Lil Nas X has released his latest song, “Industry Baby,” along with the music video – which comedically portrays Lil Nas being sentenced to “five years in Montero State Prison” after a day in court. On July 19th, Lil Nas X released a 2 minute trailer to promote the music video, which dramatically depicts his court date with Nike for selling his infamous Satan shoes.
The music video explores Lil Nas X’s fictitious experience in jail: working out in the courtyard, sporting a hot pink jumpsuit around his cell, dancing with prisoners naked in the showers, and eventually breaking out of the facility. Jack Harlow makes an appearance in the video to perform his verse on the song and helps Lil Nas X escape the prison.
The song, produced by producer duo, Take a Day Trip, and Kanye West, follows up Lil Nas X’s previous smash hit, “MONTERO (Call Me By Your Name), which earned him his second number one hit.
Today is probably the closest we will ever get to world peace, and its all because of a plant. No today has nothing to do with Earth Day, well maybe a little but not for the reason you think. Today is 4/20 the national day for weed smokers to celebrate the plant that brings them peace. Most people indulge on this day while others voice their opinion against it. But Cole gave us a different perspective on his album Kod.
One year ago today Jcole was social media most hated artist. Many people thought his last album ”4yeo” was boring because it wasn’t his story he was telling. But KOD was different, this album was not only a surprise but its threefold meaning (Kids on Drugs, King of Overdose, Kill our demons) let the album mean something different to each listener. This 12 track album included two features from one unknown artist kiLLEdward( which was later to be releaved as jcole alter ego) which is rare because Jcole went double platinum with no features on 2 albums. Kod is a different Cole but it was his “To Pimp A Butterfly“, in the sense that its culture-changing especially looking back on it a year later. The message he was sending becomes more important as the increase of drug overdoses became more prominent.
The Intro talks of learning how to deal with pain as “Chose wisely” is echoed at the end. This album second track was everything the public wanted, Jcole talking his shit to the industry ” Wow, niggas been crampin my style/ Blowin my high, they wanna reply/ The number one question is How?” followed by ” How come you wont get a few features, I think you should, How bout I dont/ How bout you get the fuck off my dick/ How bout you listen and never forget, Only gon say this one time, then I’ll dip/ Niggas ain’t worthy to be on my shit” this bar alone set most fans off becasue it answered a very popular question ” Does Cole need features on his next ablum in order for it not to be boring? But then Cole ends the track with an interesting bar ” Power, Greed, Money, Molly, Weed, Percs, Xanny’s, Lean, Fame, and the strongest drug of them all Love”
These two tracks became the catalyst of the whole project as each track after geared toward every human desire and popular drug. The Track ” Photograph“, Cole Illustrate how people in this generation fall in love from pictures aka sosocial media. He tells how he is fantasizing about this person from Instagram and how he can slide in her DM’S properly. Followed by a radio station hit “ATM‘ that has money as the focus. The video tells the concept Cole was trying to convey his listeners.
The next drug is the power of Greed, on the track “Motiv8“, this track is the mindset of a person who only cares about material things and being able to flex, with each line ending with getting Money! The next drug is Lust with Kevin Heart being the subject of discussion. During this time Kevin Hart was in the middle of a cheating scandal, so Cole made a track about how men can be in love but still cheat.
Cole then give his take on the goverment tax bracket and how the goverment is robbing us. On “Bracket” questions how the tax money is used only for what the government wants and not really the things citizens need. Cole has a way of taking his story and making it pertain to everybody and that exactly what he does on ” Once an Addict“. Cole has talked about his mother past addiction but on this, he tells how this burden him. This feeling is exafeel how most people with drug-induced parents feel. The thought of being helpless to the person you love the most, the thought of trying to understand their pain and inner demons.
The next track “Friends” is the result of being in a toxic situation. Cole raps about the trauma most black kids experience but are told to never speak about it. He talks about how many of us don’t deal with our demons but instead we use drugs to run away from them. People come from traumatic backgrounds but we’re all told the same thing ” It could be worse”,” Be Grateful”, ” Stop being a baby”, and many other lines that make our trauma less than it is. We’re taught to sweep our trauma under the rug or use drugs to medicate and elevate our problems and numb our feelings. There are other ways to deal with pain and Cole is trying to encourage everybody to find a different way.
On “Window Pain“, Cole is talking to a girl about a tramutic experience that happen to her,while also reflecting on his past and desires. With the track ending with “Chose Wisley” as she and Cole continue their conversation about her brother getting shot but God saving him. The last track and peoples personal favorite “1985” was what had the music industry up in flames because it began the question “Who is Jcole throwing shots at? which one of these young artist pissed Jcole off so much he released a diss track. Many people thought it was about Lil Pump or X or pretty much any rapper that was part of the “Fuck Jcole” trend that was happing at the moment. But Cole said it wasn’t about anybody stating ” I wrote this track a year prior”, I don’t believe it but the speculation was good while it lasted.
The reason why I think KOD stands in the same vein as “To Pimp A Butterfly” is because as times goes on the message becomes more and more powerful. Society has it where not only are our feelings and pain ignored it also downplayed. Many of the traumatic experience montoires deal with is basically called a non-issue in the government eyes, even though many white people go through a lesser version of it but receive all kinds of support and help to deal with it. People only listen to the last track of KOD and think that’s the concept of the whole album, but it wasn’t. I’m not saying its better than 2014 Forest Hills Drive but in 5 years people will be ranking it as a very close second, especially if drug over usage continues to be a problem.
Its been 5 years since Drake dropped his third studio album ” Nothing Was The Same“. It was “Take Care” that shot Drake to mega stardom, but “Nothing Was The Same” was the album that cemented his legacy in the hip-hop game. Not only did he avoid a sophomore slump with this album selling 635,000 copies first week, he made us embrace his rapping and singing abilities. This album is about Drake bragging about his fame and money but also talks about his personal problems with family and friends aka Nicki Minaj.
The thing about this album is the repeatable factor, you can play any song at any moment in time and still be able to relate to it. With stand out tracks like “Started From the Bottom“, “Worst Behavior“, and “From Time ft (Jhene Aiko) plus several others, this whole album is a vibe. There’s 15 tracks on this album, crazy part is Drake could split it in half drop it separately and go platinum with both. This album is littered with banger’s without question, Even the intro is in debate for the best ever and that’s rare. The way Drake transitions from talking to the ladies to talking his shit it shows why he is the people’s champ. The Instagram captions you get from this album is incomparable, Drake could drop this album today and it would do better off the strength of the quotable in it. This is his best album because it showed the journey of how the boy became a man.
In all this album is a timeless classic without question, but is it his best? It’s definitely in his top 2 since ” Take Care” holds a lot of weight in the public eye. Its been 5 years and this album still slaps. Its even more crazy because the older you get the more you can relate to tracks like “Pound Cake” and “Too Much” Drake couldn’t have done any better. Let me know what you guys think, is it a timeless classic or am I gassing it? Is it better than ” Take Care” or does that album still reign supreme.
What’s happening everybody?! We’re in for another real good day in Hip Hop history. And it’s centered around another one of my all time favorites. On this day in 1994 Nas blessed all of our ears with Illmatic. Illmatic was Nas’ debut album and is widely regarded as one of the best of all time. Known for his lyrical skills, Nas painted pictures of life in the projects and told stories will incredible detail while delivering dope flows over complex rhyme patterns. Illmatic is certified platinum and served as the launching point for Nas’ huge career. You can’t talk about east coast rap without mention Nasty Nas.
Besides Nas’ dope lyrics, the album will go down in history for another reason. It was one of the first commercially successful album that featured many different producers. Traditionally, an MC a a producer, or DJ, would come as a package deal. Jam Master Jay did all of Run DMC’s beats. Rakim only spit over Eric B.’s stuff. Pete Rock and C.L. Smooth did all of their stuff together. I could go on for days, but you get the point. Illmatic broke the mold and featured songs from multiple different producers including Q-Tip, DJ Premier, Larger Professor, and Pete Rock. The success of the album made it common place for rappers to get their beats from all over.
On a personal note, this is probably my number one album of all time (I go back and forth between this, Reasonable Doubt, and People’s Instinctive Travels and The Paths of Rhythm depending on my mood). Illmatic is one of the few albums that I actually own a hard copy of. I’ll never forget the day I bought it. A friend and I cut school to buy Watch The Throne the day it came out and I stumbled across Illmatic and couldn’t help myself. We headed straight home and bumped both albums back to back. I fell in love instantly and the CD hasn’t left the player in my car ever since. I could listen to Illmatic over and over again on a loop and never get sick of it. So if you haven’t listened to it yet, don’t talk to me until you do. It’s a must listen for anyone who calls themselves a hip hop fan. Now, I’m gonna go celebrate its 24th birthday by listening to it a couple times, I suggest you do the same.
Throughout her career and chart dominance, she earned her the title of Queen of Soul during a time where black women were not respected. She became the symbol of black empowerment during the civil rights movement.
We have to honor the people that made music what it is today and the faces of the civil right movement that paved the way for other musicians and public figures to have a voice.
Alright ladies and gentlemen, we’ve got a busy one today so try to keep up. Let’s start it off with a few big birthday shout outs. Afrika Bambaattaa turns 61 today. Bambaattaa was one of the best DJs to ever do it, bringing a dope electronic vibe to the genre. He brought us classics like “Planet Rock” and was a major influence in the creation of the Zulu Nation. Zulu’s have brought us more dope tracks than I can count. Today is also Redman’s birthday, as he turns 48. Redman is as 90’s as it gets. Known best for his work with Method Man, Redman brought raw skills to the mic and has countless quotable punchlines.
In non-birthday news, A Tribe Called Quest released their debut album on this date in 1990. People’s Instinctive Travels and Paths Of Rhythm introduced the world to the group from Queens. I’ve already told y’all about my love affair with Tribe and their music. This album brought us classics such as “Push It Along”, “Bonita Applebum”, and “Can I Kick It?”. The album is certified gold and widely recognized as one of the best of all time. Tribe brought a completely new lyrical style to laid back production and pushed the genre forward in a major way. If you haven’t listened to it yet, you’re buggin’. Definitely check it out ASAP.
As far as the playlist goes, we’re going to start to do it a little differently. We will be updating the playlist weekly from now and it will include all the music necessary for the upcoming week. So be patient, I promise I’ll be sending plenty of dope music your way real soon.
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