Wednesday, November 12, 2014
Rappers (SSR)
Hip Hop and rap are by far my favorite types of music. Some people listen to it for the beat alone. I listen for the lyrics. One of my favorite rappers, Nas, wrote a song called One Mic. He wrote this song while he was beefing with another rapper, Jay-Z. He had multiple messages in the song, one was about him living a simple life:" Only if I had one gun, one girl and one crib, one God to show me how to do things his son did," others were more violent: " Jesus died at age 33, thats 33 shot from twin glocks, there's 16 a piece, thats 32, which means, one of my guns was holding 17, 27 hit your crew, 6 went into you." Those 2 lines out of that song are my personal favorite. The whole song has a theme of relying on God, but being ready to protect yourself, and your hood when you have to:"This is my hood, imma rep till the death of it."
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I like how you referenced to Nas a all time great lyricist. Meaningful music always has a message and you were able to find the certain ones. I also like how you related the quotes from the song to yourself.
ReplyDeleteWhy are those your favorite lines? This post is a little thin on analysis. If you are going to copy a lyric that takes up three lines of writing, then you should spend at least three lines of writing explaining why you included that lyric. What makes it stand out?
ReplyDeleteI really like how you explain the lyrics that Nas had said. Also, you pick one of the greatest rappers alive! He's music is always on point and the way how he talk about the world and struggles in his songs. GOOD PICK BRO!
ReplyDeletei am a huge fan myself and i also like this particular song you wrote about.
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