> You need context to really understand a book or a work of art. You want to know what kind of environment produced it, what it's talking to. Play "Fuck Tha Po

> You need context to really understand a book or a work of art. You want to know what kind of environment produced it, what it's talking to. Play "Fuck Tha Police" for someone. Usually, they are shocked that someone would listen to a song with so many swear words and clearly so disrespectful to an institution most have been brought up to respect. The sheer anger in it... And then you put it in context. The societal mores of the time, the specific events, how this album landed and why it resonated. Just look at the lyrics and count swear words? It means nothing. In the context of it's time? Scintillating.