why do people like rap

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Acethyr

obviously i know that music is subjective and i don't have to like it

but i just wanted to know what about it appeals to people, because most people i talk to seem to be obsessed w some rapper like travis scott or kendrick

the only rappers ive ever liked listening to were eminem and nf, and tbh i dont really like them anymore either

Edit: idk why people are so unnecessarily salty about this, it’s not like I’m insulting your family bro
I literally just asked a question cause I was curious about what people find appealing about one of the most popular genres of music of all time since it doesn’t appeal to me

I do not like Eminem or NF anymore that is some high school shit, I like no rappers

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goat1594

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Most rappers have insane beats in the background that carries the music

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Acethyr

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thats valid ig, but ngl a lot of the lyrics are beyond cringe to me

sometimes when its about real shit though, its nice

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maybe dont listen to NF and eminem to start off

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Acethyr

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Eminem’s lyrics are a lot more bearable than the drugs women shit that I’ve heard from a shit ton of other rappers vro (not all)

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You’d rather listen to Kim or Kill You than The Way Life Goes?

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Acethyr

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I’d rather listen to neither

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JonahPork

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Just don’t listen to trap music then lmao

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NF is rlly good wdym

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"lyrics are cringe" and you listen to nf 😂😂😂

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Acethyr

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Is reading comprehension difficult for you people

the only rappers ive ever liked listening to were eminem and nf, and tbh “i dont really like them anymore either“

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bladee

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kuruk

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theyre calling it the whitest post of all time

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king_bob

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none of this is real theres no other way

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kuruk

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i know kfan is trolling but almost every post in this thread is wild

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kfan is not trolling bladee is sick

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preach

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This has to be ragebait like it was too obvious once he said Eminem and NF

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what #2 said, and good lyricism is cool too. I’m not into commercial rappers who really only rap about drugs and women, but if they do something unique and artistic I enjoy it. Like MF DOOM, Quadeca, Danny Brown, Westside Gunn, JPEGMAFIA, and Kendrick Lamar

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Acethyr

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yeah that's why i liked eminem when i was a kid
when it was about real shit like the hardships in life and what he went through

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poiuu20

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MF doom is totally W choice

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misspelled nba youngboy

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poiuu20

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youngboy nba is good in different way twin no one does it like mf doom icl

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Quad DID!!!

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The flow, delivery, hook, sometimes the beat, etc. I've listened to a bunch but lately not much. Tired of all the "I beat the kitty up" and "doin Xanax for the fun yuh". Just literal brainrot.

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Acethyr

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thats what im sayin

thats like the only shit i hear from rappers nowadays (although i dont listen to it much so i probably just havent seen much of the good stuff)
all ive heard is shit about drugs women and how theyre really tough which cringes me tf out

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aquaa018s_alterego

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then listen to kendrick

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Acethyr

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ill try it out 1 day ig but rap as a whole just doesnt appeal much to me tbh
just wanted to see what part of it appealed to the fans out of curiosity

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yeah its fine if you dont enjoy it, everyone has preferences

what kind of music do you listen to? do you have some favorite albums?

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Acethyr

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i usually like listening to rock and kpop

but kpop is pretty much just bts

wouldnt say i have favorite albums perse cause i just listen to a random assortment of songs as opposed to whole albums

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well i mean if your main taste is kpop you are gonna have to adjust to rap LMAO

you cant just listen for only a day or two, you gotta find songs you like, mix em in your playlist and get used to em, and if you don't then yeah you dont like rap

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Acethyr

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nah my main taste is rock, kpop is a newer interest and i only got into it like 1-2 months ago (again, its only bts)

ive listened to many rap songs and some are pretty good tbh, bts has rapping here and there too

i guess im just not into commercial rap

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what kinda rock, what artists?

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Acethyr

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if i had to guess it would be heavy rock and emo rock
dont really listen to artists in particular, i just add just songs i like to a playlist

favorite rock songs rn are prob velvet by sace6 and perfect soul by spiritbox

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Because they like it? It's something they enjoy. You can't pick one sole reason why people like something, even for valorant we probably enjoy it for different reasons.
Like I love listening to Dave since I find his music relatable, I can't speak for everyone else because there are usually loads of reason why people tend to enjoy music.

Also I've seen multiple posts questioning why people like rap, but never any other genre and it's starting to piss me off

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Acethyr

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yeah that's why i put the disclaimer which made it clear that i already know music is subjective

i was curious as to what part of it appealed to them
i like rock cause usually the lyrics are nice and the beats are fire

so i was wondering what people like about rap because it doesn't appeal to me whatsoever, that's all

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“beats” “rock”

do you listen to music? 😶

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Acethyr

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yeah, i like the beats in rock
sounds more hardcore

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“rock” “beats”

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it's cause rap is awful and other genres aren't, hope this helps 👍

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uwukitten

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it's cause rap is awful and other genres aren't, hope this helps 👍

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dimmed

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I see interesting you feel that way but I have to disagree and guess we will have live with our differences

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I mainly listen to polo g and its cuz i can relate and sink into his lyrics. Thats what all of us want in music no?

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eminem and nf bro gtfo

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Acethyr

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listened to them when i was like 16, i dont like rap at all anymore

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its good you didn't go down the rabbit hole like tom macdonald

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its ahhh only good rap song is good day by ice cube cuz good vibes 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍

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Acethyr

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average poggpigg W

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because its good

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ion know it sounds good

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I see u haven't listened to Playboi Carti yet

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opm babi the best song oat

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Acethyr

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why are some people salty about this post
i was literally just tryna find out what part of it appeals to them as it doesnt appeal to me
simple curiosity

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dimmed

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Taste is subjective, questioning other peoples taste will always trigger people as you are just saying you don't see anything desirable/enjoyable in something they enjoy. To give an example, most people would feel offend if you asked them "Why do people like you?" obviously questioning why people like a certain music genre is different but it's ultimately a similar principle, it feels like an attack.

In this case, there is more nuance since rap is a genre with pre-dominantly people of color so racists usually stigmatise and invalidate the genre due to racial prejudice. So when you question it you sound like one of 'them'. Also doesn't help that people literally ALWAYS question rap and nothing else like why ??? Are you telling me that there is no other genre that you don't like? That every other genre is something you could enjoy but not rap? (not just your fault but this post contributes to it).
I could list a few other reasons why people are salty about this but I'll move on

If you are geninuely curious then phrasing is important for these topics if you don't want to anatagonise anyone. Like instead of asking "Why do people like X", if you asked "What do you like most about X?" or "What are some the things you like about Y?". They give a different implication since you are already acknowledging that people like it so it comes across more naturally as curiosity compared to why do people like it which can sound like an actual attack as mention above

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w dimmed

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Acethyr

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i can see that ig, but for example if someone asked "why do people like rock" (rock is my favorite genre), i wouldn't really take it as an attack
obviously that doesnt apply to everyone, just saying that it wouldnt be an attack to me so i guess i didnt see my post as one either

"Also doesn't help that people literally ALWAYS question rap and nothing else like why ??? Are you telling me that there is no other genre that you don't like? That every other genre is something you could enjoy but not rap?"
as for this, honestly i think its just because rap is hella different and at the same time hella popular
thats why i made this post, it's something SO popular but something that doesn't appeal to me whatsoever, it made me curious. could be the same for other people

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You said you listened to Eminem and NF which was obvious ragebait or you’re just white af

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Acethyr

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Bro I literally said I don’t like them anymore either, Eminem was literally the most popular rapper at the time when I was listening to him, shit was like ages ago

I simply don’t like rap and wanted to know what other people found appealing about it since it’s popular
Instead I got a bunch of weirdos mad about a simple question

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six seven

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JonahPork

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You’re mad that people are mad at your ragebait. Even if you didn’t intend it to be ragebait, it was ragebait regardless

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Acethyr

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?????????????? ??????????????

I literally just asked what people like about it
How is this ragebait

Never mind forget it, this is absurd levels of autism

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If you had listened to LITERALLY any other artist that wasn’t a trap artist or white, you would probably understand why people like rap.

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Acethyr

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I literally have and I have not liked it
I shouldn’t have added the Eminem and nf part to this post because that’s like the only thing people care about pointing out even though I listened to them when I was a child and the whole point was that Theyre the only rappers I ever LIKED listening to

Nowadays I like NO ONE, NO ONE SOUNDS GOOD TO ME. So I’m asking WHAT people like about it, since it’s very POPULAR

You understand now?

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hip-hop and rap grew because they spoke on the working class and black and youth culture in a way that challenged the status quo of the musical trends of the time. its a genre full of history that transcended its own primary objective and became the status quo itself. but currently it is still a portrait of a generation and that by itself is very interesting

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Acethyr

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this is probably the best reply here ngl
the culture behind it does seem really cool

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every popular genre has a history, a commercial side and a more artistical side. i think if you look deep enough you will find some things that you like

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Common Assuna fanboy take

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Acethyr

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i gotta download that yukky extension

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it all depends on my mood, I literally like all types of genres of music so whatever I'm feeling like listening to is what I listen to

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poiuu20

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idk my ear and brain says listen to it

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i prefer kanye im sorry 😎

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what did he say?

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I guess we will never know

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NF AND EMINEM LOL WTF

Gottta open u up to some prime kanye

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does this count as rapping

https://youtu.be/iJ5Rv8bQr1Q?si=Rjqlpnt-JeZFj6Aw

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ive only listened to rap basically my entire life and havent really explored into any other music genres

recently its been mostly trap style rap with insane beats that carry (yeat, carti, sofaygo, ken carson, rich amiri, and travis) whenever im looking to just vibe when driving places during the day or doing something active like gym or college prac. it just gives you a feeling of getting hyped n shit to feel good

then theres my other side of pop style rap with crazy trap beat elements still, but its a little slower and more chill (eem triplin, sosocamo, don toliver, tecca). just play these when driving at night, after a long day, or alone in ur feelings and they provide the best chill vibe ever. beat still gets you pumped, but it being a bit slower and more melodic mmmm chefs kiss <3**

then theres kendrick whos always there for the real deep shit that always hits no matter what

shoutout eem triplin, sosocamo, yeat, and carti for always carrying

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some rap songs are probably the worst songs ive ever heard in my life
hit or miss, gotta find the right artist for u

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you could legit just chatgpt this but wtv

as a rap ball knower (kendrick lamar top 500 listener + 100k mins of rap this year), theres a lot of reasons people like rap.

tldr sound of both the delivery/flows and beats is the main reason people like rap, rap and its lyrics exist because of black culture in america, conscious rap exists and is popular because it highlights the bad part of rap/black culture

the main one is the sound. people love rap beats, theyre really fast-paced and catchy, but also the sound of the artist is what makes it fun and interesting to listen to. people like yeat, playboi carti, lil uzi, travis scott, future, and a lot of the more mainstream rappers are there because people want to listen to how the song sounds more than the lyrics themselves. the main thing about the lyrics people talk about (the sex, money, drugs and violence) is that they represent the culture and the lives of many black americans, making it easy for them to agree with than pop/rock topics.

also for the only rappers youve listened to, eminem and nf are not the best examples for access to the genre, though they do tick one of the boxes- they sound good.
theres also conscious rap, which has the lyrics as the main focus and reason people like it. people like kendrick lamar, malice, j cole, and others, talk mostly about whats going on in the world, and talking about the same things as other rappers but in a negative light, whether it be problems with the rap/music industry, worldly problems, why the culture is bad for black communities (prison, violence, death, addictions, etc), personal problems or just other introspective things are why people like conscious rap.

many non-conscious rappers do dabble in a bit of introspectiveness too, with travis scott on my eyes and lose, future on we dont trust you/we still dont trust you and nights like this, metro boomin producing creepin (the weeknd, 21 savage), no more (travis scott, kodak black and 21 savage), and things like that as the main examples for me.

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bump for effort

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Acethyr

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This is a nice explanation man Ty

I like it when the lyrics are about problems or things that should get talked about but dont
As opposed to the sex money drugs shit which I just don’t like hearing, if you do the of course that’s fine. Just not for me

Ty for not being a pretentious prick or simply pointing out “oH yOU oNlY liStEN to EmIneM anD nf!!!l”

When I haven’t listened to either one in like 8 years

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honestly for the lyrics theyre just something to get used to, i only listened to kendrick for like 6mo cuz i didnt like the lyrics, theyre honestly fine except if theyre specifically super freaky, like the flexing n shi is cool ig n the rest of it is wtv

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this is a nice bait icl

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ik its bait but still valid, modern rap, at least the ones everyone listens to, is DOOKIE af

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like i used to listen 90s and 80s rap and at that time rap was just a short form of story telling of their struggles and friendship. also most feuds and rivalry like eastcoast vs west coast were just so good to listen.

nowadays most rap have the same flow and same story, very few of them actually are good.

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Rest in bass is calling your name 🥹🥹

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I'd recommend I LAY DOWN MY LIFE FOR YOU (the album) by JPEGMAFIA, with songs like "either on or off the drugs", "i scream this in the mirror before i interact with anyone" are my pick for you - if you prefer music that is more rock-adjacent.
Also if you like thought-provoking stuff I'd suggest Clipse's "Let God Sort Em Out", Kendrick Lamar's mainstream discog, McKinley Dixon's latest two albums, JID's "The Forever Story".
I get your sentiment, as I used to hate Rap and Hip-hop because I thought it promoted "degenerate culture" and it was all about that (It's just labels pushing stuff that sells). Not until the 2024 beef that I began to realize Rap is more than that

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holy bait

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W bait