Multiply & Make it Stack
Sorry that I haven’t posted in a while, I’ve been super busy with lacrosse. Anyway, since I’ve been gone for so long I’ve decided to do kind of a triple threat type blog, including the full analysis of two songs, and a partial analysis of an album. The first song that I have chosen is called Multiply, by ASAP Rocky. This is a super sweet song that is perfect for getting pumped up for a big game, or any other high intensity event. This song was released about three weeks ago by ASAP, and it’s great to hear that he is still putting out some fresh stuff. However, this is not the best song to be playing in the car with your parents due to its high explicitness, containing many swear words, and frequent drug reference. I couldn’t decide on the best lyrics from this song because the lyrics don’t have much content, but my favorite part of the song is right when the beat drops and ASAP starts rapping. This song also has Juicy J in it, but Juicy J doesn’t actually rap in it, he just talks in the background (pretty unusual)… The other song I choose is by Lloyd Banks, featuring ASAP, called Make it Stack. This song has a sick vibe, and it’s a perfect balance between upbeat and mellow. My favorite part of this song is definitely ASAP’s part, Lloyd’s part is not bad, but ASAP really hits it out of the ballpark. I decided that the best lyrics are during ASAP’s part: “I could go out in silence, but I would prefer the riot” or “Wake up to your favorite actresses, my life is like a movie boy”. There is nothing particularly clever about these lines, but they have great flow, speed and rhyme. This song is moderately explicit, containing some profanity relating to language and drug reference, but nowhere near as bad as Multiply.
Sorry that I haven’t posted in a while, I’ve been super busy with lacrosse. Anyway, since I’ve been gone for so long I’ve decided to do kind of a triple threat type blog, including the full analysis of two songs, and a partial analysis of an album. The first song that I have chosen is called Multiply, by ASAP Rocky. This is a super sweet song that is perfect for getting pumped up for a big game, or any other high intensity event. This song was released about three weeks ago by ASAP, and it’s great to hear that he is still putting out some fresh stuff. However, this is not the best song to be playing in the car with your parents due to its high explicitness, containing many swear words, and frequent drug reference. I couldn’t decide on the best lyrics from this song because the lyrics don’t have much content, but my favorite part of the song is right when the beat drops and ASAP starts rapping. This song also has Juicy J in it, but Juicy J doesn’t actually rap in it, he just talks in the background (pretty unusual)… The other song I choose is by Lloyd Banks, featuring ASAP, called Make it Stack. This song has a sick vibe, and it’s a perfect balance between upbeat and mellow. My favorite part of this song is definitely ASAP’s part, Lloyd’s part is not bad, but ASAP really hits it out of the ballpark. I decided that the best lyrics are during ASAP’s part: “I could go out in silence, but I would prefer the riot” or “Wake up to your favorite actresses, my life is like a movie boy”. There is nothing particularly clever about these lines, but they have great flow, speed and rhyme. This song is moderately explicit, containing some profanity relating to language and drug reference, but nowhere near as bad as Multiply.
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ASAP Rocky
Since ASAP is in both of these songs I decided just to focus on him this week. Though he goes by his stage name of ASAP Rocky, Rakim Mayers is his full name. He is a twenty-six year old rapper from Harlem, New York, who is part of a collective hip-hop/rap group called the ASAP Mob. Each member in the ASAP Mob all have names that start with ASAP (“Always Strive and Prosper). Some members are A$AP Ant, A$AP Bari,A$AP Ferg, A$AP Lola, A$AP Nast, A$AP Rocky, they all usually use a dollar sign for the S in their name. ASAP Rocky is arguably the leader of the ASAP Mob, but without a doubt, the most well known and successful. After ASAP released his debut single “Peso”, he started to get attention from big time labels, and after he made a music video for one of his first songs “Purple Swag”, his career really started to take off. Shortly after, he released his debut album called “Live. Love. ASAP”, and signed a there million dollar deal with RCA Records.
Since ASAP is in both of these songs I decided just to focus on him this week. Though he goes by his stage name of ASAP Rocky, Rakim Mayers is his full name. He is a twenty-six year old rapper from Harlem, New York, who is part of a collective hip-hop/rap group called the ASAP Mob. Each member in the ASAP Mob all have names that start with ASAP (“Always Strive and Prosper). Some members are A$AP Ant, A$AP Bari,A$AP Ferg, A$AP Lola, A$AP Nast, A$AP Rocky, they all usually use a dollar sign for the S in their name. ASAP Rocky is arguably the leader of the ASAP Mob, but without a doubt, the most well known and successful. After ASAP released his debut single “Peso”, he started to get attention from big time labels, and after he made a music video for one of his first songs “Purple Swag”, his career really started to take off. Shortly after, he released his debut album called “Live. Love. ASAP”, and signed a there million dollar deal with RCA Records.
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Under Pressure, by Logic, released October 21st, 2014.
Under Pressure may be my favorite album of all time… As of now, Logic is my favorite rapper in the industry, so to see him drop a new album is pretty special to me. Not to mention that it is amazing. Literally every song on the album is incredible. Plus, Logic is a very unique rapper because what he raps about really stays from the cliche “drugs and girls” the of rap almost every rapper talks about. Logic sticks to rapping about deeper subjects that really get to you, like his family and him growing up. He has lots of songs in the album that talk about these things, all very sad and deep. Some of my favorites are Under Pressure, Buried Alive, and Soul Food. Under Pressure is a great pump up song with a sick beat, and in the full version especially, very deep lyrics. Buried Alive is probably the most popular song right now and that is defiantly more of a thoughtful, deep song. And Soul Food is a really cool song because it is actually made after a freestyle he did on Sway In The Morning a while ago. Soul Food is also a very, very deep song that talks about his family and growing up. Definitely check out his album, and especially these songs. Thanks for reading.
