RAP TALK!
Intro to rap talk
Hello it’s Luke here from Luke’s Len and today I’m here to talk to you about rap music. My nickname for these types of blogs will be rap talk. Now if you’re sitting here wondering what rap is then I don’t know if this is the right place for you but I welcome all people to read my blogs. Rap is a form of music in fact it is my favorite form of music and truth be told I love to talk about Rap music. So here’s how things are going to go with rap talk. I will have 3 segments, the first one will be about upcoming music. The second will be about music that came out recently and my last and final segment will be about artists in general whether that be upcoming artists or established artists.
Upcoming Music
As far as upcoming music goes tonight Johnathan Kirk more commonly known as “Dababy” is dropping his second installment of his Baby on Baby series titled “Baby on Baby 2”. Dababy has spent a long time away from the rap game and his return has been awaited by many of his fans and many of those who hate him. Dababy has been a polarizing figure in the rap industry due to some questionable things he has said and his constant trouble and run-ins with the law. For more info on that visit https://www.billboard.com/lists/dababy-controversies-timeline/ . However on the music side of things Dababy is considered by many one of the more talented rappers of the new era of rap. His fast flowing catchy bars and fast imposing beats make him one of the easier artists to listen to for young people who like rap. Now evidently we don’t know where Dababy is right now with his sound as most artists tend to develop their sound as time goes on and obviously since the album drops tomorrow or Friday September 23rd I have yet to hear what Dababy has in store for us.
Recent Releases
When it comes to recent drops Nav dropped his new album “Demons Protected By Angels.” which came with 19 tracks. Nav is a rapper from Canada whose claim to fame is being one of the only mainstream Indian rappers. He has accomplished a lot in sort career. Notching songs with some of the biggest artists in the game. You can see some of these huge artists on his new release, It was an album that I would say flew a little under the radar. As its first week sales flew under Navs typical production with sales. However Nav still delivered an album that I think a lot of fans enjoyed as it received a 92% thumbs up rating from google reviewers, to get more involved with NAV visit https://www.navmusic.com/ .
Artist of the week.
Last but not least we have our artist of the week that we will be talking about and today the artist will be yeat. Yeat is an up and coming rapper from Oregon. He’s known for his sensational and unique production. He’s also known for his unique outfits and his consistency of rocking turbans and headscarves. Yeat has a plethora of recent projects (Up 2 Me, 2 Alive, Lyfe) Yeat seems to be an artist that II think is here to stay he’s too unnique and he has one of those cult like fan bases that tend to take artists far. For me on yeat visit https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/yeat-lyfe/ . That’s it for rap talk this week. Thanks for reading!
Hello Luke, it is very cool that you decide you want to write a blog on rap talk. I haven’t listen to any English Artist raps, but I do listen to Chinese ones, during reality shows that is. I don’t go into deep with raps so I myself can’t suggest any to you. But do think it is amazing that you know these authors well to state how good they were known in the time and within their own group. You must be really into it to know so much about the upcoming albums and rap songs that these artists have. I might be going into it and listening to one of the rap songs that you listed here, it will be the first English rap that I will listen to throughout my whole life. you address each author differently with different specials for them as to what they are unique for and what kind of style they produce, which is really helpful for me to understand what kind of rap artist these people are and not thinking that they are similar, you address each of them unique in their own way. Thank you for the links to get to the music and getting to know more of the author!
Hi Luke, I wanted to start off by saying how awesome I thought this post was. Very well written, and entertaining and it felt like a magazine music review. It was such an interesting read from the perspective of someone who knows a lot more about a genre of music I’m not as familiar with. I also am really really into music, although I’m pretty new to the rap scene. I’ve been talking to friends and asking for recommendations so I look forward to more reviews from you! I’ve been listening got JID, Kendreick, and JPETGMafia. They’re kind of my intro into the rap music world. I’m excited to continue listening and I’ll definety check the records and artists you talked about in your piece. I think that Mac Miller and Tyler the Creator were my actual intro to the hip hop/rap scene and I still listen to to them fondly. I’ve heard a lot about Yeat but I’ve never actually listened, so maybe his new release is where I’ll start. Thank you for sharing such an important part of yourself with us! I find music to be very personal and so I alway appreciate when people talk about their love for it.
Hi Luke!
I enjoyed reading your Rap talk blog post! I found it interesting how you chose to use a more informal way of narration when writing about a topic you feel passionate about. I thought this choice was a good idea because it was easy to follow along your train of thoughts and further understand why you love Rap so much. In addition, as a reader, seeing you talk about Rap music in such a way makes me think about what I’ve been missing out on- coming from a lower-tier rap enthusiast.
I honestly have only really listened to K-Hiphop/R&B (Korean Hip-hop music) which I really liked, some of my favorite artists being Dean, Wonstein, punchnello, and HEIZE! I definitely recommend all of them,, On top of that, I think I should probably dabble into some of the songs/artists you mentioned in your blog too, Thanks! 🙂