RAP TALK!

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!

Literacy Narrative

Literacy Narrative

When I think of reading the first thing I think of is books that I haven’t read. It’s weird but it’s true the things that I have read I don’t wonder much about. The only exception would be if there are pieces of the book I feel like I haven’t yet discovered. I typically let the book go in a sense. Now a book I haven’t read will still always intrigue me, even if I never plan on reading the book. That’s because for me in my eyes reading has always been a connection between what the author put on text and what I get from it. I always seem to get a lot from the text, as a kid my mom never really forced me to read much. Outside of certain books for class back in elementary in which my mom tracked my reading progress herself as if she was my teacher. I’ve never had anyone look over my shoulder when it comes to reading. I feel like this has helped me always feel closer to the book. I know people who dread activities because of the simple fact that someone makes them do it. So I’m happy that growing up my parents never “MADE ME” read. It would have ruined my relationship with literature and in all honesty, even though it sounds bad to say the truth, I don’t like reading. I don’t hate it but I just don’t like it. It has never made me excited to read in general. However I LOVE a good story. I fall in love with the things within the text. Now don’t get it twisted, I do understand the importance of just being able to read in general. I don’t take being able to read for granite because although it may sound crazy to some people who think being able to read is the norm. Not just everybody can read. More specifically not everybody can read at a high level, so I take pride in my ability to read well even If I don’t truly love the art of reading itself. My most important experience I’ve ever had reading came when I was in 7th grade. I had just gone through knee surgery to repair my knee cartilage and I was devastated mentally. My coach had come over to my house and dropped me off a book. The title was “Training camp: What the best do better than everyone else.” The book Ironically was about an athlete going through some rough patches of his own. I read that book from beginning to end like my life depended on it and for me as someone who sat in my room and cried multiple days of the week but was too afraid to tell anyone. This thing that I originally looked at as just a book that my coach gave me had become the most relatable thing I had when it came to my struggles with my injury. Following me reading and connecting to this book, I really started to relate to the text I was reading. I saw how much of a connection that you could get out of a piece or literature and ever since I realized that reading has meant a lot more to me. Honestly looking back on it, it’s not great that something so negative had to bring me closer to reading. Honestly something that at the time was one of the worst things to ever happen to me grew me closer to reading. Since then for me reading has been all about connecting with a story and finding the importance within a story. The relationship I have been able to develop with what some would describe as just words on a paper is amazing. I know it may sound corny to say that developing a love for literature is life changing but for me it really was.