Various artists "Atomic Bomb Compilation Vol. 2" (Self-released)
On American hip-hop outfit The Black-Eyed Peas 2005 song "Like That," guest rapper Talib Kweli delivers the line, "My lyrics get out a split atom like Hiroshima and Nagasaki." It's intended as bluster, loosely connected to an earlier reference to sake, but feels weird — a terrible incident reduced to hype-up material.
Long-running Japanese experimental group Satanicpornocultshop highlights this absurdity on its contribution to "Atomic Bomb Compilation Vol. 2," an album featuring electronic artists from across Japan contributing tracks about the "tragedy caused by abuse of nuclear energy." The unit loop Kweli's line, while vocal samples ask, "What are you talking about?" or flat out tell him to "Shut up," as the triggered voice's anger rises with each instance.
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