Flow refers to blood flow from menstruation (period). Flow can also refer to rap flow (the way a rapper rhythmically arranges the words in a song). Spitting bars refers to rapping cool and interesting lyrics in a rap song; if one's flow is heavy (the crux of the joke: heavy flow can refer both to "a lot of blood in menstruation" and to "good rhythm in rapping"), it might be expected that they're spitting bars. I hate my daughter, Megatron.
Spitting bars is aligning the 4 sentence count of the lyric to the beat. So, oddly, if you salivate while rapping, "spitting bars" becomes a pretty literal activity.
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nutbutter@discuss.tchncs.de · 66 pts · 18d
Peter, explain the joke
gon@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 262 pts · 18d
Flow refers to blood flow from menstruation (period). Flow can also refer to rap flow (the way a rapper rhythmically arranges the words in a song). Spitting bars refers to rapping cool and interesting lyrics in a rap song; if one's flow is heavy (the crux of the joke: heavy flow can refer both to "a lot of blood in menstruation" and to "good rhythm in rapping"), it might be expected that they're spitting bars. I hate my daughter, Megatron.
pelespirit@sh.itjust.works · 55 pts · 18d
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gon@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 5 pts · 17d
Oh Cool Haha Thanks!
DarrinBrunner@lemmy.world · 32 pts · 18d
This belongs on Wikipedia.
FauxPseudo@lemmy.world · 25 pts · 17d
You are from the internet. You are here to help.
halezinflames@lemmus.org · 12 pts · 18d
Incredible post
toothpaste_sandwich@thebrainbin.org · 11 pts · 18d
I hate this guy's daughter, too.
nobodysreadingthis@quokk.au · 7 pts · 17d
Megatron is such a bitch. She bullied me in high school.
toothpaste_sandwich@thebrainbin.org · 4 pts · 17d
I mean, that's the one thing I don't blame her for, really. You had it coming. Sandals in Crocks, really?
Fmstrat@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 17d
One add-on: a Bar is a formal music term: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bar_(music)
Spitting bars is aligning the 4 sentence count of the lyric to the beat. So, oddly, if you salivate while rapping, "spitting bars" becomes a pretty literal activity.
DisasterTransport@startrek.website · 16 pts · 18d
flow as in menstrual flow, the literal volume of blood and mucosal lining from the uterus during a woman's period
flow also as in lyrical flow, the use of rhythm and articulation in a rapper's delivery
bar as in a measure of time in music, typically a four beat bar
spitting referring to the rapid and rhythmic delivery of words to a beat
kibblebits@quokk.au · 4 pts · 18d
I also need an explanation :(
ToiletFlushShowerScream@piefed.world · 3 pts · 17d
And why was her ex involved at all?
Leviathan@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 17d
Probably wasn't her ex at the time.
nobodysreadingthis@quokk.au · 11 pts · 17d
Who says I'm not.
snake@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 18d
Mad Flava, Heavy Flow
TIEPilot@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 17d
That movie was insane, the Washington Square scene was horrible.