Daily Discussion Thread 02/20/2020 - HipHop |
- Daily Discussion Thread 02/20/2020
- [FRESH VIDEO] JPEGMAFIA - BALD!
- [FRESH ALBUM] Royce da 5'9" - The Allegory
- [FRESH ALBUM] NBA YoungBoy - Still Flexin, Still Steppin
- Pop Smoke murder appears to be a hit, not a robbery.
- [FRESH] Trippie Redd - A Love Letter To You 4 (Deluxe)
- Atrocity Exhibition Album Breakdown
- [FRESH ALBUM] Lil Gotit - Superstar Creature
- [FRESH] KYLE - YES! (feat. Rich The Kid & K Camp)
- [FRESH] Lil Tjay - Forever Pop
- G Herbo Reveals "PTSD" Tracklist
- [FRESH] Rick Ross - Season Ticket Holder (feat. Dwayne Wade)
- [FRESH] JOEY BADA$$ raps about the passing of Pop Smoke
- [LEAK] Drake - Don't Run(PARTYNEXTDOOR Reference Track)
- [FRESH ALBUM] Duwap Kaine - Bad Kid from the 4
- [FRESH EP] Calboy - Long Live The Kings
- The Weeknd announces North American & European After Hours arena tour for 2020.
- Drake - Summer Sixteen
- [ FRESH ] Kota The Friend - California
- Denzel Curry - Ultimate (BADBADNOTGOOD SESSIONS)
- [FRESH EP] GNAR & Germ - Big Bad Gnar Shit 2
- IDK - ONCE UPON A TIME (FREESTYLE) ft. Denzel Curry
- [FRESH VIDEO] Lil Tracy - Shame
- [FRESH ALBUM] Kamaiyah - Got It Made
- [FRESH ALBUM] Elcamino & 38 Spesh - Martyr's Prayer
- [FRESH] Tory Lanez x NGHTMRE - Wrist
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| [FRESH VIDEO] JPEGMAFIA - BALD! Posted: 20 Feb 2020 03:00 PM PST |
| [FRESH ALBUM] Royce da 5'9" - The Allegory Posted: 20 Feb 2020 09:00 PM PST Tracklist:
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| [FRESH ALBUM] NBA YoungBoy - Still Flexin, Still Steppin Posted: 20 Feb 2020 09:00 PM PST |
| Pop Smoke murder appears to be a hit, not a robbery. Posted: 20 Feb 2020 01:50 AM PST https://www.tmz.com/2020/02/20/pop-smoke-murder-appeared-to-be-target-hit-not-robbery/ Pop Smoke's death wasn't a robbery gone wrong ... it was a targeted hit ... and that conclusion is supported by surveillance video. People who have seen the surveillance footage from outside the Hollywood Hills home where Pop was killed Wednesday morning tell us ... you see 4 men approach the home at around 4:30 AM and sneak around back. A couple minutes pass before 3 of the 4 walk back up the side of the home to the front. The 4th apparently walked in the backdoor but no camera was trained on it. The next time you see the man, he exits through the front door of the house. As we reported, multiple shots were fired inside the home and they only struck Pop Smoke, who was rushed to Cedars-Sinai Medical Center where he was pronounced dead. At first, it seemed like it might have been a robbery because the rapper posted a photo earlier in the day of a bunch of gifts ... one of which had his home address emblazoned on it. He also posted another pic hours before the shooting of himself and a friend in a car .. the friend is holding an enormous amount of cash. But, here's the thing. The folks who have seen the surveillance video tell us the person inside the house -- presumably the shooter -- did not carry anything out. Given that he shot someone, it's doubtful he would take the time to stuff items in his pocket. Pop Smoke was only 20 and already making a name for himself in music. His song, "Welcome to the Party" was remixed by Nicki Minaj and he appeared on Travis Scott's latest project "JACKBOYS." His album charted #7 Tuesday on the Billboard 200. Cops continue to investigate the murder and have not arrested or named any suspects. TLDR; 4 guys were seen at his house, only one went in the back door, shot him and came out the front door. [link] [comments]  |
| [FRESH] Trippie Redd - A Love Letter To You 4 (Deluxe) Posted: 20 Feb 2020 09:01 PM PST |
| Atrocity Exhibition Album Breakdown Posted: 20 Feb 2020 08:49 AM PST Downward Spiral- The album opens with a look at the sad reality of Danny's life. One major topic of the record is Danny's drug abuse, and the first track makes sure to highlight it. The song's title, Downward Spiral, is a reference to the ever worsening state of Danny's life, and also a callback to a line from his first album XXX. This line holds great significance within the album, and it's message will make frequent appearances on the record. In this line, Danny says, "it's the downward spiral, got me suicidal, but too scared to do it, so these pills'll be the rival". Throughout this track Danny outlines how he's in a similar state to what he described on "XXX". He's slipping into complete darkness within his life, but he's to afraid to commit suicide, opting to drown out his sorrows with drug use instead. The track opens with a set of lines that perfectly set up the album to follow, Danny says, "I'm sweating like I'm in a rave, been in this room for three days, Think I'm hearing voices, Paranoid and think I'm seeing ghost". Danny begins the album already in the pitfalls of fame, currently drowning in his own excess. Surprisingly, the track is hopeful, as Danny says in the chorus that he needs to figure his life out. This frames "Downward Spiral" as a sort of break in Danny's disastrous life, where he finally realizes the dark reality he's living in. Another important line in the song that helps to inform the rest of the album, is seen when Danny says that he doesn't know the last time he's eaten, but he still eats other rappers like a fine steak. This creates an interesting connotation for Danny's bragging through the album, while it may seem bold and proud, in reality, Danny just uses his bragging as a way to mask his true pain. Tell Me What I Don't Know- After Danny's desire to escape his current path was made clear on "Downward Spiral", he sets about recalling his past mistakes and trying to figure out where he went wrong in his life. The track "Tell Me What I Don't Know" sees Danny showcasing when he believes his Downward Spiral truly began. On the track, he recounts a time when he was dealing drugs in his hometown of Detroit, Michigan. While many rappers glamorize this lifestyle of drug dealing, Danny has no issues with revealing it for what it truly is: a disastrous profession that leads many youths to a quick death or a lengthy prison sentence. Danny says that back in these days the only reason he and his friends attempted to sell drugs was so they could make enough money to buy name brand clothes and get girls, essentially to live the life of a successful rapper. However, as Danny will show the listener throughout the album, while success did bring in the money he so desperately desired as a youth, it also led him to encounter many more problems. Fame was not the escape Danny hoped it would be, in fact, it only made his spiral towards the bottom increase its speed. Rolling Stone- After the dark reality of his youth Danny presented on the last track, he finally transitions to his present situation on "Rolling Stone, which details his lifestyle after fame. The song's title builds on the idea of being a "rolling stone", Danny's lifestyle allows him to push through the pain of his past, but it also causes him to push everyone else in his life away, leading to depression. The hook is sung by alternative artist Petite Noir, and this helps show where the album draws its influences. Danny pulled from classic psychedelic and noise rock to create a sound that feels hazy and overwhelming. On "Rolling Stone" Danny uses Petite's distinct voice and a heavy bass to give the track an ominous tone. Since the song is discussing the darkness of fame, the sound is fitting. Petite's hook outlines how a life of fame can lead to isolation by telling those around him to stay away because he's "in his zone". This "zone" could refer either to making music, or living the excessive lifestyle of fame. Isolation is found in both the pursuit of fame and success, and the indulgences of achieving it, and once one enters this cycle, it can be nearly impossible to escape. Danny's first verse showcases the reckless lifestyle he finds himself in the middle of after gaining fame. He says that he's unsatisfied with his current life, and his past selling drugs caused him to lose his soul, and now he's only furthering his lifestyle of sin. Because of the dark past he experienced as a youth in Detroit, Danny now trusts no one, and is haunted by his actions. This clashes with the wishes of those around him to just turn off his brain and mindlessly enjoy his fame until the eventual crash. Since Danny struggles with leaving his past behind, he turns to drugs to do it for him. These lyrics help to reinforce the message that Danny's past was the real beginning of his downward spiral, and perfectly bridge the gap between the previous track and this one. The track's second verse leans more heavily into the idea of Danny's drug abuse. He says, "Bought hope, can't get change, lost my brain, going insane, self-medicate is how I cope", showing that his drug use is a natural progression of how he copes with his issues. When fame presented itself as not being the escape from his past Danny so desperately desired, he turned to drugs to drown out the pain this caused him. Really Doe- "Really Doe" is the first track on the album to heavily lean into the concept of Danny using bragging to mask his true pain. On the surface, "Really Doe" is a braggadocious posse cut all about living an excessive lifestyle, with featured verses from Ab-Soul, Kendrick Lamar, and Earl Sweatshirt. But upon deeper listening, the song subtly hints at a darker truth behind these boasts. Danny opens the track, with a manic verse discussing his fame. He begins the verse questioning the realness of those who talk down on him, and then rapping about the women he gets and the drugs he does. These opening lines show where Danny is at this point on the album, he's confrontational and drowning in his life of excess. Danny's final lines on the verse are filled with contrast, specifically the contrast he feels between his life on the streets and his life of fame. He says that while he used to sell out all his drugs, it's now his shows that he sells out. While this line is meant as a brag, it reveals the dark truth that Danny's involvement in rap is, in part, out of fear that he may end up back in the hood if he loses his money. It's clear that Danny's lifestyle is a continuation of his past, regardless of how different the two lifestyles may be. Therefore, it's fitting that Danny ends his verse with a proclamation of how he'll never return to the hood, and immediately follows it up with a line continuing his confrontational attitude from the track's beginning. Danny's is adamant that he's left behind the environment of his youth, but he's still trapped within the lifestyle of that youth. Kendrick Lamar tackled similar themes on his 2015 album, To Pimp A Butterfly, summing up Danny's situation perfectly on his song "Institutionalized" where Snoop Dogg says, "You can take your boy out the hood, but you can't take the hood out the homie". Fittingly, Kendrick's verse later in the song focuses on how Kendrick was able to give back to his community, and turn his life of crime into one of honest success. However, before reaching that point, the song uses Kendrick in a different way, for the hook. Kendricks hook has a double meaning, showing two realities of fame. Kendrick says, "They say I got the city on fire, I ain't boomin', that's a goddamn lie". On one hand, this hook serves as Kendrick bragging that he has the city on fire, this pairs nicely with the exterior message of the track, all the artist bragging over a posse cut, but the hook can also be seen as a denial by Kendrick of his success. Overall the hook sees Kendrick externally bragging, but also telling the less glamorous truth underneath. This hints at the idea that the braggadocious verses of the artist featured on this track might actually contain a darker truth behind them. Ab-Soul's verse after the hook furthers this message, with Soul calling himself the G.O.A.T (Greatest of All Time), and then referencing the goat-like image of satan. These lines show the comparison Ab-Soul wishes to present between his successful lifestyle and dark reality. His verse mirrors Danny's in many ways, seeing Soul discuss how the behavior of his youth has carried over to his present. He even ends on the same line as Danny, to show how their verses are linked. This can be viewed as a way of showing how Danny feels comfortable commiting the actions he does because of others doing the same things. However, as Kendrick proves in his verse directly flowing Ab-Soul's, there is a superior alternative to this lifestyle. Before his verse, Kendrick makes a point to address the listener and tell them that while life can be hectic, it's important for them to remain strong, because he sees their pain, and he's gone through a similar journey within his own life. Kendrick begins his verse by outlining how in a world where many make reckless decisions within their lives, specifically with money, he is cautious. These lines are essentially Kendrick calling out the reckless behavior that Danny and Ab-Soul embraced throughout their verses. Kendrick continues his verse by making boast that appear, on the surface, to be about drugs and violence, but upon deeper inspection, prove to be about his success and lyrical skills. This is a unique way to show that Kendrick's version of the boast made by Danny and Soul don't embrace their excessive lifestyle. He compares his success in the industry to famed mob boss John Gotti, and his ability to create lyrics to a drug dealers ability to cook up product. He also references how he was able to gain success on the back of crime, but now that he has fame, he and his crew, of which Ab-Soul is a member, will no longer be contained by the system that trapped them in that lifestyle. Clearly if Kendrick can help Ab-Soul to break free from the system, he can also help Danny to do the same, and it seems like Kendrick's story will help Danny to escape his lifestyle. However, Kendrick's verse is only the third in a series of four, and Earl Sweatshirt plunges both the song and Danny back into a place of darkness with his verse . The signature sign that Earl's verse is building upon the themes of darkness in Danny and Ab-Soul's verses is seen in how he begins. He brings back the line that both Danny and Soul used to end their verses, and begins his verse with it. Since the line showed the darkness Danny and Soul were leaning into at the end of their verses, Earl is showing that he is already engulfed in this darkness. The line was also absent from Kendrick's verse, showing how he was preaching a more positive message. Earl's verse is dark, hard-hitting, and extremely confrontational, and sees him rapping about his drug use, dysfunctional relationships, and love for putting his Chuck's on your couch. The verse is a brutal return to form for the song and pushes the album further along it's dark path. Lost- Throughout the last track, Danny made a point of referencing his past, and on the track "Lost" he draws a connection from this past to his current life. Specifically how his hustling mentality possessed when selling drugs, carried over to his life of music. Danny's first verse shows his progression from being on the streets talking about how he was going to get money, to now actually having it and using it to buy drugs. The sad reality Danny reveals here is that, in his youth, he was out selling drugs to gain success, but now as an adult he's doing drugs to cope with the success. He also says that he's got nothing on but his pinky ring, and later he puts on his robe to go out to the balcony, this is a callback to a line on "Downward Spiral", where Danny said he was only wearing his robe and pinky ring. The connection here is that Danny is slowly fulfilling the role he found himself in on "Downward Spiral". While it's inevitable that Danny will eventually arrive at that position, it's still tragic to watch. The song's hook references a time when Danny was hungry for fame and success, and cooked up cocaine to achieve it, getting high off the drug in the process. However, the hook has a double meaning, also showing how Danny is hungry for drugs currently, and lost within his cocaine use. His second verse, shows more of the reality of his situation, Danny says that he is mentaily disturbed, before quickly covering it up with bragging. This kind of bragging to hide his true situation is displayed by Danny all over the song and at the beginning of each verse. Danny ends the verse on a positive note, saying that he's setting an example for those from his hood by becoming successful and remaining true to himself. This gives the hook that follows this verse the connotation that Danny is hungry for success through rap, and cooking up rhymes instead of drugs. However, as Danny has shown countless times throughout the album, his success didn't bring him happiness, only pain, so Danny"s boast about setting an example for others are misled, and he only makes them to hide the reality of his situation, that he's lost in his fame. It's a song about Danny's success and the pride he feels about it, despite there being a darker reality behind it. Ain't It Funny- "Ain't It Funny" begins with Danny continuing the bragging he did on songs like "Really Doe", however he struggles to keep on track after rapping about his drug use on "Lost". He drops the line, "Mind skydive, sniffin' bumps in the cockpit", and this shows that while he is destroying his life with his excessive ways, his mind is wandering to other places. This happens within the verse, where Danny's mind continually brings him to the subject of his drug use, despite his attempts to brag. He slowly begins to boast about the drugs he's on, and realizes how detrimental they truly are to himself. In one line he says that he'll attack someone if the cut it with the bullshit, which is a reference to him wanting his cocaine cut right, but also his inability to listen to the truth. He ends his verse by saying that the red carpets of fame mask his nosebleeds, caused by drug use. This is a clever way of saying that behind all his boasting, Danny is really just hiding his pain. Danny says that because of all his pain and suffering, he just wants to burn out, instead of dying slowly. This mirrors Danny's line on "XXX" where he said, "It's the downward spiral, got me suicidal, but too scared to do it, so these pill'll be the rival". Danny is too scared to commit suicide, so he relies on drugs to do it for him. Danny finds the humor in this situation, saying that the jokes on himself, but Satan is the one laughing, since Danny will undoubtedly go to hell for this behavior. In his second verse, Danny finds more humor in his situation, saying that even though he used to be a great drug dealer, a talent he used to make money, now that he's rich, he's an addict. Danny says that this is because he's like an octopus in a straight jacket, his destructive impulses can't be contained. His ability to gain fame and success, but still panic when his drugs are gone, is funny to him. At the verse's end, Danny comes to terms with some serious issues of situation, he acknowledges that the fast lifestyle he's living, where he's wasting all his money on destructive drugs, is detrimental not only to himself, but to many others as well. However, Danny says it's funny how those with fame are usually those with the most problems. Danny opens his final verse outlining what's become of himself, he's spiraling towards disaster, and laughing at the devil all the way to hell. It's apparent that Danny sees the comedy of his life, and is still burning out despite realizing his situation. He says that, like many, drug use is an inherited trait for him, and he couldn't stop if he wanted to. So instead of confronting the dark pain of his reality and trying to change, Danny just uses drugs to block it out. He's using more drugs to wash away the darkness of his drug abuse. He also says that he needs rehab, but feels like it's for the weak. This is a serious issue amongst street related drug use, and Danny is just another victim here. He ends the verse seemingly content with his life of disaster, asking the listener to pray for him since he doesn't know what the future will bring, saying that he has drugs on the way, which will plunge him right back into his darkness. The whole song sees Danny finding the comedy within his destructive lifestyle, and specifically how with his success came drugs, which are the very thing destroying his life. Goldust- At the end of the last track, Danny came to realizations about the hold fame has on his life, and asked the listener to pray for him since he had drugs and girls on the way. "Goldust" shows the direct aftermath of "Ain't It Funny", where Danny has gotten the girls and money he was talking about on the last track and now he's spiraling off the rails. The song's production shows how chaotic Danny's current state is, using a distorted guitar riff and booming drums to give the track its signature roaring sound. The song's first verse sees Danny focusing exclusively on the excessive lifestyle he's living. However, as per usual, Danny's braggadocio quickly turns to dark confessions. Danny says that he's caught in a whirlwind of excess, and living a life of sin and celebrity. In one line Danny makes a direct call back to the track "Ain't It Funny", saying, "Praying to the heavens, letting these devils get the best of me". On that track, Danny saw that the devil laughing at his pain, and resolved to laugh at his pain as well, showing how in his spiral towards the bottom, Danny is giving into a sinful lifestyle. Danny also ended the track asking for prayer, since Satan is currently getting the best of him. Danny ends his verse with an interesting line, saying that he's rolling up a hundred dollar bill to snort cocaine, calling it blow cash. This a reference to the nickname for cocaine, which is blow, and the idea that Danny is "blowing" or wasting his money. Danny's second verse shows how his fame fuels his drug use. He says he's surrounded by people who want to get on his good side by giving him drugs, ironically, they are actually harming Danny in their attempt to make him like them. Danny also says that there are many times when he should have died but survived due to the inherited drug tolerance in his family. After the dark realities of the past two verses, Danny uses his third verse to show the excesses of his life, focusing on his name brand accessories and the many women he gets. However this takes a dark turn at the end, where Danny says he built this lifestyle from the ground, and then asks how long it will last. This shows that due to Danny's lifestyle of excess and "blowing cash", he might find himself bankrupt and back in the dark environment of his youth. White Lines- Pneumonia- Dance in the Water- From the Ground- When It Rain- Danny's youth was one filled with confrontation, and this confrontational attitude transferred to his adulthood in many ways. Danny uses his loud exterior image to drown out his true pain, as seen through his repeated bragging all over the album to hide his weakness. Danny's first verse displays this mindset with random brags about himself and his crew. However, these brags quickly turn to dark reality as Danny says he's slipping closer to hell because of the drugs and money he's acquired. Because of the violent and deadly life he lived as a youth in Detroit, he's now also hesitant about trusting anyone. Danny continues his verse, firing off on the dark system that traps him, saying that a flower can't be expected to grow without water. Danny was never pushed to grow into a better person, in fact, the negative things around him were only compacted after his rise to fame. Because of this, Danny's life has only gotten worse and now it's harder for Danny to break out of this system than ever before. He says that he's stuck in the rain without an umbrella, but the rain is bullets, representing his inability to escape the violence all around him. This idea is compounded by the song's hook, which says that when it rains, get on the floor. This is a reference to how it's important to duck when bullets rain down, but also how Danny avoids the rain by dancing and partying his problems away. Danny's second verse mirrors his first, he begins by bragging about his excessive and confrontational lifestyle but he also tinges the verse with dark admissions of the very violence he decried in the songs first verse. It appears like this verse could be from a younger version of Danny, who's deeply embedded in the life of violence that he rapped about on the first verse. While Danny is currently still caught up in the violent life from his youth, he knows it's wrong, unlike his younger self. This gives the hook a double meaning, on one had it's referencing Danny life as a youth and the violence he experienced, and on the other it's about how Danny drowns out the dark realizations he makes about his life as an adult. Today- "Today" builds on the mini-narrative Danny has been constructing since the track "From the Ground" about his youth and how it informs his present. On "From the Ground", Danny discussed both the positive and negative sides of building his career out of nothing, and on "When it Rain" Danny showed how the negative aspects of his youth carried over into his life after fame. "Today" has a very similar message to "When it Rain" but while that track explored how Danny's mindset carried over into his adulthood, "Today" shows how Danny's view of his environment changed after he gained fame. He begins his first verse by talking about the dangers of the environment he was raised in such as the untrustworthy people who live there and the dangers of the street violence that is ever-present. The verse uses an interpolation of the Outkast song "B.O.B", that details the conflict Outkast dealt with after gaining fame. Many from Outkast's home wanted them to fix issues present in their environment, but many of these issues were out of their control. Danny also feels helpless to resolve issues within the environment of his youth. He knows that these issues are present, but feels helpless to change them. The song's hook outlines issues of both Danny's past and present life, saying that one never knows when it will be their time to go. Danny says that because of this, he "cheated" in life. As a child, Danny took shortcuts in order to gain fame and get out of the hood. Now as an adult, he still has the same mindset, side stepping important issues within his life in hopes that he can just burn out. Danny feels helpless to solve issues within himself and within the environment he was raised in, and because of this he lives life a day at a time, never attempting to make progress or change. Danny's second verse sees him fearful of those who might attempt to take his wealth, and here he brings up his own violence. Danny admits that he's part of the dark system he's outlined on the track so far. Without looking at the world through a wider lense Danny will never be able to right these wrongs within himself, even if he acknowledges that they're present. He ends his verse on a dark note, saying that the path of violence he's currently on will either lead him to death or jail. Danny has seen far too many people fall victim to these paths in the past, and if he doesn't change all his hard work and success will have been for nothing. Get Hi- The past few tracks have showcased various issues for Danny, whether it be his inability to change, his violent tendencies, or his suicidal behavior. These issues are constantly tearing Danny apart, and the stress turns him to substance use. After the countless stories of his pain Danny has presented on the album so far, it almost seems like the only thing he can do to escape the darkness of his reality is get high. In a world so dark, it seems like Danny should just accept defeat and drown out his pain in the only way he knows how, drug use. This is portrayed on the track "Get Hi", where Danny employs the help of rapper B Real of Cypress Hill fame to talk about his love for drugs. Danny's first verse lists his love for weed, but also his love for classic jazz artists. Danny idolizes these artists of a bygone era, and in many ways, he's a continuation of classic jazz. Danny manic rapping and production matches the genius playing of the classic artist Danny describes here. Danny believes that there's no other option but to smoke away his life and have his legacy live on like it did for the jazz musicians he admires. However, these jazz musicians' legacy was not born out of their deaths, but rather from the great art they created. Danny feels like there's no hope for himself now, and is resolving to die too soon like the jazz musicians he listed. B Real's hook shows how Danny uses drugs to drown out all his issues, saying that rolling up is the quick and easy way to make stress go away. Danny's following verse compounds this message, Danny lists various issues that are extremely serious, but brushes them off by saying "just get high". The final line of the song does a great job of outlining the themes of the whole track and sees Danny saying, "Tryna chop you down, so roll up the trees". After reflecting on all the issues within his life Danny feels that he should just ignore them. The pain of attempting to right the parts of his life that have gone wrong are just too much to bear, and Danny seemingly accepts defeat and returns to his downward spiral. Hell For It- The whole album so far has been building towards one specific moment, the moment when Danny decides if he wants to make a positive change in his life or continue on a path of self-destruction. While an outsider might think this an easy choice, Danny complicates the decision throughout the album. While taking a step towards self-betterment is a good idea, Danny is already deeply in the darkness he described on the album. Trying to pull away from this lifestyle could lead to further depression, or the end of Danny's success. Due to all these factors, it's not hard to see how Danny could have ended the album on "Get Hi' where he accepted his defeat, resolving to live out the rest of his days without pain or worry and burn up, having his legacy remembered like that of the classic jazz stars he idolizes. However, in the album's final moments Danny decides to keep fighting. On "Hell For It", he admits that he's lived a life of sin and darkness, but says that he refuses to go out like so many want him to, he'll fight to keep his success and his life. He recalls a time when he was trapped in the hood, desperately wishing to escape thought rap, and he now sees that not much has changed, he's still trapped in a dire situation, so he must work his way out of it. He no longer denies the darkness of his past, saying that it was all necessary so he could make it out of his environment, even though he regrets his actions now. Danny uses a muslim religious phrase in his verse, meaning submission to god, but butchers it, instead using random english words. This is to show that while Danny may have trouble getting it right, he's taking steps to resolve his life and bring himself closer to God. It's not a full transformation, but it's a step in the right direction. Danny also brings up his love for doing drugs, which causes him to ignore serious problems within his life, and then recalls a time as a youth where he was forced to work hard for success and change. The message here is that Danny plans to start taking action to resolve his issues instead of just drowning them out with substances. His hook is a defiant declaration of his determination, he says that he'll rail against all those who hold him back, even if it kills him. His second verse is an honest look into his past, Danny knows he was plagued by demons and blamed others for his situation when it was truly his fault. He now tries to write these wrongs and find strength in unity with god. Finally, Danny admits that his past makes him hard to listen to, many want to ignore him simply because they think he smokes crack, and while he may not have everything right in his life, he wants people to learn from his example and listen to the advice he has to share. Danny ends the album with a final message about the music industry as a whole. He knows that in today's world message and lyricism aren't valued as much as they should be, but now he's learned to come to terms with that. He'll never try to be someone he's not, and he'll make music that's honest and that he feels holds value. Danny has reflected on his life throughout the album, and now he's ready to move on to the next stage of his life. He knows there will be obstacles along the way, and that the journey won't be easy, but he's ready to confront all the factors that have dragged him down and give them hell for what they've done. 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| [FRESH ALBUM] Lil Gotit - Superstar Creature Posted: 20 Feb 2020 09:00 PM PST |
| [FRESH] KYLE - YES! (feat. Rich The Kid & K Camp) Posted: 20 Feb 2020 09:05 PM PST |
| [FRESH] Lil Tjay - Forever Pop Posted: 20 Feb 2020 12:26 PM PST |
| G Herbo Reveals "PTSD" Tracklist Posted: 20 Feb 2020 08:15 PM PST
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| [FRESH] Rick Ross - Season Ticket Holder (feat. Dwayne Wade) Posted: 20 Feb 2020 09:01 PM PST |
| [FRESH] JOEY BADA$$ raps about the passing of Pop Smoke Posted: 20 Feb 2020 10:22 PM PST |
| [LEAK] Drake - Don't Run(PARTYNEXTDOOR Reference Track) Posted: 20 Feb 2020 03:45 PM PST |
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