NEW FAV! | Ren - "Illest Of Our Time" (Reaction) |

[@simplysimon9868]

Big shout to Samuel Perry-Falvey for filming this awesome video 🔥🔥🔥

[@melissadwiggins]

There is actually some highlights from Ren going live last night where he saw that everybody was doing reactions to his video already and he actually started crying because it was so touching to him. Yesterday was also his birthday. He said he's just so blown away by how much attention he's getting but he very much deserves it!

[@sarasweightlossjourney1432]

Made me emotional

[@amydavies2529]

Saw that, too. He is freaking awesome and humble. I teared up, too

[@melissadwiggins]

It helps that he's a cute little bugger too! 😊

[@AndaraBledin]

He's got the whole stream up on his Twitch for anyone wants to see the whole thing.

[@migbargas1985]

@@melissadwiggins ❤

[@ladonna9938]

"4,5,6 spit a crucifix " is a play on the Freddie Krueger nursery rhyme that says "5, 6, grab a crucifix". He referenced Freddie Krueger earlier in the bars too.

[@Luis.Liogon]

thats what I was thinking the first time that I listen the song, if the 1, 2 ,3... was a reference to Freddie too

[@CleddaSrh]

I’m so hyped for this new Ren album! Can’t wait for Ren to blow up and get the recognition an artist of his caliber deserves

[@simiangimp2282]

Everyone is missing the extra facet to the Freddie Mercury bar. He says "I'm heavy". Mercury is one of the heavy metals on the Periodic Table. It's a double.

[@FlawdTV]

Didn't catch that at all. 🔥

[@simiangimp2282]

@@FlawdTV He really interweaves his schemes 🔥

[@tlg22073]

My hub and I both caught it and find it interesting that so many (almost all) don't catch it. I'm a science teacher and my hubby does all things renovations to homes and is an all around science sponge.

[@simplysimon9868]

13 more songs getting dropped from Rens album Sick Boi. 2023 gunna be awesome!! Love your reactions 👍👍

[@rcinabout4418]

“Elementary my dear Watson” is a famous line , Sherlock Holmes says to Dr Watson ( he’s assistant)

[@planetag310]

The flow switching makes Ren's music a wild ride and his bars are pure poetry.

[@feistyphoenix289]

He also does a cover of I Shot the Sheriff also; he has such a mixture of genres which includes Reggae.

[@nightcrawler5696]

2:54 - Nice! You caught the Eleven reference. I missed that one comepletely, even after I read the lyrics several times, lol. This man has layers upon layers of intricacy in his lyricism.

[@meme-ls7ft]

Yeeaahhhh...🔥🔥🔥...love the F I R shirt.. Ren and Ronnie are at the top this year.👍😎👍

[@Polyaquaria]

Much love peeps! Yall are dope. This ish is fire. Like, that's it. Period.

[@madcat528]

Ren can do anything! He is incredible!!!

[@lillyvanpug]

He came in swinging at tore the joint apart 🤯 This beat is fire, the bars are dope and the flowswitches are off the charts 🔥🔥🔥

[@JokerInk-CustomBuilds]

"Elementary dear Watson!" Is a very famous Sherlock Holmes Quote from books as well as movies... It is allmost his catchphrase, it was how the writer made an opening to Sherlock explaining everything to the reader... lol

[@truckinleprechaunscottcask9747]

Ren is upping the ante in rap. His ability to switch flows and beats in the middle of a rap and it flows like water. Great reaction

[@hobokendpc]

Driving back home last night and this tune came on on my playlist! A banger from Ren. He's something else! He has everything.

[@AnotherFacelessDigitalNoOne]

This dude... honestly. "Chefs kiss" some 1000 reactions later and some 200 direct vid reactions later..... this... dude

[@Proud.American58]

Great reaction. You need to check out Ren’s “What You Want” for an upbeat old school hip hop song. Also check him out doing “Right Here, Right Now” and “Life is Funny”. And for a feel good sound, try “Power”

[@dearydarling]

Ok gotta check out more of your reactions! I've noticed with Illest that i'm seeing reactors i've not encountered before and i try to give full watch/subscribe/like/comment love to every reactor showing Ren love ... glad this is popping new reactors up to the surface. We gotta make this business model work :) great reaction!

[@Veeliscious]

Literally helping Ren "defeat the forces of Evil" Ren prophesied at the tender age of 17 - breaking the greedy money-machine giants who really just monetise Us all, and returning us to the mutually beneficial community and fair Exchange of trade

[@tiffanytibbetts3650]

He’s got tonsss of callbacks to his past songs. Heretic, the hardy brothers reference from losing it. I mean it goes on and on fiiirrrrrrreeee 🔥

[@philliphall9817]

I wondered if crucify a catholic was a call back to 'Crucify your culture'

[@abnormaltexan]

The craziest thing is that he wrote and filmed this before he released hi ren. This wasn’t something he thought up after everyone went crazy on all his music. All the references to his old songs is crazy good and it makes it seem like he may have done this after the blow up but he did this not knowing he was going to be any bigger than he was at the time. This song is beyond fire

[@BrummieLadd]

Great reaction love watching Americans reacting to our music 🔥🔥👍👍

[@HolyMeauxly]

Y'all got some 🔥

[@ja163361]

Holy Shit this guy is amazing.

[@ojayferojay478]

Great reaction guys he dose do reggae check out The big Push his band I shot the sheriff/ Road to Zion/ Hip Hop if you haven’t done it. His got so many styles and genres.

[@testpattern23]

Ren is next level

[@wastefulungratfuls]

The Prodigy have contacted Ren about discussing a potential collaboration.. ❤️🇬🇧❤️

[@traviescratchcards5875]

That would be my dream! Hope this is true because this would be insane 😩🔥

[@hobokendpc]

That would be amazing!

[@Veeliscious]

Wow I didn't know this - did he say that on Twitch (I've not got myself together enough yet to get on Twitch or Discord - too busy binge watching Renactions lol

[@nickmorgan9165]

😅😅😅

[@lesliehaigh6765]

@@Veeliscious same

[@drewperry4626]

He's like if Wu-Tang got condensed into one person. Every flow holds its own personality. He changes his voice and body language to match each one. It's crazy genius level.

[@williamsummerson1204]

It's Ren's world and we just livin in it. 🔥🔥🙏

[@agtjackbauer]

Eleven is one of the main character in stranger things. That was a double right there. That whole stranger things line was fire was 🔥.

[@dannyboy6326]

The whole song is a double

[@HolyMeauxly]

That's why I enforced the "11" lmao that shit was dope!

[@jamesoloughlin536]

Actually a triple cause turn it up to eleven is spinal tap reference as well - the other double ppl seem to miss is mercury heavy Freddie mercury - mercury is heavy metal from period table .. dude spits so many doubles

[@itzzrhino20]

Please do i Shot the sheriff/ Road to zion and HipHop by Ren with the big push its 🔥

[@HolyMeauxly]

We did it on a live and it got copyright claimed while we were doing it live, so we had to end it. It was amazing tho

[@garbeal2397]

Literally every line of this song is genius word play.

[@sammyd8860]

I never liked rap before I heard Ren. I love Genesis, The Hunger and Losing It. This track reminds me of why I don't like rap (alpha male aggrressive bragadacio, violent imagery etc) BUT I love the beat and the last flow "I, want to spread these tattered wings" through to the end. Ren is a freakin' genius (I just don't like violence and male aggression - personal taste I guess). However, he warned us that we may not like it as he was going in a new direction. Massive respect to you Ren ! Get well soon, mate

[@JokerInk-CustomBuilds]

the cool thing about the bragging violent imagery etc here is that it all has double meanings. Being Illest as in the best rapper or literally the one who is sickest... even the animal heads can be an agressive statement about animalistic behaviours but also a representation of the different emotions, feelings and sides to our individual personalities... the lyrics can be interpreted allmost entirely in both ways as well... psychologically and bragadacio hand in hand! :)

[@sammyd8860]

@@JokerInk-CustomBuilds I totally get what you're saying. There is no denying Ren's incredible talents (I'm afraid that I have a psychological issue with violent imagery which causes me stress - so I tend to avoid that kind of thing). Aside from that, the beat was awesome and I loved the last flow.

[@demrickwable]

​@@JokerInk-CustomBuilds It is in reference to his illness seeing as he has Lyme Disease, and is currently going to treatment. He suffered mental illness(psychosis), depression and also permanent physical damage because he didn't get diagnosed for almost 10 years, as Lyme Disease is very hard to diagnose

[@Lou-xq9br]

Amazeball's!!! Definitely my fav & went straight on my playlist 🔥❣️🔥❣️🔥

[@bevc5349]

You guys are great, loved your reaction! ❤ Xx

[@mikerutledge1694]

Amazing reaction. No disrespect intended at all but the girl doing this reaction is absolutely beautiful. Hopefully she knows that

[@FlawdTV]

Nothing disrespectful about it. I completely agree. That's why I started dating her in 2009 😂

[@alaskan_bergwanderer]

Watson is Sherlock Holmes' sidekick (essentially). "Elementary, my dear Watson" is a line that comes up in the old books.

[@edix1673]

"Elementary dear Watson" is a famous line from Sherlock Holmes novels

[@ruddyy123]

Forget your names. But I’m so impressed at how well you catch the gate. And I don’t mean , you catch the odd bar. You literally catch all the bars !!! So impressive. Most people catch the mainstream bars. You’re catching the above and behind bars

[@anonnonnon]

RENs straight up lyrical genius 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@dancerbird76]

Love your reaction- watching you enjoy Illest as much as we do🔥🔥

[@LaceyMediaProductions]

Yep, Sherlock says "It's Elementary dear Waston"

[@didierblasco8116]

wow what a reaction You both are sick !

[@HolyMeauxly]

🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾

[@SandyNoblitt]

He does Regga too. He is so talent in all his music, and has it up. He also went old school with the Beastie Boys

[@aimeekeel]

I love that the 80s/early 90s kids always find that Hardy Bros bar.

[@freddy9646]

Elementary dear Watson - Sherlock says this to Watson when he thinks something is so apparent that it's easy

[@jeremypeppar3317]

Bro you gotta check out the history between Jamaican Reggae and English Ska, the history falls back to shitty times. But the music it's inspired is amazing.

[@77dopey]

The 5 6 grab your crucifix is a throw back to the freddy Kruger bar it's part of the nursery rhyme from a nightmare on elm street

[@MissMaria1969]

Thank you guys so freaking good loving Ren ❤

[@robertmuir2904]

Also on that heavy Freddy Mercury line…..he says heavy because mercury is the heaviest liquid in the world.

[@tammycombs167]

Another great reaction!!! 🔥🥰❤️🙏🏻

[@jimmibarr6433]

I LOVE the video scene change up into the spread my tattered wings bars… that was dope , it’s ALLLLLLL DOPE

[@kingschen1394]

I’m happy you liked this

[@stelrfan1010]

Mercury is also a heavy metal. So heavy like mercury and Mercury like Freddie.

[@jonathanshoop8554]

Ya Ren went dummy on that beat fo sho🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@julypeaaa]

Goose bumps! Spinal column types! 🎉

[@captainmorgan999]

love your reaction guys :) thank you

[@juliecooper-nm7cm]

Thanks for the great reaction guys

[@moodys9855]

Ren is crazy good and you never know what you are getting. Next song might be some singer songwriter folk stuff or some ridiculous storytelling like the whole tale of Jenny and Screetch trilogy.. Everything he does feels special.

[@jurgenolivieira1878]

The opening scenes and overall videos of Stanley Kubrick movie A Clockwork Orange (1971) based on the Anthony Burgess's 1962 book by the same name. Wiki: "It employs disturbing, violent images to comment on psychiatry, juvenile delinquency, youth gangs, and other social, political, and economic subjects in a dystopian near-future Britain.". It's a near perfect fit...

[@LisaMagdalenaBardell]

Love this reaction 🔥🚀 And I’ve listened to about 60!!!!! You are educating me too 🎶

[@Medastep]

Yeah demogorgan is from stranger things. The creature from Alien was called a xenomorph, i believe.

[@niallcnoc9646]

Hi from Cork Ireland 🇮🇪

[@patrickquinlan3056]

Hi from somewhere else in Cork.

[@niallcnoc9646]

@@patrickquinlan3056 Up da rebels 🇮🇩🇮🇩🤣

[@sketchtherapy1218]

I think I found the root of "The Illest" : "Want to sink into the pupil* of my eye Travel to the corner of my cornea** and mind Look for all the answers*** that I never seem to find Till then, I guess I’m still the illest** ** of our time" think about it "ill be the illest (till i find) the answer I'm looking for...?" like he doesn't want to be the illest if he was the greatest he would never want to stop being the greatest but he isn't claiming to be the greatest just the "illest" till he finds the answer? The answer*** he is looking for is a cure to Lyme Disease until he finds it he is the illest** ** of our time but he'd rather not be, he'd rather cure Lyme Disease. None of his treatments make sense there's no plan the'yre just trying stuff on him, even now in Canada there's no long term plan & goal (he said it in a video) it's all pretty much experimental. He has to study what he has seen done to him he is the pupil* (student) of his eyes travel through the light in the darkness he's been through. The cornea** (The transparent part of the eye that covers the iris and the pupil and allows light to enter the inside.) But what do you think? is this about the cure? about having a plan for people like him? about him being the only one that can find a method through the madness for people like him? I don't think anyone else can save them I think it is set in stone he has to be the illest to cure Lyme Dissease or at least develop a treatment that makes sense Blessings from Puerto Rico

[@philliphall9817]

Phillip's wife Susan here. Love your insights shared here. I also think that he is inviting people into his mind to help them find answers which he has not found himself. Wisdom can be realising that there are no answers.

[@sketchtherapy1218]

@@philliphall9817 yeah definitely especially with the "Elementary, dear Watson, you might find Yourself (inside the mind) of the illest of our time" for sure it's a trip into his brain that's part of why I reached my conclusion. Thanks for taking the time to reply & thanks for your thoughts I agree if he doesn't find the answer he'll just remain the illest. Bless Y'all peace.

[@sketchtherapy1218]

@@philliphall9817 he said it himself like 12 hours ago I posted this 22 hours ago but i just found out it's on his community page i'm so happy that i was on the right track I'm so happy that i got someone to talk to about it this is so cool. thanks for hearing me it's on his community page. bless y'all I was just wanting to give y'all an update. ima post what he said for y'all convinience but y'all'l be able to read it on his community tab i'm so happy and sad cause you know he is very ill, but he gotta be the illest to find the cure.

[@sketchtherapy1218]

"Overhwlemed by the amount of support for illest Of Our Time. Have been loving watching all the reaction videos and hearing everyone's interpretation. I never usually break down my own words because I love letting people apply their own meaning, but there was one line I wanted to explain. The title of the song. Alot of people took this to mean "The greatest Of Our Time" "Look for all the answers that I never seem to find, Till then I guess I'm still the illest of our time" Its my reluctance to be the illest - the clue is in the word 'guess' - ive spent the better part of a decade looking for solutions to the damage lyme disease dealt with countless doctors visits, and am still in that boat. "Illest" can also mean "dopest" "best" etc. So it's a bit of a double entendre. Same as "Sick boi" This theme is repeated with the line "elementary dear Watson you might find" cause Sherlock Holmes was always searching for the clues to piece the puzzle together, which is very relatable when trying to piece together parts of a very complex health picture, anyone with a very complex illness will relate to almost having to become your own detective. And finally "A pathologic entity - if eveything is set in stone then this is how its meant to be" Acceptance that this might just be the cards I've been dealt. To search for answers and simultaneously accept that chronic illnest may be your fate is a bit of a paradox because it is the rejection of acceptance that spurs you forward in the persuit of answers, but it is the acceptance that you may always be sick that let's you lead a more peaceful life... so one must walk this contradictory line between both opposing states to have the motivation to find the answers whilst not being so outcome dependent. Still haven't mastered this, but think it's an interesting concept" ~ Ren Gill (The Illest)

[@im2yz4u17]

Watson is the sleuth partner to Sherlock Holmes. Sherlock always says 'It's elementary dear Watson'. Demogorgon is a lord of Hell from dungeons and dragons introduced in 1976. He is a colossal creature with tentacle for arms.

[@smack_pop7]

♥️ Ren is Ren and everyone loves Ren ♥️♥️

[@gingermcgarvey7773]

Better listening to it again. I gotta hear things a couple of times. Reactions are always nice.❤️🤍💙

[@bttrfly1982]

To add to it, mercury is a heavy element, with that in mind, listen to that line again

[@Avatar_AnaSofia]

Welcome to Ren's Rabit Hole 😊 Sugestion for reaction: Ren's band - Push up with their live performance of I shot The Sheriff / Road to Zion / Hip Hop.

[@fredatkins5890]

Great reaction guys! Song is dope.

[@sabijea]

Quite estonishing what you said about reggae (you are the first one!!) because indeed Ren does also an amazing cover of i shot the sherrif !!!

[@neilangus1363]

I love your reactions

[@UltraKev81]

The lyrics are full of double entendre's as well. "Ready, I'm heavy, Mercury, I am Freddy" Mercury is a heavy metal.

[@DenTweed]

He loves doing double and even triple entendres, also keeping up themes (like he did with The Hunger, best example is "i'm staying grounded, but I grind up my beef")

[@UltraKev81]

@@DenTweed I love it.

[@mattblatchley2061]

my man Ren is ILLIN'

[@PeteFindsObscureStuff]

Great reaction folks. This song is a certified banger!!

[@pixelsimage]

I'm 2:30 in to this reaction and I'm glad that folks reacting without any knowledge of his references in the bars can still enjoy his music. LOL. It will take several watches to understand the complexity an thought that goes into these lyrics.

[@RenxChilla]

He covers reggae,if u check it out it should b the 1 'I shot the Sheriff/Road to Zion/HipHop' by his old band The Big Push..absolute fire

[@attimus103]

Might be a reach but his number scheme felt like the Freddy Kruger song to me. 1-2 Freddy's coming for you, 3-4 better lock your door, 5-6 get you r crucifix, 7-8 don stay up late, 9-10 never sleep again.

[@TheRealBrianP]

Great reaction y’all

[@GreenGoblin30]

Demogorgon is from Dungeons and Dragons and was the kids on "Stranger Things" called the monster from that show.

[@andrewrosas4552]

It's interesting how you thought the beat sounded like a futuristic Reggae. You should check out one of his busking videos where he sings I Shot The Sheriff.

[@ericdixon7412]

you guys are always great :)

[@edix1673]

British Hip Hop and Grime music is heavily influenced by reggae and afro carribbean music, from the 1950s onwards thousands of migrants moved to England from the carribean for work, areas like london have a huge afro carribbean populations and theyr culture has enriched ours and become part of British culture, developing alongside it, forming new gernes like dub. It is a hip hop beat, but its an English hiphop beat.

[@sydneexxceasy9063]

Everyone says Eminem but the only other artist who can rap like this sing like him and tell story's like him. That's nf

[@sarasweightlossjourney1432]

CHILLS

[@Medastep]

Ren makes me jealous. Makes me wish i put more into effort rapping.

[@tomlester8681]

The TB-303 part makes this song to me. I mean... Ren would sound amazing regardless... but when the 303 kids in... fire. You are correct about the Regge part. Most regge has the kick and snare only playing on the 3 (i.e counting a song... 1 - 2 - snare - 4, 1 - 2 - snare - 4). And the tempo falls into "regge" tempo. Most people don't realize that the word regge is not a style. it's describes the tempo of a song. Like 80-110 beats per minute. But over time we've associated it with a style.

[@michaelmardling3152]

Streets of Rage, was his inspiration

[@ricraw6690]

Hey guy's. Loving the reactions so far. Any chance of you getting onto some of the big push (Rens's band) live performances? Theres a great one where they cover i shot the sheriff/road to zion and hip hop. You will definitely feel the reggae 🫠 Keep the Ren reactions coming guys. Much love!

[@jonkollmar135]

100 he is not commercial but he is diverse and can rap rap and is diverse af.

[@TwoCents690]

Brighton has a heavy reggae influence.

[@marktyler3381]

Flaw - brilliant point, it's reggae

[@beebloodpunch9029]

I really like your Ren reactions! 🤘

[@davidberesford7009]

great reaction folks

[@JasonPeltier]

One line that I haven't seen anyone catch is that mercury is a heavy metal. I'm heavy. I'm mercury. I'm Freddie.

[@aidanc669]

“ It’s elementary my dear Watson”

[@jasonweldon3706]

Mansplanning shift that he doesn't get himself.

[@sandiraymond1761]

Alphabet-y spaghetti cracks me up 😂😊

[@ignis86]

demigorgon is from Stranger Things with a character named eleven and oppen was a poet

[@Comedy.tunes.battier]

He raps raps on a ton of songs

[@FlawdTV]

I'm sure he does.