I have been playing this all week. The beat matched with the theme of the song is haunting and really captures the feeling.
Listen to “Best Friend” featuring Tory Lanez here:
I think everyone can relate to this one. It’s a fun sexy track that never really gets old.
Listen to “Right Moves” here:
This one is not exactly a stand out track but it still is strong.
They are getting a lot of views for the first few weeks, averaging about a million views per song. He also just released a new single, “Nonchalant” featuring Alkaline.
Check it out here:
I can’t wait until the album drops, everyone look out for Boogie w da Hoodie because they are a lot more versatile than “My Shit.”
For the first performance, she sang a melody of her smash hits, “Bodak Yellow” and equally as good “Bartier Cardi.”
Check out the performance here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zMnFDvo113A
The performance was amazing, with the background vocals to set it apart from any show she has done before. Dressed in her Invasion of Privacy styled sunglasses and coupled with her talented background dancers, she gave a performance that looks like it should be on the Grammy stage. As she shouts, “we sinning tonight and going to church tomorrow” she breaks into Bartier Cardi.
As we weren’t already amazed by this performance she gave us a heartfelt performance of “Be Careful.”
Watch her performance of “Be Careful” here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o7f2YSz-y_8
I didn’t think her breath was timed right, but she was probably trying to save herself from cursing on live television while performing a song that is highly explicit. I also think it’s funny how she uses a different singer to perform the chorus but on the real song, there are no much-needed features. Then at about two minutes and forty seconds, the camera pans down to show her pregnant belly in an elegant white dress as the crowd begins to cheer. It amazes me that she is at the height of her career and now has a baby on the way. Hey, I don’t think I could perform that well when I was in the middle of a pregnancy.
Overall the S.N.L. stage is known to make or break careers and Cardi killed it. I would expect her to be a returning guest.
The song comes off as a feminist anthem as he raps:
“That’s a real one in your reflection
Without a follow, without a mention
You really pipin’ up on these niggas
You gotta, be nice for what, to these niggas?
I understand”
Drake sings and raps about female empowerment and how they don’t need to focus their life on a man. He respects the hustle these women go through and needs them to know that they shouldn’t be talked down to or held down. It is kind of a really weird message to say from a male’s point of view, but Drake knows what is current in the music industry. On Friday, Cardi b just released her debut album Invasion of Privacy which holds the main theme of female empowerment. Basically, women are going to start becoming a lot more powerful with these influencers preaching about feminism.
Overall, the video for “Nice For What” is really good because of the female role models singing the chorus, but honestly, I don’t like the song that much. It seems a little overdone and I wouldn’t even know it was a Drake track if it was on the radio. Drake also based his entire career off of women not being nice to him, and now he is saying “you don’t have to be nice to me”- make up your mind Drake! Although he wants to encourage females, he isn’t a female- which can come off as condescending. I think Drake is trying to hop on the trend train, but “Nice for What” just doesn’t have the same staying power as “God’s Plan” or “Look Alive”- which are both on the charts right now.
Elijah The ComicBook is an independent rapper right now in the New Brunswick area that is promoting his music off of SoundCloud.
Follow his SoundCloud here:
He just started his career and it seems really promising. “Shoe Strings” is a strong R&B track. He also has more powerful tracks to display his talent like “Leaving You Right Here” which is more of a slow track. “Officer America” is my personal favorite as it plays on dark themes. Overall Elijah The ComicBook has what it takes to make it.
Follow his Instagram here to support local artists:
