

#K-I-N-G V-A-M-P yeah that's me #I'm dark knight bitch yeah I can't sleep #playboi carti #red divider #black #opium #rap #theme #cartier #layouts

[akkivee]

i’m so stoked to see they’re still in their new outfits!!!!!!!

#this is vee speaking #i was a liiiiiittle worried they’d be a one off thing #and it would have been a shame like just look at all of them lol!!!!!!!!! they look so good!!!!!! #new outfits for the next era of their lives and in h era itself (hopefully lol please enter into a new year i’m still begging kr) #IM ALSO STOKED HYPNOSIS FLAVA THE OG HYPMIC BLOCK PARTY IS BACK LOL #it was such a fun concept as basically a sponsored hypmic con but now!!!!!!! #it’s supposed to have the vibe of an official hypmic theme park!!!!!!! which sounds crazy just by concept lol!!!!! #what if they implement rides lmao???? buster bumper cars???? mtc yokohama bay water slides????? #fling posse ferris wheel???? mtr skyscraper drop?????? #dh knock ‘em out hq shooter ride?????? bad ass sachihoko thriller coaster???????? #no that sounds like a logistical nightmare but it’s still fun to imagine lmao #c: rapping boys

[cluster-of-happiness]

Kendrick Lamar Wallpapers

#aesthetics #aesthetic #aesthetic blog #cluster of happiness #cluster-of-happiness #phone theme #phone wallpaper #wallpapers #wallpaper set #kendrick #kendrick lamar #damn #Humble #good kid maad city #rapper #Kendrick Lamar wallpaper #rapper wallpaper #rap music #humble Kendrick Lamar #Kendrick Lamar music

[ecoamerica]

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[minty-bubblegum]

#Oophm long ass post #Minty polls! 📊 #Mmh I love polls #Yes this time I'll be keeping it for the whole month #Surprisingly 😟 #Ik I made it Sebby like 4 days ago but that was like foreverr ago #Smh #Sebastian Michaelis vs #Azul Ashengrotto vs #Floydie pie my poopsie kins vs #Jadey my little princess vs #Matching themes 🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺 vs #natsume sakasaki vs #mayoi ayase vs #ibara saegusa vs #Rook hunt vs #Vil schoenheit vs #Color yayayyaya #EHO EILL WIN #EPIC RAP BATTLES OF HISTORYYYY BEGIN

[ydotome]

"Next Stage -NAGOYA ver.-" by Bad Ass Temple (ep 3)

#Hypnosis Mic Division Rap Battle Rhyme Anima #Hypnosis Mic #Hypmic #Bad Ass Temple #Kuukou Harai #Juushi Aimono #Hitoya Amaguni #my gifs #my post #ending theme #long post

[animebackgroundmusic]

"Rap wa Otoko no Tamashii da! Onore wo Shinjite Ten wo Yubisasu Dotou no Otoko･Kamina-sama no Theme wo Mimi no Ana Kappojitte yo~ku Kikiyagare!!" (Rap is the Soul of a True Man! Clean Out Your Ears and Take a Goo~d Listen to the Theme of the Great Kamina, a Tempest of a Man Who Believes in Himself and Points to the Heavens!!) by: Taku Iwasaki from: Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann

#Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann #Taku Iwasaki #Rap wa Otoko no Tamashii da! Onore wo Shinjite Ten wo Yubisasu Dotou no Otoko･Kamina-sama no Theme wo Mimi no Ana Kappojitte yo~ku Kikiyaga

[qutibahalfarouqitheclonetrooper]

Fire Emblem: The Musical!

The Defiant of Destiny | Lucina Theme (Lucina! Song/Rap/Musical/Music)

Happy Birthday to Lucina/Happy Birthday Lucina!

/⚔️/🗡/💙/🎂/🥳/🎉/🎈/🎁/ 🎊/

#nintendo #nintendo girl #nintendo girls #fire emblem awakening #fea #fire emblem #fe #lucina #lucina fire emblem #fire emblem lucina #happy birthday lucina #happy birthday to lucina #the musical #themusical #musical #song #rap #music #fire emblem the musical #lucina theme #rearmed lucina #fe lucina #lucina fe #lucina rearmed #fates resolve lucina #lucina fates resolve #fate's resolve lucina #lucina fate's resolve

[ecoamerica]

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