Nipsey Hussle, an influential rapper and entrepreneur, has left an incredible mark on the music industry. One of his most notable songs, "Grinding All My Life," serves as a credit to his dedication, perseverance, and commitment to success. In this paper, I will dive into the life and career of Nipsey Hussle, as well as analyze the significance of "Grinding All My Life" and other songs in his album within his body of work and other songs that put him on the map. Born Ermias Asghedom in 1985, Nipsey Hussle grew up in South Los Angeles, a neighborhood notorious for its high crime rates and limited opportunities. Despite the adversities he faced, Hussle managed to rise above his environment and become a symbol of hope for the community. He was …show more content…
"Victory Lap" was something that deeply resonated with fans worldwide. Its release was a significant milestone in Nipsey Hussle's career, getting attention not only for its melody and lyrics but also for its meaningful message. The album debuted at number four on the Billboard 200 chart and was nominated for Best Rap Album at the 61st Annual Grammy Awards. Nipsey Hussle's ability to connect with his audience through his lyrics and authentic storytelling left a lasting impact. The album's positive reception highlighted the hunger for meaningful rap music that addresses real-life issues while inspiring listeners to chase their dreams. The purpose of Nipsey Hussle's Album Nipsey Hussle's album served as diary to share his personal experiences and struggles, while also providing hope and motivation to his audience. Through his lyrics, he aimed to inspire individuals from all walks of life, emphasizing the importance of perseverance and self-empowerment in the face of adversity. The album for Nipsey Hussle helped him to express his vision of upliftment and change, both on a personal and societal level. One of the standout tracks on Nipsey Hussle's album is "Hussle and Motivate." This song really understands and captures his core message of determination, resilience, and self-belief. Through lyrics and a captivating flow, Nipsey Hussle encourages listeners to stay focused on their goals, overcome obstacles, and never lose sight of their ambitions. The song's production, featuring a soulful sample from Jay-Z's "Hard Knock Life Ghetto Anthem" adds depth to the track's overall impact. Nipsey Hussle's powerful delivery and storytelling create a compelling narrative that resonates with fans, making "Hussle and Motivate" a hit song that embodies his artistic
"Certain songs might tell you a little something about my upbringing. Certain songs might tell you how I relate to others life experiences. On the album I never get specific on all my dirt because I don't feel I need to talk about that. I want to put the spotlight on Mobile, and give the listeners an idea of what's going on here from a young black mans perspective." Listen up!
Songs are one way of expressing feelings and emotion, many artist do this constantly in their music. To some it is why they make music. There are endless signs and verses that hint at many things such as problems, politics, living in racist era’s also places. I chose to focus on one main rapper and his music only. I chose to examine, review, and study a few of his songs. Kid cudi grew up in cleveland, Ohio. His father passed away when he was a young age which affected the kid ever since. He writes about living his life and having to go through many obstacles
If there was one defining characteristic to hip hop in 1997, it was the jiggy factor- an aesthetic of unapologetic flash, fashion and glamour that ruled everything around us and made hip hop life nice and organized. Of course, for each movement there always exists a counter-movement; for each yin there is a yang; and for each designer-label clad champagne sipper, there must be an uncompromised figure lurking in the shadows, ready and willing to reclaim rap from the penthouse to the pavement. Embracing this return to the anarchy, enraged and raw, Def Jam Records presents 1998 as the Year of Pandemonium. The human embodiment of such exhilarating and unadulterated chaos exists in none other than Ruff Ryders/Def Jam's very latest lyrical sensation, DMX. "I love to write rhymes," says the Yonkers-born MC. "I love to express what real niggas feel, what street niggas feel. They need to be heard. They need to know there is a voice that speaks for them, and I am that voice." Within the tumultuous annals of hip hop's dog-eat-dog history, second chance opportunities are few and far between. However, every now and then the experienced and distinguished bark of a particularly cagey canine re-emerges from rap's chaotic kennels, representing the triumph and perseverance inherent in true greatness.
In the fall of 1987, Scott la Rock, the DJ of the rap group Boogie Down Productions (B-D-P) was shot in a car after trying to break up a fight (Small 77). In light of B-D-P's role in reforming rap in the succeeding years, his biography is significant; he was college educated and was employed--in addition to his musical activity--as a social worker. He had released a groundbreaking record that year, and had already worked on a follow-up, which would defy older categories of rap music. His violent death seemed a cause for pause to reflect on rap music's new direction.
In the words of rapper Busta Rhymes, “hip-hop reflects the truth, and the problem is that hip-hop exposes a lot of the negative truth that society tries to conceal. It’s a platform where we could offer information, but it’s also an escape” Hip-hop is a culture that emerged from the Bronx, New York, during the early 1970s. Hip-Hop was a result of African American and Latino youth redirecting their hardships brought by marginalization from society to creativity in the forms of MCing, DJing, aerosol art, and breakdancing. Hip-hop serves as a vehicle for empowerment while transcending borders, skin color, and age. However, the paper will focus on hip-hop from the Chican@-Latin@ population in the United States. In the face of oppression, the Chican@-Latin@ population utilized hip hop music as a means to voice the community’s various issues, desires, and in the process empower its people.
In Total Chaos, Jeff Chang references Harry Allen, a hip hop critic and self-proclaimed hip hop activist. Harry Allen compares the hip hop movement to the Big Bang and poses this complex question: “whether hip-hop is, in fact a closed universe-bound to recollapse, ultimately, in a fireball akin to its birth-or an open one, destined to expand forever, until it is cold, dark, and dead” (9). An often heard phase, “hip hop is dead,” refers to the high occurrence of gangster rap in mainstream hip hop. Today’s hip hop regularly features black youths posturing as rich thugs and indulging in expensive merchandise. The “hip hop is dead” perspective is based on the belief that hip hop was destined to become the model of youth resistance and social change. However, its political ambitions have yet to emerge, thus giving rise to hip hops’ criticisms. This essay will examine the past and present of hip hop in o...
These articles depict the controversies of the hip hop industry and how that makes it difficult for one to succeed. Many of these complications and disputes may be invisible to the population, but these articles take the time to reveal them.
Light, Alan. "About a Salary or Reality? – Rap’s Recurrent Conflict." Rpt. in That’s the Joint!: The Hip-Hop Studies Reader. Ed. Murray Forman and Mark Anthony Neal. New York, NY: Routledge, 2004. 137-146. Print.
Since hip-hop has expanded from the undergrounds in Bronx in the 70’s it has grew into a popular accepted music genre. Consequently, as it progressed from the golden age it gradually grew away from its original roots. If one were to evaluate the change of lyrics in hip-hop, they would see a difference between early hip-hop and today’s hip-hop. The current state of hip-hop is in a stage where things like hey young world are outdated. Instead of broadcasting out a positive message, hip-hop sends out a message of sex, drug, and violence. The early musicians who helped solidify hip-hop, by producing music that told stories on subjects of race, respect, or even music that had a positive message.
Although this original face of rap music was murdered at the young age of 25, Tupac’s expressions of dreams for black social justice, along with his declaration of “thuglife,” have contributed to his beloved legacy by hip culture, even 19 years after his death. He was considered a figure of empowerment for urbanized communities because of his support in black nationalism that aims to “define, defend, and develop of Blacks as a people,” especially because he grew up in the impoverished intercity (Stanford, 2011, pg. 4). In “Violent” he raps,
Hip hop has multiple branches of style and is a culture of these. This essay will examine Hip Hop from the point of view of the following three popular music scholars, Johnson, Jeffries and Smitherman. It will delve deeper into their understanding of what hip hop is and its relation to the different people that identify with its message and contents. It will also identify the history of Hip hop and its transition into popular music. In particular this essay will focus on what hip hop represents in the black community and how it can be used as a social movement against inequalities faced by them. This will then open up the discussion for the how this has influenced society, and the impact it has had in terms of race issues which hip hop itself often represents through music.
Eminem, as well as many other rappers, frequently incorporate poetry into their music in order to create a unique form of rap. Not only do Eminem and these other rappers aim to entertain their fans, but their unique style of blending rap music and poetry “provides a significant form of education for adolescents, one that extends beyond the classroom and into their peer group circles”(Powell 245). These artists combine these two styles in order to send a positive message to youth experiencing poverty-stricken lifestyle in certain areas in America. The “rap lyrics concentrate primarily on the contemporary African American experience” (Powell 245). In this particular song, Eminem aims to empower and encourage individuals to take a chance on their dreams and essentially “lose themselves” in the moment. The rapper aims to inspire his audience with lines “you only get one shot do not miss your chance to blow. This opportunity comes once in a lifetime yo…” (Eminem 27-28). He motivates his audience to take chances in life because they may never come again. If one does not take a cha...
One year after Lil Uzi’s heart-shattering breakup with his girlfriend of 3 years, Brittany, Uzi’s obsession with her is still ever so prominent in his intimate and heartfelt album, Luv is Rage 2. Critics have constantly criticized Uzi’s particular mix of rap and classical rock-type styles that create a conflicting concoction between his materialistic infatuation with money, girls, and drugs and his deeper feelings about the world in the perspective of an artist in the face of fame and stardom. And his latest album is no different; his deliberate jumps from brain-rattling beats like “444+222” to melodic laments like “The Way Life Goes” stand in stark contrast to what the standards of society have set as rigid standards for specific genres. Focusing on the external pressures that an ideologically biased society created that lead to the instability between Brittany and Uzi that “pushed [them] to the edge” (XO tour lif3), the album details instances where the couple came under fire for acting unorthodoxically according to popular standards, actions that would have otherwise been seen as acceptable for artists like Marilyn Manson. Like the rigid standards in society, gaps between genres of hip-hop and clearly european music are left neglected to only be bridged by daring artists, actions that are usually left unfinished under burdens of criticism and an affirmation of nationalistic ideology against assimilation.
Kubrin, C. (2005). Gangstas, thugs, and hustlas: Identity and the code of the street in rap music. Social Problems, 52(3), 360–378.
Dr. Dre and his influence has had a mark on everything in hip-hop culture from influencing other artists to production of hip-hop records to becoming one of the first rapper-producers with the release of his album in 1992, The Chronic. Dr. Dre has had a major hand in west coast rap as well as in the genre of rap in general. Within this essay, the terms hip-hop and rap will be used interchangeably. The 1990s was a major decade for rap music and the culture of rap music. The development of the two were shaped largely by Dr. Dre as well as the rappers influenced by the specific sound Dr. Dre was creating throughout the 90s.