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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.
During the just under two minute track, J. Cole raps over a soul sample, heavy drums, [3] and his "signature" fast-paced hi-hats [4] delivering melodic, [4] [5] "compact" rhymes about his state of mind, including, as noted by Billboard ' s Jason Lipshutz, the rap landscape, religion, personal pain and gun violence. [1]
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".
On January 17, 2020, a music video of the song was released on Eminem's YouTube channel. The video follows the same plot as the lyrics. The first two verses alternate between showing Eminem in a dark room wearing a hoodie and an unidentified person in a hotel room wearing the same hoodie, surrounded by alcohol and ammunition.
Editor’s note: The following article is an op-ed, and the views expressed are the author’s own. Read more opinions on theGrio. One of The post 6 of the best storytelling rap songs ever ...
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.
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. Krista and Navada ...
This Is America" discusses police violence in the United States, the racism across the nation, as well as shootings and gun violence. [10] Residente noted that these issues mentioned in the song were "super necessary, but at the same time, I thought that there were a lot of things he didn't cover about [the American continent], so I said 'why ...