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Meek Mill enlisted industry powerhouse and billionaire Jay-Z to discuss modern-day freedom on this track. Soulful and introspective with an ever-present political charge, Kendrick Lamar has mastered Black storytelling in rap music. While he was in prison, "Dreams and Nightmares" became an anthem of the #FreeMeekMill movement. The song was blasted by protesters and was chosen by the Philadelphia Eagles as their anthem during Super Bowl Lll to show solidarity with the rapper. The song was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame in 2018 and music by Public Enemy's 1990 album "Fear of a Black Planet," which includes the song, was archived by the Library of Congress in 2004.
And yes, I'm mean high-profile in the sense of actual, global fame, not Instagram famous or stripper famous, which is like being actually famous, but only for boners. Yes, it is natural to feel jealous when in a relationship. It’s hard to leave somebody you are so emotionally attached to, but it’s not healthy to stay with someone who doesn’t treat you right.
It’s also proof of Eminem’s songwriting skills and talent. He first gained recognition from his friendship with Juice Wrld while he was on tour in Australia. Unfortunately, he didn’t manage to come out of it like he wished for in the song. This song is yet another proof of 2Pac’s talent and conscious songwriting. In his song “Brenda’s Got A Baby”, 2Pac tackles the problem of teenage pregnancy. But it’s also a reminder that it’s possible to escape your negative thoughts.
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Heaven forbid the girl empowers herself in the way she wants to. For this song, it took me a while to even realize how offensive these lyrics actually are. The song outlines a guy, who is presumably on some kind of drug or is drunk, hence the “blurred lines,” that then meets a girl who he assumes to understand her “animalistic” and sexual nature.
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While her husband is off working in the music industry and producing the work of up-and-coming rappers, Ka'oir is balancing her work amid the pressures of being in a successful marriage in the public eye. "It gets overwhelming when you're running so many successful businesses and you have a successful husband," she told The Cut, but she did elaborate on just how supportive her rapper husband is of her career pursuits. "A lot of men are intimidated by successful women. Not him, though. He wants me to shine. He wants me to be successful," she said.
I wish I could hug you one last time because you gave the warmest hugs every time I every need a pick-me-up or just because hugs are better than words. I am old enough to remember your smell, and remember how contagious your laugh was; that always made us think you were up to something suspicious. But I was too young for you to get to know the real me.
Overall, working for The Odyssey has been an eye-opening experience and an amazing opportunity for myself and my work. I can’t wait to make more content and to further find my voice in my writing. Commons.wikimedia.orgEven if you're going to a place you've been before, go somewhere you haven't been. That might be a tourist hot spot, a restaurant, a park ... You decided we weren’t friends anymore when you stopped being my best friend, but expected me to be yours. You decided we weren’t friends anymore when you intentionally tried to hurt me because you felt justified in doing so.
A guitar-washed, synth-heavy Golden Globe-nominated soundtrack, composed by Giorgio Moroder, definitely boosts that vibe, none more so than Debbie Harry's ode to cocaine, 'Rush Rush'. Harry, who had gone solo after Blondie went on hiatus in 1982, happily sung about coke, only using the Spanish slang term of 'yeyo' (also spelled 'illello') rather than being so blatant. "Rush rush, got the yeyo? / Buzz buzz, gimme yeyo / Rush rush, got the yeyo?" go the lyrics. Your introduction to hip hop probably involved a CD (remember CDs?) with a “Tipper Sticker” on it.
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This song was one of the biggest songs during the year it was released. Pills N Potions is a song by female rapper Nicki Minaj. The song is one of the first ones where she appears Loveaholics in the music video looking totally normal. Prior to the music video that she released for this song, she was always doing weird stuff with wigs, makeup, and costumes.
His song takes these on, one by one, sizing each up as utterly ridiculous. In the years since, hip-hop and misogyny have becomeinseparable. In Gore's piece, she directly links rising rates of sexual assault to the rising popularity of hip-hop music, arguing that rap music teaches children that violence against women is okay. That complaint is a constant thorn in any rap fan's side — one that isn't helped by the brutal misogyny of Odd Futureor the thoughtless, often racialized sexism of many mainstream rappers like Jason Derulo. It's gotten to the point where modern critics have tried todrag Michelle Obama into the ring, asking her to call on rappers to take more accountability for the way they treat women in their lyrics.
Our protagonist gets put on by his ’round-the-way role model, the neighborhood drug dealer. Soon he’s able to afford the luxuries he never had and support his family. But as his stock rises in the streets, the same dealer he once called his “man” becomes his competition and then nemesis. When a violent war between the rival crews breaks out, it results in a tragedy that leads KRS’s character to question whether the fast money was really worth it. It’s the essence of soul music which has heavily influenced rap and hip-hop, with many modern hits taking cues from ‘60s and ‘70s soul classics. And over the years, the theme of love has helped rappers to crossover into the mainstream and reach radio friendly audiences.
Be sure to watch drug dealing classic Menace II Society to grab a listen of 'Pocket Full Of Stones' as well. Though there’s tons of oral sex songs that use dessert or candy as stand-ins for hummers (hello “Peaches & Cream” and “Candy Shop”) there’s something about the monotony and simplicity of Wayne’s “Lollipop” that gets us. Maybe it’s how he starts off the track by using “wrapper” as a double entendre for himself—or just how Static drives home the point by continually repeating “she licked me like a lollipop”—but the song definitely got a lot of 1990s babies going.