“The Heart Part 5” by Kendrick Lamar
Kendrick Lamar begins “The Heart Part 5” by showing love to ‘all his beautiful fans and everyone who ever gave him a listen’, even those who may not particularly agree with what he spits....
Tagged: Nipsey Hussle
“What It Feels Like” by Nipsey Hussle & Jay-Z
Nipsey Hussle and Jay-Z’s “What It Feels Like” comes from the soundtrack of “Judas and the Black Messiah” (2021), a historical piece harking back to the heyday of the Black Panther Party. The Black Panther Party...
“Party for Me” by Jhené Aiko (ft. Ty Dolla Sign)
In this song, Jhené Aiko is actually telling the addressee to ‘party for her’. And the reason she is making such an assertion is because the premise upon which this track’s theme is built...
“Letter to Nipsey” by Meek Mill (ft. Roddy Rich)
“Letter to Nipsey” is a tribute to Nipsey Hussle, whose murder was the story of 2019 as far as the hip-hop community in the United States is concerned. And as the title implies, Meek...
“Higher” by DJ Khaled (Ft. Nipsey Hussle & John Legend)
This is an ode to progress, as the artists (particularly John Legend) express being on a path which ‘keeps them going higher’, as in ascending to new heights of success. But it is actually Nipsey’s...
