Weekly Blog Post 4

In mixing a track that hopes to inspire and motivate its listeners, Dan le Sac and Scroobius Pip had to employ all manner of rhetorical appeal. The most obvious, and possibly the most significant of these, resides in the ethos of the title. "Thou Shalt Always Kill" evokes in the listener an image of the Ten Commandments. This ancient biblical document frames much of our culture, and, being part of the foundation of the religions of a vast majority of the world, it also informs much of our government, the judicial systems, specifically. By titling their song thus, the duo is gambling that their words will hold a similar weight among the masses which hear them. As stated before, though, this causes the reader to question just how important each of the "laws" they set down are. Lines like, "Thou shalt not use poetry, art or music to get into girls pants... use it to get into their heads" and "Thou shalt think for yourselves" easily hold such lofty goals as the source material, for today's world, but others do not.
"Thou shalt not Pimp My Ride.
Thou shalt not scream if you wanna go faster.
Thou shalt not move to the sound of the wickedness.
Thou shalt not make some noise for Detroit.
When I say 'Hey', thou shalt not say 'Ho'
When I say 'Hip", thou shalt not say 'Hop'
When I say, he say, she say, we say; 'Make some noise.', kill me."
Honestly, not the most enlightening words to ever grace the airwaves, but perhaps they still need said.
So then, how do we, as listeners, interpret the final line, title, and thus, the entire piece? "Thou shalt always kill"? It seems as if this would completely undermine the parallel Scroob and Dan worked so hard to establish. After a little more research, though, the two explained in an interview what the line means. "It's just you're typical type of hip-hop. Like, you say 'You killed it' or 'That killed.'" All in all, they're making a critique of their own art, by setting down rules that reverberate with much of their audience.