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[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.
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.
[2] [109] Tupac was, Biggie estimated, "the realest nigga in the game," but, recently assailed severely, "was just confused," maybe seeking cover or shelter by the interview, "just shitting on everybody." [2] "And then," Biggie added, "the story just completely got switched around: niggas saying I set him up and I'm the one that got him shot ...
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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".
4 5-graders at Caring and Sharing Learning School in G'ville recognized as winners of essay contest focused on combatting gun violence in community.
It’s a surreal view of a nation unable to move on from its own cycle of gun violence. Krista and Navada Gwynn are seen with silhouettes of their daughters, Navada and Victoria.
"Alright" received widespread critical acclaim from music critics. Ranked number one on Pitchfork ' s "The 100 Best Tracks of 2015" and "The 200 Best Songs of the 2010s", an editor praised the chorus "We gon be alright," and described it as "an ebulliently simple five-syllable refrain, a future-tense assertion of delivery to a better, more peaceful place".