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ARTIST SPOTLIGHT: CHILLINDUDE

October 24 2018



Respect Your Elders

[Verse 1]
I'm not lawful, make this pussy stop talking

You're not one of the gods, you're one of the god-awfulsTowards the end of 2014,
Leffen was improving a lot. People had started questioning if he was one of the
Gods, the undisputed, untouchable Smash players. “This was my response to that
whole conversation,” said Chillindude.

We all gawkin' when looking at your Fox

Bitch, stick to Smash 4 and losing by four stocksWhen Smash 4 first came out,
Leffen “went pretty deep into it competitively,” recalled Chillin. He entered a
lot of tournaments, but dropped it for Melee a month or so later. Leffen was
also notoriously known for getting four-stocked against high-level opponents in
Melee, like Armada, Mang0 and Mew2King. According to Chillin, this line is word
play, using the number ‘four’ twice in the line.

Not a fan of your style
You ain't standing your ground
Get wins while kicking a man when he's down
Like, "I beat Mango, I'm the favorite if he chokes!
As far as Armada goes, I'll just wait 'til he's a host."
Ain't no telling how foolish you'll be lookin'

Evidence.zip can't contain the ass whoopingLeffen was so toxic back in 2013 that
he was banned from tournaments in Sweden for a year. When this was posted on the
Smash boards, a local Swedish team spearheaded by Armada shared a file called
‘Evidence.zip’ that had screenshotted proof of Leffen being toxic. “I never
actually looked at it,” said Chillin, “but I figured it was just him being a
dick.”

Right when we realize the money match is over

That'll be your cue to throw your controllerAccording to our source, Leffen lost
to a good Fox player, Ice, that was actually ranked beneath him at a European
tourney. The second the set ended, Leffen smashed his controller on the ground.



[Verse 2]
Expose you as a fraud
Yeah I'll be blowing you up

Who said you were a god?
I know it wasn't Plup“Plup was not yet an amazing player back then,” explained
Chillindude. “He was not close to God level. Maybe top 20 at the time. But a
couple weeks prior to the money match, Plup beat Leffen with Samus. That was an
easy call-out to make.”

Been here ten years and you know I'm showing up
For a man of many words, I think you've said enough
But, the only way to make you hush
First I'll body bag your Fox then .zip it shut
'Imma put you in your place
Kid, you a disgrace

Get killed quick like that missile hit you in the faceA humiliating finish to
the aforementioned match against Plup, Leffen was recovering when he caught a
missile right in the face. It was the last kill that ended the entire match.

After all of this you'll be watching your mouth

Ain't no telling who'll be calling you out“This is implying that after I won the
match, everyone would be out for Leffen’s blood,” Chillin elaborated. “The flood
gates would be open to start beating Leffen.”

Salty Suite goes down
You better come correct
Until you win a major show your elders some respect


[Verse 3]
P.S. Leffen, I ain't done yet

I'm the underdog so place your betsContrary to popular belief, Chillin wasn’t
saying that he was a worse player here. According to sources, Chillin was just
saying that Leffen was the favorite in the match-up.

Whoever want to see Leffen looking dumb
Throw your money on the line cause I'm making some
Gotta say bro you're looking awfully weak
Wait and see what happens at the Salty Suite

Vanilla Fox don't suit you so go find another
Teach you a lesson and take back my color“We both were the best known vanilla
Fox players,” said Chillin. Before the money match, Chillin took to Twitter to
let Leffen know that the loser would not be able to play that version of Fox
ever again. Since it was a match stipulation, Chillin definitely wanted to
reference that in this diss track.









Kashan “Chillindude” Khan is an American rapper who also has been known to play
Melee for Team Liquid. His side job as a Fox main has been the main source of
inspiration behind his raps, including his first-ever diss track “Good Clucks,”
which he and his 2003 Melee crew H2YL used as a callout to their rivals in
California and New York.

Beefing and drama “comes with the territory” of being a top Melee player, said
Chillindude. And the veteran has found his own unique way to deal with it: Rap
disses, each bar putting his opponent in a lyrical chain grab. Back in 2014,
Chillindude wanted to get his Twitch stream viewers hyped for his January 2015
money match versus Leffen at Apex 2015’s Salty Suite.

“I thought a sick idea would be a diss track about Leffen.”

Luckily for the seasoned rapper, there was a lot of material to work with. Known
for his toxic behavior and negative attitude, Leffen was an easy target for a
lyricist like Chillindude. He knew he would be able to “hit him specifically
where it hurts” with the goal of showing a “true beef” between the two leading
up to the Salty Suite. Plus, he really did hate the guy back in 2014.

The original “Respect Your Elders” track was written in November of 2014.
Hardcore hip hop fans swarmed Chillin’s Twitch stream to hear him rap it out.
But one poser had infiltrated the listening party and shared the rap with Leffen
himself, who - of course - tweeted it.

With lines like “Leffen wanna call out Team Curse / Same old story / It’s all
rehearsed,” the original rap became outdated the moment Chillin signed with Team
Liquid anyway. Chillin dumped the leaked diss and started a brand new one the
same month of the Salty Suite. And the masterpiece we now all know and bump was
written in under one hour.

Fans first heard the new track at the Salty Suite just before the hyped match
started.

“People were going crazy,” recalled Chillin. “Nobody had expected a whole music
video behind it. People were losing their minds. It was insane.”

As the story unfortunately goes, Leffen defeated Chillin 5-0, and immediately
took to Twitter to humiliate him. The same diss that had once fueled the money
match’s initial hype had now come back to hurt him. Chillin spent the whole rest
of the night wondering what negative things people were thinking of him as he
passed them. But more importantly, he, too, was disappointed in his performance.

“It sucked,” he admitted. “It was really bad. I think I would have felt better
about losing if I had been playing well. Although Leffen was better than me at
the time, I knew I was capable of beating him. But the nerves, the build-up… I
just couldn’t play well at all. I could have done better. It was a nerfed
version of myself.”

Despite the disheartening outcome at the Salty Suite, “Respect Your Elders” rose
to imfamy. With over 1 million views on YouTube, it’s currently the most viewed
piece of Melee content on the Internet. It’s become sort of a Melee anthem, the
pinnacle of beef culture, feeding the blood-hungry community that has proven too
toxic for some.

The beef between Chillin and Leffen was settled by the money match, and Chillin
felt that Leffen was slowly improving as a person since then - despite the
constant trash talking. So at Big House 6 in 2016, Leffen and Chillin talked in
person - not on Twitter or on stage - for the first time ever.

“The conversation was actually me asking if I could use vanilla Fox again,” said
Chillin, referencing one of the stipulations of losing the money match. “He said
he didn’t care if I did. I thought that was cool of him.”

Then, in 2018, Chillindude revoked the most famous line in “Respect Your Elders”
after Leffen became the EVO champion. Chillin took to Twitter to tell Leffen he
“no longer owed his elders some respect,” to give him some props for the major
win. Leffen retweeted the sentiment, and later told Chillin it was “an amazing
tweet” at an after-party after a recent tournament.

While Chillin loves Melee because of the freedom of movement it provides its
players, and the complexity and creativity involved in the gameplay, what first
drew him to the game was the competitiveness it brought out of him. The
rivalries were a real motivator, and have continued to also inspire him in his
rap career.

When Chudat was signed to Team Liquid, Chillin collabed with him on a rap as a
way to welcome Chu to his new crew. Providing lyrics for Chudat to rap to his
rivals became a tradition for the pair. Chillin had a world premier of his
latest diss track at the Roast of HugS, where “HugS Diss Part II” was shared
with the Melee community for the first time on Sept. 22.