Kanye West’s “Father Stretch My Hands Pt. 1” begins with a sample via gospel musician Pastor T.L. Barrett which is, of course, religious in nature. What it points to, literally, is the “Father”, i.e. God,...
“Parade on Cleveland” is one of the songs found on a surprise album Young Thug came out with on 23 June 2023, titled “Business Is Business”, via 300 Entertainment, Atlantic Records and Thugga’s own YSL...
“Spin Bout U” is a braggadocious outing, the type you would expect from 21 and Drizzy. But since they’re both above-average lyricists, the vocalists are able to take their raps in more intricate directions than...
“Search & Rescue”, a standalone single that Drake dropped on 7 April 2023, has thus far had a modest showing, only managing to chart in Australia and Lithuania and in neither regard performing up...
There are some similarities between rock music and rap. That is to say, in a very-generalized sense, that White youth in places like the United States for instance have used rock along the same lines...
As with most cyphers or posse cuts, “Forever” is braggadocious in nature. The emcees are given a general theme or perhaps in this case just a single word – “forever” – and then are tasked...
SZA is not known to be dating anyone at the moment, i.e. at the release of “Nobody Gets Me”. In fact according to her documented dating history, the only two men she had ever been...
Unlike the title (“Rich Flex”) implies, Drizzy and Savage don’t really use this song to speak too much to their wealth. Instead 21, in his usual NSFW, don’t-give-AF style, utilizes his verse largely in the name...
As of this writing, a couple of prominent rappers are locked up in part due to the nature of the lyrics they spit. But it does not appear that reality will deter their peers from dropping criminally-minded...
There’s an old adage in hip-hop, coined by the 1990s’ Bad Boy crew, that reads “more money, more problems”. And what Drake and gang are saying here is that if such is the case,...
