#X gon give it to ya free tv#

The first, most obvious part is that insane beat, which makes use of one of the oldest ways to communicate вЂњsinister badasseryвЂќ known to Western music вЂ“ it just walks down the minor scale, for the most part.

#X gon give it to ya free tv#

(Below is a TV spot for the film which also uses the song, though maybe not to quite such perfect effect.)Д«ut why does it get stuck in your head so hard? LetвЂ™s try and take a look at this on sort of a вЂњmusic theory-liteвЂќ level. The references to вЂњstainless steelвЂќ as the camera lovingly lingers on Colossus (and of course the oblique вЂњXвЂќ-references) make it a perfect fit for the film.

Tim Miller has said that the song was part of the movieвЂ™s DNA since the script first came into being six years ago. )ДЄs Rick and MortyвЂs popularity explodes, the songвЂ™s YouTube count has soared, but it got another boost early this year when it was the backdrop for DeadpoolвЂs trailers and TV spots. (That scene is embedded below, censored to the degree that it was when it ran on. It was famously used at the end of the вЂњSomething Ricked This Way ComesвЂќ episode of Rick and Morty, in a scene where Rick and his granddaughter Summer go on a steroid-fueled rampage against her old boss/The Devil, and then widen the scope of their beatings to вЂњanyone who has it coming.вЂќ

Some 12 years after recording вЂњX GonвЂ™ Give It To YaвЂќ for the Cradle 2 the Grave soundtrack, the song is seeing a massive resurgence in popularity. All of a sudden, DMX is everywhere вЂ“ especially for nerds.