RXK Nephew: A 21st century Diogenes. “Slither Conspiracy” analysis

Continuing my deep analysis of the work of RXK Nephew with some comparisons to an ancient Greek Philosopher (Diogenes), a French Renaissance author (Rabelais) and an American Grindcore singer (Alex Putnam). ‪@rxknephew5593‬
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[@johntucker361]

AVAA! I love RXK Nephew and it's good to note he's nowhere near as homophobic/transphobic in real life (at least toward his fans) as he can portray sometimes in his music. I found out about him last year through a screenshot of a hilarious DM exchange where a fan asked for Nephew's thoughts on femboys and explained the concept, to which he replied "I have a cousin like that ! He know how to fight and Robb people, so I just mind my business cause gay n- be regular ppl who hit licks too n they got guns" Awesome guy.

[@rabbitmane9265]

i think its important to note that he often calls people out for not being their selves. For instance he wouldn't call you out for being gay if you were openly gay, only if you are hiding it and not being true to yourself will he call out the fact that you are actually gay.

[@gluemonkeyfan.714]

neph is fuckin w the lgbtq community? neph fucks w me 😮😮

[@kinfoul]

There’s no such thing as homophobic if someone doesn’t like gays that’s normal normal humans have babies

[@nym2259]

what does avaa mean

[@lewisblackwiththenicehair]

​@@nym2259 5:30

[@thancs777]

this is the kind of academic respect we should be treating some of these rappers with!

[@cademiller5627]

The amount of effort you put into analyzing a song that most people would just overlook as nonsense is inspiring AAVA

[@jeremyross7939]

Yeah he broke it down

[@Senydd]

Would recommend Slitherman vs Nephew and Slitherman Solo Set if you're planning on venturing further into the Slitherverse

[@remyhanna5826]

AVAA, I highly suggest listening to beam on ya toes next. Definitely satirizes addiction while being genuinely catchy and describing the inconveniences of that lifestyle. Also goes hard in the club

[@SSX1799]

Aye Professor Skye got that giving holiday spirit. Every video has been fantastic forreal. Dawg if you do The Real Lil Reese by Neph that would be too epic. At this point you have a legendary catalogue Prof👌🏾. Thanks for nourishing peoples minds in such an entertaining and accessible way.

[@williamlockman9506]

AVAA prof skye you’re making me actually appreciate literary analysis somehow. Never thought this type of content would be made on such an obscure rapper

[@user-zk6hl2jc2i]

Thank you so much Prof! It’s so refreshing to see neph be taken seriously. I thought I was the only one looking too deep into it. I listen to him at work and sometimes he makes me stop and think which is the most valuable thing music can do. AVAA

[@UltimateTNTGod]

I actually think the beat lends a lot to the song. It's ambient and surreal. The surrealness makes the lyrics hit harder. I imagine sitting on a porch in the desert at night with RXK Nephew as he explains his opinions about our society. I'd also guess that the beat put Neph in a more contemplative mood as he wrote and/or freestyled this track -- something like a trappier beat would probably not have led to as interesting a song.

[@thefloodwatch785]

AVAA! the only thing i disagree when it comes to these past two rxk nephew songs is your opinion on the beats. Personally I think they are fantastic and do add a lot to the song. the america terrorist beat reminds me of a cross between memphis rap and 2001 a space oddessey. Just this looping ambient beat that swirls around and sets the stage for nephew to express his thoughts. The haunted screams in Slither Conspiracy's beat are fantastic and add so much to the nightmarish aspects of neph's music imo.

[@allxxndr]

I think you're right about crack being the great equalizer. I think crack is being used to make us see the equivalence between crack and cash, the way that crack is used you could almost replace crack with the stimulus check. The way that all the celebrities use crack and do not get backlash for that dependency as opposed to the dependency of the stimulus check and the government. it is the great equalizer between the wealth inequalities, where one must be subject to dependency on cash to survive the other chooses to become dependent. Like you also talked about coming from a place of wealth will blind you to the dependency that cash brings which Neph calls out.

[@zurno7901]

AVAA! It’s so cool that your son can share artists like Neph with you. These vids are great and now I see madvillainy and Aes videos. Consider me subscribed 🗣️‼️🫵

[@KingYoshi3]

AVAA! My new favorite KZbin channel. We absolutely need more discourse like this bridging the gaps between academia and hip-hop/rap culture

[@teerdkrepp987]

His 2021 album Slitherman Activated is definitely worth checking out as well. It would be my favorite rap album of the year if it wasn't for Injury Reserve

[@noahsavas4451]

AVAA !!! Love the RXK videos. As I’ve been listening to you over the past couple weeks you’ve made me try to think deeper on a number of topics which is really cool. I’d like to maybe see a Lil B vid in the future?? #TYBG

[@BaZErK5734]

Avaa! I’m always delighted to see a new video from you!

[@mrluhhasheish]

I'm loving these so much, Keep It up man

[@kestrelsc]

“tory lanes should have shot his barbershop up” def sounds like a modern AC song

[@zelimss]

AVAA! Another banger video, really enjoyed it!

[@mamoet1283]

You Always post straight heat avaa

[@Louie1629]

Bruh u by far have the best analysis of rxk nephew and rx pap keep going with these types of videos you genuinely just recently appearing on my recommended

[@trevorroddy3773]

AVAA thanks for continuing to look into older stuff, and giving expose (at least to me) to rxknephews music as intellectually fascinating

[@CroissantLife]

AVAA, this has gotta be my sickest channel find in years. Thanks for treating Rxk and rap in general with the respect and serious artistic weight they deserve, Doc. You're a cool dude.

[@iwush3163]

AVAA! This was a phenomenal breakdown of one of the weirdest things I’ve heard. I’m really impressed that you got everything to tie together so well considering nephs pretty sporadic choice of topics. I’d love to see you do one on operation: kill Chet haze by Devon Hendryx. Idk how much you’d get out of it, and I’m probably guaranteed to be a fan of whatever you post next regardless

[@draaaiin]

Wow Seth Putnam? Prof skye is truly goated for that

[@boogereater55]

Just finished watching , great video!

[@SomeSong2]

In honor of this upcoming video I’ve prepared some (albeit safe for KZbin) Seth Putnam-inspired song titles. You Stopped Going to 311 Concerts Because It Wasn’t Reggae Enough and Your Stepmom Buys You Lunchables The Only Thing More Grunge Than Pearl Jam Is Boy George You Clean Toilets To Bob Seger at the Homecoming Football Game and Use Tylenol JC Penny’s Called You Back Once About a Pair of Cargo Pants The Last Movie You Watched Was Charlotte’s Web

[@professorskye]

love these. Keep 'em coming! Nothing will ever beat "You Own a Houseboat" but we can all strive for perfection.

[@SomeSong2]

You Listen to Spin Doctors While Eating Apple Jacks You Thought Utah Jazz Was a Music Festival You Lost Your Oak Ridge Boys Cassette In a Little Caesar’s Your Gigapet Died Because You Wear Tweed You Take Bubble Baths to The Andy Griffith Show

[@Neptunebb369]

What about Kyle from incantation’s mustache?

[@ethanlockwood8195]

AVAA. My new favorite channel!

[@MachManus]

Great video!

[@rhumbaextreme]

AVAA, I've written college essays on similar topics and enjoy RXKNephew so this video was great

[@fokuzd_beats]

AVAA! I really like your recent videos on the RX Artists! :) I would love to see a video on the dutch international sensation Joost Klein, he makes very unique music and his last project fryslan is amazing!

[@nathanprohaska8635]

AVAA!!! This is so amazing!!!!

[@rolkaaaaa]

Edit: AVAA Great video as always, you should check out RX Papi's Therapy Session also wondering if you've ever listened to such music as Mount Eerie? It's not rap, but I wonder what your take would be on such music.

[@sebivibes]

very insightful

[@nas5017]

My favorite Analysis on the channel

[@fishnets2]

AVAA - if you are going to continue this series of analysing the works of RXKNephew, I would highly suggest a song I consider to be greatly underrated "Unsubscribe Me & Don't Buy My Music". It explores Nephew's hedonism, has some of his most pointed commentary on religion and his performance is highly passionate the whole time.

[@realitycreatr]

Can you PLEASE do 'The Real Lil Reese'

[@Meekmillan]

I swear to god.

[@cardibmouflookdumb3260]

Thank for for these breakdowns, rxk is the most misunderstood philosopher of all time, especially in our generation of cookie cutter music that has become modern day philosophy. A world without a Diogenes is a world that needs a Diogenes.

[@pokeyball]

Runts are a weed company. Runts is a play off the candy but they are weed strains as well

[@shrem11]

I'm interested in Diogenes, is there a specific book you'd recommend to learn about him and the lantern story? Great video btw

[@mygriddyaunt]

Although he wrote no material himself, Oxfords “Sayings and anecdotes” is probably the most Diogenes dense/focused book available.

[@professorskye]

That sounds like a good one!

[@commaJim]

​@@mygriddyauntwe have no surviving fragments from him, but that doesn't mean there wasn't at some point direct text with his ideas on them. The cynic movement in ancient Greece was vast.

[@mygriddyaunt]

@@commaJim He pissed, shit, and came in public. He most likely never learned how to write and instead generated ideas through dialogue, which he expressed through dialogue.

[@fill_the_briefcase9269]

Unc, please do the money store by death grips

[@thomas7365]

Thanks for the interesting video! Really enjoy you covering more underground hip hop artists. I'm curious, have you listened to Young Pappy at all? I think in 2017 he was shaping up to be one of the most interesting rappers in the last decade. Songs like Shorty wit da 40 and Two Cups made it seem like he had a very sardonic understanding of the consequences of his active participation in gang activity, making his eventual murder right when he was beginning to gain some main stream appeal all the more chilling. Would love to hear a breakdown!

[@mr.bigweld8138]

Agreed! But it was 2015 that’s the year he got killed

[@thomas7365]

@@mr.bigweld8138 You're right! think I got it mixed up because 2 Cups: Part 3 was released posthumously in 2017.

[@biggator7233]

Also, would love to see a video about drain gang/ sadboys

[@taxesrtheft]

i fucking love diogenes. and i love rxk too but i also love diogenes.

[@saura_]

For real this video was unexpectedly good. I came across randomly with RXK Nephew and I was super confused by this song, and I was wondering if it had a video and then I saw this! AVAA! I wonder if he knows how deep everything is or he is just intelligent but not thinking things that deep? Can the humanity be clever without knowing? Do you think all of this is premeditated? Ty

[@goeyguts]

You're great at tricking me into going to class AVAA

[@jackhenry7656]

Avaa prof, since you’re checking out old stuff, try out uneven compromise by lil ugly mane

[@simonhull4342]

Yes please Avaaa prof and even on doing an evil dead blues and his album volcanic bird enemy and the voiced concern is amazing too

[@xalamander5502]

Skye we need a sit down conversation with Neph

[@loops03]

AVAA! As an enjoyer of both, I think the neph’s views on ignorance is similar to Lucy Dacus’s views when it comes to religion. It takes a backseat to a lot of the other themes in her music, but like in Satanist when she is talking about Solomon writing Ecclesiastes, that line reminds me of these same sort of ideas on ignorance & the pursuit & questioning of knowledge. Your reviews of her & BG’s music are also awesome as always. Have you listened to Naomi Elizabeth? I’d be very interested to hear your perspective on her music, although her audiobooks (on spotify) add a lot of context to her songs

[@cardibmouflookdumb3260]

That Diogenes snappin tho 🔥

[@sammyh1897]

Would love a King Krule reaction!!!

[@JP-gw3xr]

I’m getting a second hand education thanks to rxk nephew. This is beautiful

[@spyspy4236]

runtz is a weed strain lmfaoo AVAA

[@randelfrank2421]

Can you please please please please look into “purified”-Crack Therapy 🗣️🙏🏼 fw the content and really appreciate you taking the time to seriously analyze this art that is often looked over 😔

[@whatupgovna]

i appreciate the way u think i wish i had teachers like u as a kid we woulda clicked.

[@roelio5219]

This is Genius

[@josueperez7432]

LETS GOOOO

[@danilomarinkovic8711]

First time hearing RXK, my immediate response was that he was a modern day Diogenes/hood philosopher, so seeing this video really put a smile on my face! AVAA

[@thugger_wit_a_ak4444]

You should do an analysis on c.a.n.d.y it’s like a six minute freestyle by rxk nephew but it is very good, its one of my favorite songs by him

[@BorrowedYeti]

Avaa! Please listen to Party Gator Purgatory by Temps before the end of the year too!!

[@nas5017]

AVAA You gotta do early age death next by him

[@biggator7233]

Lets goooooooooo

[@MachinePinatas]

Hey Professor Skye, I know you've talked about Boldy before and the weirdness of CrackRap, But I think you should try to listen to his Album Manger on McNichols - Boldy James There's a lot of deep cut samples and intense things going on on that album and theres alot crazy things going on on it.

[@garretta8422]

White runtz is a weed strain. I love this video so much

[@Tripfromfacade]

me after two beers:

[@ivandivjanovic1002]

Keep studying Nephew, he is like Tupac reborn

[@mygriddyaunt]

Kodak is this generations Tupac

[@relacks8528]

nah what i just discovered ur tterroristt analysis an hour ago and now i check back and you do slither conspiracy??? crazy

[@patrickfox1869]

you should make one of these videos for cousin tito by rx papi

[@karasu9]

39:49 favorite part

[@medicalboneR]

Oh my god

[@thefloodwatch785]

this past week nephew released a kanye diss track called "yeezy boots." If you are in any way familiar with kanye and rx it is fantastic and hilarious.

[@taxesrtheft]

rxknephews music is modern example of "dont cast pearls to swine"

[@mateomoore6385]

Fuck yea, i watched the entire American tterorist vid and was thinking how bad I hoped you would make a video on slither conspiracy, then I checked and here it is

[@YouWinTheAward]

slither PSYCHOSIS next pls! AAVA

[@karasu9]

I love Diogenes because he's the player character in getting over it

[@jamesforreal_]

U gotta do cousin tito by rx papi

[@kwekuhodgson1976]

What does Aava/avaa stand 4???

[@stone3859]

AVAA, love ur vids, but u gotta make those thumbnails more simple and straighht to it. I will gladly help you Prof. Skye

[@DVN_DVN]

Please do Beam On Ya Toes 🙏 AVAA

[@sunkilmoonfan]

Avaa!

[@spyspy4236]

make sure to listen to "phresh" one of his best coming form the heart joints

[@frankz9251]

That's a hidden gem fr, I hate that most these kids focus on his silly songs and not his real ones

[@spyspy4236]

@@frankz9251 all of the songs are his "real ones" just keep spreading the joints you like it's all good. you don't really hate anything you just frustrated for some other reasons so it's directed at imaginary people not listening to music the way you think it should be done. it's gonna be all good keep ya head up

[@frankz9251]

@@spyspy4236 nah I just mean online I see most ppl talk abt American tterorist, beam on ya toes, slitherman vs nephew etc, basically all his popular songs that are mostly crazy and comedic, I'm not saying they are bad songs or that ppl can't enjoy them, I'm js that he has soooo many actual meaningful good songs that get slept on and a lot of new fans don't find them bc all they hear about are the popular ones

[@babiigoat8308]

Neph is this goat

[@Tupadre97]

do rx papi therapy session next

[@ZimMan26]

frank stella poster, nice

[@professorskye]

I have spent hours and hours of my life looking at that poster and I never get tired of it

[@goldenrod7804]

AVAA!!! I got into a car crash to this song.

[@milest872]

So glad ur touching on Rabelais LOL

[@professorskye]

Without hyperbole, Rabelais is the reason that I chose my life path.

[@milest872]

​@@professorskyediscovered him thru the bakhtin book a while ago on a literature course. I love both rabelais n rx i never expected someone to do this type of video but it is amazing ur doing it. Making links like this is so cool to me!

[@projectp777]

Unrelated but I’d recommend Glokk40Spaz - I Choose Violence for a breakdown

[@Domestic_Abuse]

real

[@bukowskistall]

avaa!

[@ROYAL-ob6kf]

you should listen to the album crest by bladee and ecco2k there are lots of cryptic lyrics with spiritual references i think you would like to decode

[@christian_sidehug]

re: original thumbnail: eehhhhhh idk about that AxCx comparison there. that band was always just there to take the piss imho. neph has an earnestness that.. idk, makes his words matter more? idk seth putnam and rxk nephew are both inebriated savants but the latter i can take his lyrics in good faith. i'm sure when the video drops you'll make it make sense, this is just a gut reaction lol

[@professorskye]

I am curious to hear what you think of the video.

[@christian_sidehug]

​@@professorskyejust finished the video, avaa! i definitely see where you're coming from now, especially given how you tied seth to diogenes and rabalais. i also re-listened to the track beforehand and... yea i can definitely see where AxCx might have some influence there. if there was a track you'd compare that band with, it would be that one lol. i think that what you said about how all three of those figures came from a place of privilege that neph never had growing up really hit the point i was trying to get at with my first comment better than i could say it. both seth and neph hold the lantern to society through their work but Why they do so is the key to differentiating who's realer to me.

[@oliverbranch777]

Black coffee drinkers are cool asf like me 😂

[@5u8x.A-D]

14:23 wait the prof has been to inverness?? scotland stand up! gum biodh maitheas agad skye

[@professorskye]

Spent a month in Glasgow., went to Skye before the bridge, been to Inverness, Edinburgh, Dunoon, Falkirk and its wheel, the Monty Python castle, Dundee and many other places.love Scotland, where my ancestors (Clan Campbell) murdered my other ancestors (clan Lamont) in cold blood! 😀

[@5u8x.A-D]

@@professorskye omg that's so cool!! hope you come back sometime soon :) AVAA from a descendent of the Murray clan

[@bignigga1008]

🎶I feel like Frank Hassle, if I catch yo ass in Walmart I’m not trynna wrastle 🎶

[@TigahStyleOG]

RXK

[@liamr340]

AAVA, why don't you believe in tattoos? Also you misnamed Seth Putnam as Alex Putnam in the description fyi

[@thEpRoCoOkiE]

AVAA watching while drinking black coffee

[@oldmanbill7012]

You think you have enough adds there sonny ?

[@brainchxlddd6861]

AVAA I believe you would seriously enjoy Unsubscribe Me and Don't Buy My Music by neph as an interesting and just as provoking sequel to American Tterrorist

[@korrypaige5754]

Edit:AAVA! I enjoy your videos! Great conceptual and philosophical ideas! I think critical thinking is overdue to be in style!❤ Wow... I found myself watching your breakdowns of the RXK Neph, but I think that you are researching the philosophy more than the music. I respect your work and opinions, but it's not complete until you have a full picture of what he's doing and how conscious he is of what he's doing Example: kzbin.info/www/bejne/gX7EpYqNjtSSmbcsi=4Om7VyU8TPQUx1HC