Music Analysis Of Gang Starr: Code Of The Streets

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Gang Starr track “Code of the Streets” exposes the experience of living and being raised in a poor community. The lyrics of the song tells a story of how are dragged into a never ending cycle of poverty and criminal activity. The song mainly focuses on why people are motivated to do crime and the meaning of survival. Also, better understand the emotions and thought process of an individual who was in that situation. When focusing at the three main ideas it will create a story for the listener. When artist starts to sing the lyrics. The artist had a steady tempo when singing. They were not rushing nor going to slow. The artists were singing in a normal pace. It seems like the artist were trying to have a conservation with the listener. It looked …show more content…

When talking in a normal pace it helps a listener to better understand the message and story of the song.
The artist used multiple different samples to create the sound track. They used “Little Green Apples” by Monk Higgins and “Synthetic Substitution” by Melvin Bliss. It was interesting to see how Gang Starr included all of these different samples and made a song that has a good constant flow. The song starts off with a constant drum beat, which has a mild sound. They used the song “Synthetic Substitution” to create a mild drum beat rhythm from the start till the end of the song. The drums help to create serious tone. The artist used couple scenes from “Little Green Apples” to create a constant background song that flows together well with the constant drum beat throughout the song. The artist uses certain saxophones scenes from Higgins song. The saxophone scene was change a little bit in order to create a flow with the song. The soundtrack of the saxophone helped to create a bit of a sad tone of the song. The melody of the …show more content…

The lyrics says “It starts with the young ones doing crime for fun … if you ain’t down, you’ll get played out son”. I think this lyric was very interesting because I think it shows that children who are raised in these poor communities are involved in these criminal activities from a young age. They feel that they must be involve in these criminal activities because if they aren’t part of it they will be left behind. The sound mentions that “They … say we’re a menace to society… I say “why is it me”. The lyrics show that society thinks that people who are from these poor communities cause a lot of trouble. The society are judging them based on their upbringing. When a person says “why is it me” it shows that they feel that they are being look down in society. When society looks down at these people it shows that they aren’t given many chance to prove themselves. In the song its says “I can’t work at no fast-food joint … I got some talent ... selling drugs”. It was interesting to see that people who came from poor communities or have different skin colors are not given any opportunities. Some people who come from these poor communities have potential to become good members of society, but people don’t want to give them the chance. Therefore, they are drag into the life of crime. The songs goes on by saying that “I can leave behind, The mad poverty… Organized

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