In the 1830's The Shell Trading Company began selling exotic sea shells. They imported tropical shells and sold them as shell bejeweled boxes and such. The importer (Marcus Samuel) was able to control the flow of shells and manipulate supply and demand. His son's inherited and began also selling kerosene and eventually the Shell Oil Company was born and still exists today. So this video using selling sea shells is amazing. (and also based on historical fact).
@annanelahie4782 Жыл бұрын
Wow, wow wow. He is so widely intelligent. Amazing historical backup to that song.
@zachhenderson7982 Жыл бұрын
Also, the methods used by DeBeers to control the price of diamonds. Using diamonds in wedding rings is a fairly new thing that started really gaining popularity after they started making commercials and ads showing celebrities etc with diamond rings. Also they stockpile the diamonds to keep the price up
@theamazingtif Жыл бұрын
💯
@kristalcornwell Жыл бұрын
wait....... is that true..... of course it is Ren is a genius and learning this is depressing
@TrianglesAndCircles Жыл бұрын
Good history lesson. I did not know that but I see how it fits.
@TheSyncos Жыл бұрын
Funny thing is that most people are introduced to Ren through "Hi Ren" where he says "Ren, mate, we've heard it all before, Uh, 'she sells seashells on the sea shore'". Everyone just assumes he's referencing the nursery rhyme, but really he's referencing this song, which in itself is referencing the nursery rhyme.
@k-town873 Жыл бұрын
and before MGpt2 he used knick-knack-paddy-whack in Violet's tale.
@deanBORO Жыл бұрын
Blokes a genius
@thobetiin826610 ай бұрын
Well, this song short of blew up too, but hi Ren blew up much more, so not as many people know this as that
@timteel97338 ай бұрын
He's also trolling himself.
@TicTahtToee4 ай бұрын
It’s actually just a common tongue twister
@alencek138 ай бұрын
Brother on the left understood this song on a level that we're all meant to understand.... Thank you guys for awesome reaction!
@Singlespeedjo Жыл бұрын
Great reaction. Part 3 is commmmming soon. Super excited!
@TheBeliever82 Жыл бұрын
The man can do the lyrics and the rapping and then where other artists would bring in someone to do the chorus vocal hook he just does it himself and makes ir sound like an rnb legend.
@Bludreamgirl Жыл бұрын
eyyyyy! my guy Ren! I have to sing this one out loud everytime. I can't even express my excitement for Money Game #3
@ojayferojay478 Жыл бұрын
Two chilled guys great reaction as always! I’m glad you’re partner in crime is back missed not having him next too you! Thanks for the reactions.
@bethcote9978 Жыл бұрын
Good for you for teaching your son media literacy.
@coleeg69 Жыл бұрын
The other guy is back! Let's go! Been wondering where he been at lol another great reaction to one of the greats in REN! Sweet Little Lady by Ren/The Big Push is insane! Also the acoustic version too!
@Melanie-AlwaysJustMe Жыл бұрын
I really enjoy y'all's content! Always an excellent reaction 🔥 Ren is just different from a lot of artists and I'm so glad we all have found him and his unique music. He speaks straight truth in lyrics as in this song. Look forward to the next reaction 💜
@tretvfrmdabx2544 Жыл бұрын
Thank u💜
@kellyt5341 Жыл бұрын
Great reaction fellows and been subbed for a while because of good content.
@nicolefew18633 ай бұрын
Love that you shared that with us what you did with your son! Very conscious and cool man love your guys channel!
@Vicky61407 Жыл бұрын
Yet another great reaction guys !
@Kaznglenn Жыл бұрын
👍 nice reaction thumbs up as always
@maddynuff2091 Жыл бұрын
Yes so glad you have done this one. All ready for when MG3 drops 🙌
@ananda-b3u Жыл бұрын
You gave your son some wisdom there! My kids are all grown now but we talked about that a lot when they were young and I can tell it did influence the way they understand these things now. Even when we can’t tell if our kids are listening, they are.
@soniasajid1167 Жыл бұрын
This is the one right here 🎯
@peterveste6976 Жыл бұрын
thank you for continuing to react and support my favourite artist ever ❤❤
@tretvfrmdabx2544 Жыл бұрын
No problem
@patriciacloix71 Жыл бұрын
OMG Ren merci les gars réac 🙏👍👏😱
@kellyyoung2512 Жыл бұрын
Great reaction from you both!! Much ❤you get it❤
@tretvfrmdabx2544 Жыл бұрын
Thank you so much 😁
@bethellen19627 ай бұрын
Thank you your thoughtful Analysis. You were completely on point with your breakdown, I guess Game recognizes game.
@assetleedsfire Жыл бұрын
This is my first time watching you guys. I really love how you break it down and can relate to Rens words. And what you said about if someone listening to Ren and dont get anything out of it .. there is definitely something wrong with them lol
@seagull01-cp8pb Жыл бұрын
Love your Ren reactions👍💕🦇
@Seasonofthesicc Жыл бұрын
Excellent perspective guys. Really enjoy your reactions
@tretvfrmdabx2544 Жыл бұрын
Thx put ren and channel name and all his reactions will pop up from us
@libby215 Жыл бұрын
As always, an intelligent and thoughtful response ☮
@kennethmichael5404 Жыл бұрын
Couldn't agree more. 10 out of 10 ALL DAY.
@DVDFHardTarget Жыл бұрын
Fantastic breakdown of the song and its meaning.
@damao6793 Жыл бұрын
This guy is really awsome At so many levels Different styles but ALWAYS in the higher quality (xcuse my french) Kisses and good continuing 🤙
@ricksurratt9034 Жыл бұрын
Great reaction I can’t wait to see you next time
@thegodofwine8228 Жыл бұрын
This is where the line about "She sells sea shells" in 'Hi Ren' came from , it was a reference that went over a lot of heads (mine too) because we all didn't know 'old ren' yet.
@RealmsOfThePossible Жыл бұрын
I love that Ren referenced this track in his Hi Ren song "We've heard it all before, she sells sea shells on the seashore"
@sketchtherapy1218 Жыл бұрын
I like this one more than part 1. Blessings from Puerto Rico.
@richarddavies4322 Жыл бұрын
Taking value out of society....... so true 🇬🇧❤
@Item_I_ate_them_pac-man Жыл бұрын
Ren is an artist that only comes along once in a lifetime. Incredible.
@debrashrider4062 Жыл бұрын
Love your reaction.
@tretvfrmdabx2544 Жыл бұрын
Thank u
@jeffangle2872 Жыл бұрын
Good react gentlemen, def subbed. Keep up the good work.
@tretvfrmdabx2544 Жыл бұрын
Thanks for the sub!
@alanmai5656 Жыл бұрын
love the reaction guys keep it up
@yenee949 ай бұрын
Thanks for reacting to Ren!
@tretvfrmdabx25449 ай бұрын
No problem!!
@lisas6388 Жыл бұрын
Love your reactions
@tretvfrmdabx2544 Жыл бұрын
Thank u
@achebwahs1111 Жыл бұрын
Facts landing on ears that get it. Nice one
@mazzymakka277027 күн бұрын
Shell oil company started out selling sea shells hence the shell in their logo
@VideosbyLisaLisa Жыл бұрын
Ren's storytelling is so great. From The Tales of Jenny & Screech to Money Game (parts1&2), you get so absorbed in the story that you forget it's just a song. Great reaction guys!
@MarkTomblin Жыл бұрын
Thank you for the reaction! 👍 🔥
@johnnymayweather7476 Жыл бұрын
Money game 3 coming soon cant wait!! Ren is Iconic!!
@graceydez6199 Жыл бұрын
Man, that Prime lesson was bloody great. I will be stealing it 😊
@themojoslide Жыл бұрын
Man this is definitely one of my favourite Ren Tracks! 🔥🔥🔥 Definitely a 10/10 Money game part 3 with Knox Hill coming soon guys! It's going to be Epic!
@ridgeback4374 Жыл бұрын
If you guys re listen to hi ren, now you will understand where the "she sells seashells on the seashore" line in that came from
@19gazelle Жыл бұрын
Appreciate you guys appreciating this! ❤
@BBaker916 Жыл бұрын
The greatest part of this reaction is watching you both look at each other with big eyes about the money game. If y'all do a reaction or just for yourselves, look up "The Creature from Jekyll Island" and figure out what really happened.
@alanmai5656 Жыл бұрын
he talks about selling sea shells in Hi Ren
@mrsainsburys1 Жыл бұрын
🙏🦉❤️👍🐊 great reaction, part 3 out soon enough
@ASUTASTUD Жыл бұрын
The facts are around your kneck with the gold chain. There are vaults filled with gold bullions not doing anything or going anywhere, it's only sitting in them vaults to up the price of gold. You then pay huge sales tax on that gold because apparently it's rare, even though there is enough gold bullions for almost everyone to have 1 each or at least 1 per household.
@direnova6284 Жыл бұрын
Cool.
@TrianglesAndCircles Жыл бұрын
Ren is thick with Reggae influences.
@donald1379 Жыл бұрын
Ren is a sanger sanger...great reaction guys
@ThemAInAIm Жыл бұрын
She sells sea shells on the sea shore, it’s also important to understand, that if you are on the sea shore, you’ve no need to buy sea shells.
@princess_k1tt3n5 ай бұрын
Good job boys
@VivBrodock8 ай бұрын
funfact: "she sells seashells on the sea shore" is about a real woman, Mary Anning, who was a fossil hunter during the Victorian period. she became such an expert in Jurassic seabed fossils that doctors of paleontology would travel from around the world just to talk to her, a woman who wasn't even allowed to get a college education at the time. however, Ren's version of the story isn't about her. It's about the Shell Trading Company. who bought up beaches in tropical regions in order to collect exotic shells and bring them back to britain and sell them to the upper class. This company is now one of the largest petrocompanies, Shell PLC
@ricksurratt9034 Жыл бұрын
Bam ❤
@karstenpetersen8438 Жыл бұрын
I love Ren ,and thanks for not smoking 💪👍 much better guys. Btw I’m a smoker myself 😎
@gurulimbo Жыл бұрын
A great follow up to this is “Crucify Your Culture”
@pirada74 Жыл бұрын
🔥🔥❤✌
@antonyainsworth1665 Жыл бұрын
Great reaction, if like this try crucify your culture, its 🔥 keep up good work thanks boys
@NightFogFilms Жыл бұрын
She sells sea shells is not a nursery rhyme. It's a tongue twister.
@tretvfrmdabx2544 Жыл бұрын
Thanks for the correction
@UKmarlee Жыл бұрын
Boss show boys,🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉a ren🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉RENISIS
@Aurora-cv5to Жыл бұрын
Can you imagine a big label backing this? I can't. Ren's on the right side of the money game. No one is perfect, but we can all do better.
@johnnymayweather7476 Жыл бұрын
Great reaction. Can we get that NF-REMEMBER THIS react 🤔
@mcguigance Жыл бұрын
❤
@itsakittyting Жыл бұрын
I feel this is how they sold people on the jabs; influencers, putting people to shame who didn't get them and making believe they would run out - that whole campaign was like a tellsell infomercial. This video was made in 2020 so that makes sense. Glad you reacted to this one finally!
@colinlear9757 Жыл бұрын
PLEASE, PLEASE CHECK OUT 'OCEAN', 'DEAR GOD', 'DO YOU BELIEVE?' This song is an inner dialogue and it's probably the most watched & reacted to song in the world. It touches us all. For fun & amazing breadth of talent check out 'THE HUNGER, 'LOSING IT', 'POWER', MONEY GAME PART 2 & THE PUSH I SHOT THE SHERRIF. There are more & more, his talent is endless, he speaks for the world, to the world.
@prihelfer Жыл бұрын
is it also a critique to Shell the corp.?
@aragonvargo800110 ай бұрын
5:15 is so real tho
@wimvankeeken Жыл бұрын
Crusefy your culture 🤘😎 check it out !
@gwynethzen77 Жыл бұрын
Great review as usual! I highly recommend REN’s crucify your culture! ❤
@707Berto Жыл бұрын
Ever watch 8-Mile?
@Draktand01 Жыл бұрын
Of course in a physical sense, all trade is a zero sum game. What you’re selling isn’t just matter though. You’re selling value, and value is ultimately in the eye of the beholder. That’s why and iphone is always gonna be more expensive that the cost of the component parts and labour. Because a pile of metals and a bunch of humans laying about doing nothing ain’t very valuable. So the money game isn’t originally meant to just pass around the same old things in a way that just ends up with corruption. The main purpose is to maximise the value of as many things as possible as efficiently as possible, ending up with a richer economy as a whole. The corruption is just a consequence of that, but said consequence has taken over the whole money game.
@markoes28 Жыл бұрын
Introduce homie to H👽Mack, maybe do Omegle Bars #70 or his... 'Rap Coltrane EP, Fully Improvised Freestyle Project' That last one is also mindblowing and 🔥🔥🔥 Keep shining and stay safe 🙏🏼
@kellyt5341 Жыл бұрын
Hold your tits....they just did a reaction to Ren. It hasn't been 2 min. ff's. It's probably a HM bot anyways.
@juliedonlon1454 Жыл бұрын
Can you pleeease do genesis by ren. I know you'll love it. Yall are my favorite reactors ❤
@Moremusic-less-war9 ай бұрын
Modren day bob marley
@calummcmartin4628 Жыл бұрын
🏴❤🍻🇺🇲
@distractjen Жыл бұрын
This song is also what he was referring back to in Hi Ren with this part: Man, you're not original, you criminal, rip-off artist. The pinnacle of your success is stealing other people's material. Ren, mate, we've heard it all before Uh, "she sells seashells on the sea shore"
@MusicPlayingPeon4 ай бұрын
plus this one is nice to listen to rather than watch
@ridgeback4374 Жыл бұрын
Dont let your son drink PRIME. The ingredients are terrible. Thats my 2 cents. Great reaction though as always
@ellavarnes2392 Жыл бұрын
King "Doodoo" Dotta just released a ren diss track. It's got some ...ok jabs but the rest weak sauce. Ren posed it on his community tab, says he's gonna have some fun with this one...
@NoraMorgan Жыл бұрын
Knox Hill’s response was scary good. I know you were expecting REN’s but…
@ellavarnes2392 Жыл бұрын
@@NoraMorgan Oh yeah I just watched Knox"s stan diss and that shit made me shiver with that last line...aint no coming back from it!
@sarahholland2600 Жыл бұрын
Its dire. Artists should support each other. Like Ren has with Dirt Miller & others.
@NoraMorgan Жыл бұрын
@@sarahholland2600 I get both sides. I hear you.
@antondp74 Жыл бұрын
Have you seen Ren’s ‘Crucify your Culture’ yet guys! It’s next level! 🤯👌🏻
@Goober-o6p Жыл бұрын
I did the exact same with my son when he wanted prime. I explained it exactly how you did. 🫡🫡