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In August 2004, the song peaked at number three on the UK Singles Chart. [2] With the tagline "The gun is the tool, the mind is the weapon", in this track the band satirised the perceived link between American hip hop and gun violence , referencing several rap murders.
Tony Cross from Smash Hits gave 'Give It Up' a full score of five out of five and named it Best New Single, writing, "'Give It Up' is about destruction on the street: fighting for self-respect and unity against the evils of crack and gratuitous gun violence. This could only be carried off in such a homie party style by a band as masterly as this.
[1] [2] [3] In contrast to multiple previous songs commercially released by the artist during his career, "Darkness" is an explicitly socio-political protest song that condemns gun violence in the United States while additionally invoking the related cultural issues in America of psychological anxiety and substance abuse.
Further inspired by the recent murder of fellow BDP founding member Scott La Rock, he assembled many contemporary East Coast hip hop rap stars of the time to record a song about anti-violence. With production assistance by bandmate D-Nice and Hank Shocklee of the Bomb Squad , the product of the session was the chart-topping song "Self Destruction".
It was voted #3 on About.com's Top 100 Rap Songs, after Common's "I Used to Love H.E.R." and The Sugarhill Gang's "Rapper's Delight". [11] In 2002, its first year of archival, it was one of 50 recordings chosen by the Library of Congress to be added to the National Recording Registry, [12] the first hip hop recording ever to receive this honor.
There is no simple solution to America’s unique problem of relentless gun violence. It’s a surreal view of a nation unable to move on from its own cycle of gun violence.
The song's lyrics are a first-person narrative from the perspective of a gun. [1] In a 2012 interview, Nas stated that he was around a lot of guns at the time he wrote "I Gave You Power" and decided to rap about it. [7] An aggressive beat was considered, [7] but ultimately the song ended up accompanied by falling piano notes and stuttering ...
Gangsta rap songs (59 C, 186 P) M. Murder ballads (143 P) Pages in category "Songs about violence" The following 27 pages are in this category, out of 27 total.