Rap Sex Euphemism: “Make It Rain,” Explained
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When I first compiled my top-ten sexual euphemisms from rap songs, a few listeners weren't convinced that all these mainstream rap ditties had such dirty double-meanings. "This is terribly researched," wrote commenter Hocus Focus, who took umbrage at my suggestion that there may be an underlying ejaculation message in the popular strip-club refrain "make it rain."
"'Make it Rain" is not a sexual euphemism," wrote Hocus Focus. No, no—it's just a stripping euphemism. The manufactured wetness, some argue, is nothing more than the innocent pasttime of "showering" strippers with cash—and certainly has nothing to do with semen.
Finally, I've found the missing link that will prove "make it rain" is as much about genital-fluid showers as it is lucrative pole-dancing: "Wetter," the hit summer single by Twista (and featuring Erika Shevon).
Follow the "Wetter" video along with me, and watch how "make it rain" transforms from its (still pretty sleazy!) cash-money context and into its (definitively sleazy!) cum-shower meaning.
First, "making it rain" can be interpreted as throwing cash:
0:15 — Thunderstorm sound effects
0:24 — Shevon asks Twista to come "make it rain" on her
0:25 — Twista mines "making it rain" with his fingers
1:09 — Twista informs Shevon that "when it come to makin' it rain," Twista could "get it wet"
1:14 — Twista tells Shevon that he will be her "weatherman"
1:18 — Twista hints that he sees "rain in the forecast"
1:25 — Twista details how much cash he's got (whew).
1:36 — Shevon again asks Twista to "come and make it rain down on" her
1:52 — and again.
But then, Twista begins to deviate from the cash-money context:
2:18 — Twista asks Shevon if she "want[s] me to get it wet in other ways."
2:29 — Twista clarifies that this time when he "makes it rain," he "ain't stoppin 'til you wet up the covers."
2:30 — But why, Twista? "Because I gotta keep on fuckin 'til I see a lot of white stuff."
Oh, God, he's talking about semen!:
2:49 — Twista creepily mines "making it rain" over Shevon's body.
3:34 — Buhhhhhh, again with the thunderstorm effects!
But no, "make it rain" is not a sexual euphemism. It's far too explicit to qualify as one of those.
3:19 pm
Exhibit B: LL Cool J's "Doin' It"; female interlocutor's first verse:
"I'mma call you Big Daddy and scream your name /
Matter fact I can't wait for your candy rain."
Just sayin'.
3:59 pm
Scheinman:
Twista's song appears to be entirely inspired by that verse. Anyone who questions that "make it rain" is about spreading your seed need only look to history.
2:07 pm
I still disagree Amanda (not that you are surprised by that). In the Black vernacular, "making it rain" has dual meanings. In the 2 minute sections you are on point about the sexual euphemisms. However, in the opening verses, "making it rain" really means showering her with material things, cash, attention, etc. All the things that subsequently would lead to a prostitution type sexual attraction, but I'll leave that to another debate.
Leave it to Twista to show us the dichotemy of meaning of "making it rain". The Chicken Noodle Soup song from two years ago also had a "Let it Rain" reference. Some linked it to urination during a sex act, but that wasn't the case either.
Look up the term "Rainmaker" and you'll find a business and basketball reference as well. So, "making it rain" isn't entirely a sexual reference.
http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=rainmaker