Okay, okay, okay, okay, okay, OKAY. Seriously, what the FUCK did he mean by this? I mean, it's always been a pretty stupefying line, and every time I listened to the song I couldn't help but notice how jarring it was, but now that the dust has settled I think it's time we gathered and discussed it in depth. What the absolute fuck did he mean by it? Even if we assume what he MEANT to say was "I keep it 300, like the Spartans", the question still begs itself, what the fuck does it mean? What does it mean to "keep it 300"? It makes no fucking sense at all. Was he implying his sheer aggression rivals that of a few hundred Greek soldiers, or did he just want to off-handedly (and poorly) reference a 2006 Zack Snyder movie?
William Anderson
>listening to kanye
Benjamin Adams
>watching Reddit Letter Media
Dominic Carter
>le over the top angry at something unimportant meme xD see you on the front page!
Ryder Kelly
i swear if one of you cunts brings up the "300 = CCC = Cool Calm Collected" shit
Aaron Sullivan
keep it 100 = keep it real keep it 300 = keep it 3x as real he was trying to go for the movie reference too, but he fucked it up
Kayden Campbell
First answer I've seen that isn't pants on head retarded.
Sebastian Cooper
I guess you're that cunt
Juan Flores
i doubt it was on purpose but it got people talking about it and that's all that matters
Lincoln Miller
Basically this. It's obvious. The only reason he fucked it up is so he could rhyme it with the previous line
Ryan Bennett
300 = CCC in Roman numbers = Cool, Calm, Collected
Tyler Brooks
Kanye unironically thinks Sparta is Rome
Cameron Rivera
i like that, but there is literally zero chance it what was originally intended. and i say that as a guy that believe kanye definitely has his smart moments.
Tyler Anderson
Get a sense of humor.
Carter Wilson
you guys are fucking autistic. all he meant was he was keeping it real like the romans, you need to get on some aspie medication if you get hung up on this point for years
Liam Rogers
I don't know what he could have meant otherwise.
Ian Lopez
START A FIGHT CLUB *BRAD* REPUTATION
Ryan Brooks
i think he just mixed up ancient greeks with ancient romans. i know (ostensibly) smart people with doctorates who still mix that shit up, so it doesn't seem especially far fetched to think yeezy would too.
Carter Bell
Yeah, but what does "keeping it 300 like the Greeks" even mean? It simply doesn't make sense.
Levi Thomas
rap isn't about making sense it's about making money
Jaxson Cox
shit the reach explanation is that he's referencing only pop culture like 300 and king kong to show how media warps our view of famous people but thats just a little too unlikely for me.
John James
"Calm, Cool and Collected" = CCC = 300 in Roman numerals
Carson Gomez
The line >like the theater Hitler was trapped in from the live SNL performance adds further credence to this theory because Hitler wasn't trapped in a theater in real life, only Inglorious Basterds
Jonathan Kelly
fuck you
Jack Lewis
oh shit that backs it up a lot actually
John Nelson
there were 300 greeks in ancient greece. some people think there were 300 romans, but there were closer to 400 by most modern counts.
Connor Wright
Because it is close enough and it fits the near-rhyme well enough. Also fits the theme of the song, basically he is ready to go wild at any time.
Ethan Foster
/threat
Connor Miller
BUM[
Jason Ward
"Trapped in a theater like Hitler"... as you may already know, in real life, Hitler was never actually trapped in a theater. He died in a bunker. Kanye is referencing the movie "Inglorious Bastards". Kanye isn't referencing real life, he's referencing the media's version of real life.
Another line goes like "300 like the Romans..." Now, he's referencing another movie loosely based on real life, "300". In real life, the forces of the 300 didn't belong to the Romans, it belonged to Greece. He's deliberately mistaking reality for his own version of it.
Kanye deliberately referenced two historical events, that had famous movies based on them, and referenced the media's version of these real events, as opposed to what actually happened. By doing so, Kanye is making an extended metaphor on how real life can be altered by the media, a concept which correlates to his own life (how the media perceives him as an ****, etc).
By doing so, Kanye is making his own version of REALITY with this song. These themes may be extended within the album. Since he calls himself a God in "I Am God", the album might be about his own shaping of reality. His version of the world, since he is a god. During "Black Skinhead", since he is God, he can alter reality and perceive it the way he wants to.
All the movie references actually have a bigger meaning. He's talking about how the media (ie movies) can alter the perception of things. The King Kong line is a reference to how the media perceives his relationship with Kim. They portray him as the giant ape, trying to kidnap the white woman.
Sebastian Taylor
random garbage honestly >NOW IF I FUCK THIS MODEL
Luke Bailey
He could mean that he is batting .300, which is a very good average
Ryan Baker
"300 = CCC = Cool Calm Collected"
Jackson Gomez
realistically though i think Yeezus functions as a protest of music and this line is just a fuck you meant to piss off nu-males
Jeremiah Bailey
>im doin 500 and im out of control now >come on homie whats happenin >you niggas aint breathing, you gaspin >>I keep it 300 like the romans
- Black Skinhead
>You call this speeding >Turn the door off, we're leaving >Meet you in our next fetus >>Romulus and Remus
- Black Quarterback
Landon Gomez
wait wait hol' up, kim's like half armenian =/= white
Samuel Rogers
i came into this thread just to shitpost it famalam
the only thing that stopped me was the fact that someone else beat me to it
Jack Stewart
>>im doin 500 and im out of control now Yeezy has at least two lines similar to that on all of his albums though.
Adrian Sullivan
>being this contrarian
Parker Morris
yeah.
Jace Jones
bump
Grayson Hall
Okay, okay, okay, okay, okay, OKAY. Seriously, what the FUCK did he mean by this? I mean, it's always been a pretty stupefying line, and every time I listened to the song I couldn't help but notice how jarring it was, but now that the dust has settled I think it's time we gathered and discussed it in depth. What the absolute fuck did he mean by it? Even if we assume what he MEANT to say was "I keep it 300, like the Spartans", the question still begs itself, what the fuck does it mean? What does it mean to "keep it 300"? It makes no fucking sense at all. Was he implying his sheer aggression rivals that of a few hundred Greek soldiers, or did he just want to off-handedly (and poorly) reference a 2006 Zack Snyder movie?
Jayden Russell
>not listening to kanye
Xavier King
>Now if I fuck this model It means nothing, it's just abstract lyricism