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Part Two: An analysis of Jay Electronica's "Suplexes Inside of Complexes & Duplexes" verse



TL:DR Jay’s own story as an artist is parabolic, as opposed to the typical artist which goes along the Freytag pyramid route. Ecclesiastes line is saying that Jay just lives in the moment as far as his life and music goes. The 10 Commandments, Parliament scheme is a metaphor for his own album Patents of Nobility. His last few lines aren’t very complex because in my opinion he had to rush finishing his verse in order for Mac Miller to get it in time.



For those that haven’t seen Part One, I suggest you take a look at these posts before you read this part!



Shoutouts to swagpuffs for explaining the Mrs. Gulch line! Only the first post is kinda long, the others are essentially edits or clarifications on a couple lines.



https://www.kanyetothe.com/forum/index.php?topic=382.msg118336577;topicseen#msg118336577

https://www.kanyetothe.com/forum/index.php?topic=382.msg118356801#msg118356801

https://www.kanyetothe.com/forum/index.php?topic=382.msg1183757​85#msg1183757​85

https://www.kanyetothe.com/forum/index.php?topic=382.msg124311897#msg124311897

https://www.kanyetothe.com/forum/index.php?topic=382.msg120858321#msg120858321



There’s only a couple of things that need a good amount of explanation in this part, I think the Wizard of Oz scheme is really the most complex thing in the verse.



I’ll pick up right where I left off from Part One!





Mr. Candyman, the parables parabolic



IMO this line is much more complex than what the Rap Genius explanation gives it credit for. So this is gonna take a bit to explain lol



It’s well known that Jay loves movies, so it wouldn’t surprise me if he’s done some research as far as the science of how a story is made! Let’s take a refresher of what dramatic structure is!











Most of you have probably seen this while taking early level English classes in grade school. This is what a normal story (or another word for it, parable) looks like. I feel like it’s rather basic so I won’t get too in depth with this. For the purposes of this explanation you only need to see the general shape of this (which is commonly known as “Freytag’s pyramid”).



Most other rappers in my opinion follow Freytag’s pyramid, where they gain some buzz (the rising action) and maybe get a big single or album (the climax). After a couple albums though their buzz starts to fade (the falling action), and once again their buzz is more or less back to where they started.



But Jay’s story is different.



One of Jay’s nicknames for himself is Candyman, which has been showed in “Exhibit A” and “Candy Man”.



So wait, he’s saying his own story is parabolic! That doesn’t fit with Freytag’s pyramid! The term “parabolic” is technically an adjective, so we know he is using it to describe the parable! Well, you know what time it is then guys…





Peace Gods!



Today’s math is parabolae!





A parabola is a U-shaped curve on a 2D coordinate system. The curve is perfectly symmetrical across a line of symmetry which cuts the curve in half!





One cool part about parabolic curves is that any ray which is directed towards the open end of the parabola (and is parallel to the axis of symmetry) is directed to the focus! This is how satellite dishes work! Into the Light, just know!









Parabolas have the basic form of y = ax^2 + bx +c. So essentially, you’re just graphing a quadratic equation!



The most basic parabola is y = x^2. Let’s take a look at what that looks like!











As we can see, the “vertex” (the point on the axis of symmetry which intersects the parabola, and also where the curvature of the parabola is the greatest) is at x = 0!





The following is an interpretation of what I think Jay is saying by his parable is “parabolic”. The equation I used is y = (x-6)^2 + 6









The numbers aren’t the important part for this, just the general shape of the curve is.



Jay had a lot of buzz when he released Act I: The Eternal Sunshine (The Pledge). His MySpace was passed around by a bunch of people, the Giles Peterson interview, the URB story of him came out. And after that for a while, it seemed like he tried to be out of the public eye (in a musical sense). I'd say the only exception to this was maybe signing with Roc Nation brought his hype back up a bit, and showing the tracklist. Just in general though, dodging questions about the album, not releasing a whole lot of material. I’d say one of the low points (or at the vertex of this particular parabola) was when this thread was closed for a time.



Until more recently, he’s been doing more guest verses, being more open on social media, doing more festival shows, saying the album/documentary is coming this year. His hype is coming back up, which just isn’t normal in this industry especially without a single album!



In my opinion, a more representative graph of Jay’s hype would be a variation of a cosine function (where his hype kind of increases and decreases over time), but technically that isn’t a parabolic curve.



So unlike every other artist, Jay’s story is truly parabolic!





The poetry’s like the poems and songs of Ecclesiastes



The Rap Genius explanation is factually all correct, but I don’t think it exactly relates it to Jay and his parabolic parable.



Shoutouts to Wikipedia for this, but it really caught my eye as something that really describes Jay in my opinion. “The book is in the form of an autobiography telling of his investigation of the meaning of life and the best way of life.”



I feel like that’s the entire reason for why Jay and his crew went to Egypt, Mumbai, and Nepal.



As the Rap Genius explanation says, the most famous passage of Ecclesiastes is “To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven: A time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pluck up that which is planted;” and so on and so on



So Jay’s poetry/story is like the poems and songs of Ecclesiastes…what does that mean?



I think it means that if we translated the most famous passage into Jay’s terms, there’s a time to make music, and a time to not make music. A time to release a verse, a time to keep something for himself until a suitable time presents itself.



Unlike most artists, Jay doesn’t have a schedule. I think the best way to describe him is that he just lives in the moment, which is what that Ecclesiastes passage is really saying.





Lightning should strike the stone, and then Moses should make a tablet



The Rap Genius explanation is pretty close. Jay is saying he’s going to make a new “standard” for what rap should be like. Jay’s album is going to be the new commandments for rap, which will inspire Moses (AKA other rappers) for their own craft!





The judge will bang the wood up in Parliament with the mallet

And yell “Hear, hear,” finally some order to this rap ****



What is this entire era called? The Turn. What is his album supposedly called? Patents of Nobility.



http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Letters_patent



Letters patent are a form of open or public proclamation, and interestingly enough, have extra-parliamentary power (which means they don’t necessarily have to go through Parliament to be approved).



So after Jay gets his patent of nobility, the judge (rap critics, listeners, hip-hop heads, etc.) has no choice but to accept it as law (that is, his music is the best out)! It won’t even be a contest as there will finally be some order to this rap ****!





Finally some sort of water to soil these cracked lips



Not a very complex line. Jay fans have experienced times of extreme thirst! So his album would finally quench our cracked lips!





I keep my **** crispy and elegant, so miss me with the irrelevant

The god-body is heaven-sent, the hard-body is reverence

Since the son of Byford



The Rap Genius explanation is mostly correct IMO. The only thing I could think of is that coincidentally, Jay was about 10 years old when Run-D.M.C.’s Raising Hell was released. So maybe that’s around the time when he started to appreciate hip-hop?



I feel like there isn’t really anything complex in these last few lines which I will explain next





Brother of Fal, every rhyme’s halal

Every line is kosher, livin’ la vida loca

Shoutout to Tony Toca, we ballin’ like we supposed to…



I mean, there isn’t really anything hard to understand about these bars. The Tony Toca shoutout was kinda weird though, I wasn’t aware that they were friends or anything.



But my theory is that this is where Jay was running out of time to finish his verse, which explains the lack of complexity in these bars. Even Mac himself said he got the verse just in time.



http://nahright.com/news/in-the-lab-with-mac-miller/



“He sent me the verse two hours before I went in to master it. The album was done, and I was like, ‘Bro, the album is done. Tell me now if you’re gonna do this. No hard feelings if you can’t, I completely understand.’ He was like, ‘I promise you.’ And he would be sending me texts just randomly throughout the whole album process, like, ‘Don’t turn your album in without me.’ The whole time, we’d been talking about doing this record.



“It was dope because, I sent him a couple options. Three tracks. And the one that I produced, he picked that one, which is just a simple canvas. But it’s crazy. He was like, ‘I got you, I promise.’ Then, he sent me an email, with the lyrics he was about to spit. I was like, ‘This verse is about to be insane!’ It was very interesting, and artistically punctuated. The punctuation in the email was crazy. Next level. Then, he sent the verse [as I was] basically on my way to mastering. I got it just in time."

The biggest hint to me is that is it really a coincidence that the simplest lines are at the end of the verse? He was probably close to finishing it up, but due to time constraints, he had to think of some stuff up pretty quickly. If Jay had more time, I wouldn’t be surprised if he would’ve wanted to get one more extended metaphor in there.





So there it is. For those of you who actually read the whole thing until the end, thank you! I appreciate it! This verse is definitely one of my favorites due to how many layers there are to it.



I don't think I have exactly everything correct, but that's what makes this verse so cool to me! There's lots of different ways to interpret it! Jay’s own story as an artist is parabolic, as opposed to the typical artist which goes along the Freytag pyramid route. Ecclesiastes line is saying that Jay just lives in the moment as far as his life and music goes. The 10 Commandments, Parliament scheme is a metaphor for his own album Patents of Nobility. His last few lines aren’t very complex because in my opinion he had to rush finishing his verse in order for Mac Miller to get it in time.For those that haven’t seen Part One, I suggest you take a look at these posts before you read this part!Shoutouts to swagpuffs for explaining the Mrs. Gulch line! Only the first post is kinda long, the others are essentially edits or clarifications on a couple lines.There’s only a couple of things that need a good amount of explanation in this part, I think the Wizard of Oz scheme is really the most complex thing in the verse.I’ll pick up right where I left off from Part One!IMO this line is much more complex than what the Rap Genius explanation gives it credit for. So this is gonna take a bit to explain lolIt’s well known that Jay loves movies, so it wouldn’t surprise me if he’s done some research as far as the science of how a story is made! Let’s take a refresher of what dramatic structure is!Most of you have probably seen this while taking early level English classes in grade school. This is what a normal story (or another word for it,) looks like. I feel like it’s rather basic so I won’t get too in depth with this. For the purposes of this explanation you only need to see the general shape of this (which is commonly known as “Freytag’s pyramid”).But Jay’s story is different.One of Jay’s nicknames for himself is Candyman, which has been showed in “Exhibit A” and “Candy Man”.So wait, he’s saying his own story is parabolic! That doesn’t fit with Freytag’s pyramid! The term “parabolic” is technically an adjective, so we know he is using it to describe the parable! Well, you know what time it is then guys…Peace Gods!Today’s math is parabolae!A parabola is a U-shaped curve on a 2D coordinate system. The curve is perfectly symmetrical across a line of symmetry which cuts the curve in half!One cool part about parabolic curves is that any ray which is directed towards the open end of the parabola (and is parallel to the axis of symmetry) is directed to the focus! This is how satellite dishes work! Into the Light, just know!Parabolas have the basic form of y = ax^2 + bx +c. So essentially, you’re just graphing a quadratic equation!The most basic parabola is y = x^2. Let’s take a look at what that looks like!As we can see, the “vertex” (the point on the axis of symmetry which intersects the parabola, and also where the curvature of the parabola is the greatest) is at x = 0!The equation I used is y = (x-6)^2 + 6The numbers aren’t the important part for this, just the general shape of the curve is.In my opinion, a more representative graph of Jay’s hype would be a variation of a cosine function (where his hype kind of increases and decreases over time), but technically that isn’t a parabolic curve.So unlike every other artist, Jay’s story is truly parabolic!The Rap Genius explanation is factually all correct, but I don’t think it exactly relates it to Jay and his parabolic parable.Shoutouts to Wikipedia for this, but it really caught my eye as something that really describes Jay in my opinion. “The book is in the form of an autobiography telling of his investigation of the meaning of life and the best way of life.”I feel like that’s the entire reason for why Jay and his crew went to Egypt, Mumbai, and Nepal.As the Rap Genius explanation says, the most famous passage of Ecclesiastes is “To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven: A time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pluck up that which is planted;” and so on and so onSo Jay’s poetry/story is like the poems and songs of Ecclesiastes…what does that mean?The Rap Genius explanation is pretty close. Jay is saying he’s going to make a new “standard” for what rap should be like.What is this entire era called?. What is his album supposedly called?Letters patent are a form of open or public proclamation, and interestingly enough, have extra-parliamentary power (which means they don’t necessarily have to go through Parliament to be approved).Not a very complex line. Jay fans have experienced times of extreme thirst! So his album would finally quench our cracked lips!The Rap Genius explanation is mostly correct IMO. The only thing I could think of is that coincidentally, Jay was about 10 years old when Run-D.M.C.’s Raising Hell was released. So maybe that’s around the time when he started to appreciate hip-hop?I feel like there isn’t really anything complex in these last few lines which I will explain nextI mean, there isn’t really anything hard to understand about these bars. The Tony Toca shoutout was kinda weird though, I wasn’t aware that they were friends or anything.So there it is. For those of you who actually read the whole thing until the end, thank you! I appreciate it! This verse is definitely one of my favorites due to how many layers there are to it.I don't think I have exactly everything correct, but that's what makes this verse so cool to me! There's lots of different ways to interpret it!