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Top Kendrick songs

Bitch don’t kill my vibe

 From the epic music video to the plot twisted lyrics, this song is an original. Why? This song shows the huge impact of kendrick lamar’s voice being an instrument. While there is a remix of the song where Jay Z is featured. However, the original shows the true potential between kendrick lamar's voice. As well, as the power between his lyrics. Turns out kendrick is referring the drug molly. As you look at the end of the music video it even says rip molly. Referring to getting rid of the bad influences in his life.

 Buried alive interlude featuring Kendrick Lamar

Ok look up the song. Now read whose album its on. Read who its by. FALSE ADVERTISEMENT. Kendrick lamar sings this song even tho it's “by” Drake. Doesn't make any sense? The beat of kendrick lamar’s voice as he speeds up faster and faster. Tie up the song perfectly.

  GOD.

Wooooooooooahhhh eeeee. This song is so perfect. At first you feel depressed listening to the intro beat. But, right when the chorus comes up you begin to want to get up out of your chair and dance. It makes you feel stress-free and not worry if you’re dancing alone. It’s like all your worries are lifted off your shoulders and you’re as free as a butterfly. If you ever feel sad just listen to this song and it should lift up your mood. Especially with the chorus.

 LOVE. Feat Zicari

Picture this. You’re driving around the beach, with a purple , pink mixed with a little bit of blue sky. You have the aux cord, this song is playing. You look to your left and you’re with someone who means  alot to you. This song is just perfect. You can’t overplay it. It has such a rare feeling of actual love.

 Cartoons and Cereal

 Wassup doc? < you have to read that in a Bugs Bunny voice. The song has a un-structured vibe. The stuttering vibe and the continuous yuh makes the song so hard core. Not hard core as in Metallic music or Rock but enough to make you bump your head. This song is amazing because Kendrick got his inspiration of his favorite cartoons and mixed it with the lessons he's learned in life from living in Compton. Obviously, he put this song on G.O.O.D K.I.D M.A.A.D C.I.T.Y to incorporate the influences of the environment he was raised in. These lyrics (below) help show that.

[Bridge]

Now I was raised in a sandbox, next to you and her

You was holding the handgun, she was giving birth

To a baby boy to be just like you, I wonder what's that worth

I-I wonder if you ever knew that you was a role model to me first

The next day I-I woke up in the morning, seen you on the news

Looked in the mirror, then realized that I-I-I had something to prove

You told me "Don't be like me, just finish watching cartoons"

Which is funny now cause all I see is Wile E. Coyotes in the room

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Hopsin.

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WEAKNESS. // WICKEDNESS.

Conspiracy theory, after conspiracy theory.. Kendrick Lamar’s album came out finally about two weeks ago. The number one rumor was that Kendrick Lamar would release two albums in the span of two weeks. Two days after one was release the other would be released. Obviously, this didn’t happen. Well obviously if your’e a Kendrick Lamar fan and highly pay attention to the Hip Hop/ Rap music industry. Anyways, this didn’t happen because the album itself is two albums itself.

The album has two different meanings behind it. Both Wickedness and Weakness. When you listen to the album forward the album is represented by Weakness. Now, listen to it backwards. It represents Wickedness. Don't understand? Well those “random” words in DUCKWORTH. and FEAR. are actually lyrics/sayings backwards. Ideally the backwards words in DUCKWORTH. represents the restart of the album. The restart as in play the album backwards. Now, I obviously did this for myself as I didn’t believe it as first. What I did first was record the weird words on snapchat and put the backwards filter on the video. The words are crystal clear (well depending on your device). None of the words are weird or not in order. You can clearly hear what it would of been if it wasn’t edited backwards.

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Logic

New music new music new music . This whole week pure new music came out. Whether it was Logic , Russ or Wale ! To start off, both Logic and Russ released a new single off their new albums on Friday. Logic's new song "1-800-273-8255" is a quite emotional song. Just in case , well hopefully , you didn't know the name of the song is the national suicide prevention line. This new song features Khalid and Alissa Cara. Now just hearing rose two features , and knowing those artists' songs , you would freak out since they have such meaningful songs and powerful voices. However , Cara is just the chorus and background while Khalid has like half a verse. No Bueno. 1-800-273-8255 is supposed to be a song full of emotional. Anyone who listens to logic and every felt depressed or Suicidal should relate to it. Yes the lyrics it self are powerful but so far, no one has really felt connected to the song. Now, Russ also dropped a new song the same day. The beat of Cherry hill is amazing. Especially the chorus. I do have to admit, the song seems unfinished. As if it wasn't ready to be released yet. But, it's really good. It just needs a couple more verses. But May 5th Russ' new album is going to be released. As well as Logics ! That's kind of ... Umm weird .. Right? They both release a single the same day . And they release their albums the same day...hmm. Other then albums which haven't been released yet. Wale released his album April 29th. THE ARTWORK IS AMAZING. so colorful , bright and vibrant! As well as the music. 3.5 out of 5 stars. Favorite song: Running Back

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Play Boy Carti

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Damn

Kendrick Lamar was scheduled to drop his album “Damn.” On April 7,2017. However, that didn’t happen. Something even better happened. On April 6,2017 , just are regular Thursday, Kendrick Lamar released Damn. on Apple Music. 30 minutes after Damn. was released on Spotify. Quickly Kendrick Lamar started trending on Twitter. Of course fans went crazy. This album is really really really interesting. Just from watching cocahellea you could tell Kendrick had new music. Coachella was amazing. Kendricks performance featured Future. FUTURE performed "Mask off". Which you can infer by looking at Kendrick and his performance , you can tell how much Kendrick loves the song. To add on, "Loyalty" featuring Rihanna was performed. However, RiRi didn't perform. She decided to stay as a fan and vibe to the music. From this album "Loyalty" and "ENDLESS." are the best songs so far. AZ LYRICS LYRICS,A-Z LyricsSkip to content ELEMENT Lyrics by Kendrick Lamar By arisan | April 13, 2017 [Intro] New Kung Fu Kenny Ain’t nobody prayin’ for me Ya’ll know what happens on Earth stays on Earth Here we go I don’t give a fuck, I don’t give a fuck I don’t give a, I don’t give a, I don’t give a fuck [Verse 1] I’m willing to die for this shit I done cried for this shit, might take a life for this shit Put the Bible down and go eye for eye for this shit D.O.T. my enemy, won’t catch a vibe for this shit, ayy I been stomped out in front of my mama My daddy commissary made it to commas Bitch, all my grandmas dead So ain’t nobody prayin’ for me, I’m on your head, ayy 30 millions later know the feds watchin’ Auntie on my telegram like, “Be cautious” I be hangin’ [?], I be on Stockton I don’t do it for the ‘Gram, I do it for Compton I’m willing to die for this shit, nigga I take your fuckin’ life for this shit, nigga We ain’t goin’ back to broke, family sellin’ dope That’s why you maney ass rap niggas better know

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Everybody

Logic’s third studio album is about to be released soon. It’s already available to be pre-ordered on iTunes. He dropped his lead single “Everybody” a week ago. Along with the artwork of the album. This artwork has so much in it to offer. It features almost everyone. His beautiful wife Jess, his dogs Panda and Fry and even J Cole. Don’t see him? Look at the top right corner. Sitting on a pillar. But enough about the art work. The upcoming album itself and “Everybody” have so much potential as well.

As logic said in an interview with genius, the album is about being bi-racial. Just in case you didn't know, Logic is both white and black. Which as you probably can already tell; carried problems with his life. He looks at issues about race and adds his own personal life to it. This is especially shown in “Everybody”. 

To start off his hook is about unity as annotated by Logic himself on genius.

“Everybody people, everybody bleed, everybody need something Everybody love, everybody know, how it go Everybody people, everybody bleed, everybody need something Everybody love, everybody know”

I think what his meaning behind the hook is beautiful. He sees the good in the highs and lows in life. He doesn't want to live in pain and suffering or see others go through it. It’s crazy how through all the rappers and their brutal lyrics there are a couple who stay true to themselves.

Anyways, in verse two there is one lyric that struck me amazingly. “In my blood is the slave and the master It's like the devil playin spades with the pastor”. This right here, is something so powerful and bland. Since he’s both black and white, he is both a slave and master. Nowadays, this subject is so sensitive to the public. While, modern day slavery is different; people still believe in white supremacy. Logic does a well job hitting this topics. Makes me wonder if Logic and Kendrick will collab soon.

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Humble.

Not even a week has gone by since Kendrick Lamar surprisingly released "Humble.". Not just fans but the public went crazy. Tweet after tweet,share after share the video has already hit twenty seven million views. Why? The video and lyrics show Kendrick’s view on todays standards. In todays society opinions of whats happening is everything. Which is pretty good. Plus you can really see people expressing their opinions throughout all the marches, walk outs and protest that have been recently happening.

The most focused on lyric from “Humble.” is one which got many girls freaking out. It is featured in verse 2.

“I'm so fuckin' sick and tired of the Photoshop Show me somethin' natural like afro on Richard Pryor Show me somethin' natural like ass with some stretch marks”

You can probably tell why this verse has stroked many people quickly. In the music video Kendrick features really nice editing where you can see the difference between natural and photoshop. To add on, he even puts in a model who has stretch marks. Why? He’s different from other rappers. What he puts in his lyrics is what he actually means. However, no matter what he writes or shows there’s always going to be haters. Which in my opinion is really hilarious. Some people took it to twitter and were saying that Kendrick only is now putting new body standards where everyone has to have stretch marks. In my opinion that is really dumb. It just shows that nowadays you can never show what you believe in because everything is wrong.

Something that everyone might not see is the hidden message targeted towards new rappers. When you listen to the song you might notice Kendrick repeatedly saying “Hol’up” and “yuh”. Why? He’s getting to the point that new rappers need to humble themselves. Kendrick is showing that he can do what they're doing. Sense that title go the song. “Humble”. However Kendrick also says “hol’ up lil bitch” which some might think is a diss towards Big Sean. Who knows?

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The Heart Part 4

On March 23, 2017 To Pimp a Butterfly officially reached two years. Coincidentally, Kendrick Lamar dropped a single the same day. He wasted no time at all to drop this song. About five hours after he posted a picture on instagram about it he released the song. The single “The Heart Part 4” is going to be featured on the, untitled (so far), album which is coming out April 7th. So you know what this means! Bandwagons, bandwagons and more bandwagons.

Just by hearing this single you can already predict this album is going to feature interesting beats and a new creative vibe. Right when the song begins you start wondering what is going to play. The first few seconds sounds like a weird bird mixed with sea otters and dolphins. Then boom the beat drops. However, the song doesn’t go “hard”. Meaning, he’s basically not screaming at you with an up tight beat. Kendrick, starts off with a mellow slow vibe. As the song builds up so does his emotion. So, at the end you’re left with a mad Kendrick screaming. Now now now, before you judge what I just wrote. If you have listened to Kendrick Lamar for a long time you would know he likes to have different characters in his music. It’s pretty funny and interesting.

Similar to To Pimp a Butterfly the single “The Heart Part 4” conveys amazing lyrics which bring up his thoughts on politics. According to npr.org the lyrics are targeted mainly to president Trump. In part II Kendrick raps:

Donald Trump is a chump

Know how we feel, punk? Tell 'em that God comin'

And Russia need a replay button, y'all up to somethin'

Electoral votes look like memorial votes

But America's truth ain't ignoring' the votes

You can clearly see how Kendrick felt about the past election. Something which I enjoy about this song and kendrick as an artist; is how he wasn’t afraid to show his feelings.

Before anyone can argue he only talks down on white people, the line before these is “Blacks that act white, whites that do the dab”. This is important because it shows how Kendrick views everything not just one area.

Although, his new album hasn’t came out yet, I feel like it is going to be amazing. This is because, just by looking at one single which will be featured you can see already what kendrick has to show off.

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I’m Sorry

Joyner Lucas , a rapper whom you may have never heard about. I discovered him in 2016 with a depressing, amazing , and powerfully music video. The music video known as “Roynee Cuchaci” to be exact. After going through his music and music videos I have realized how powerful and how much potential this man has. While he didn’t struggle with money too bad as a kid, his music shows he did have some hardships. Every song he puts out is meaningful. I guarantee when you go through his lyrics you can find at least one line that you may relate to. Most of he music tells both sides of a story. Usually rappers make songs about suicide and depression but only say the sad part. They never explain the background story to it or another persons point of view. That’s what makes “I’m Sorry” so different. It’s a song with an intro of his brother who wants to commit suicide. Plot twist. He does. About less than a minute into the song. The rest of the song is his point of view. He expresses how angry and sad he is that his own brother took his life rather than being strong. To add on, another song with both sides of the story is “Royner Cronchi”. It is actually based on a true story. It is about a guy who gets shot by his best friend to get welcomed into a gang. This story is so I treating because half of the song is the point of view of the boy who got shot. While the other half is about the guy who pulled the trigger. In addition, what makes it so interesting is that both of their stories start off the same and you can see the similarity. Also, the music video is filmed in two halves. Whatever point of view it is , you can notice the change of skin color and clothing. Don’t worry, you can see the actual actor since you are watching the video in both their point of views. Lastly, the song “Happy Birthday” is another interesting song. Although, it doesn’t describe two sides of a story it truly is something some people can relate to. It is a song about a guy who is upset to take care of his girlfriends baby. She lied to him saying it was his, but turns out she cheated on him nine months ago and lied. The whole music video really if a roller coaster. I have to admit though, watching a grown man yelling at a helpless child is pretty strange and scary. But, at the end it truly is worth it.

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FRANK OCEANNN NEW MUSICAAAAA

Frank ocean hasn’t been featured on any track ever since he dropped ‘ENDLESS’ and ‘Blond(e)’. Two months into 2017, the new year, Frank ocean has officially been featured in a track. Crazy right? I couldn't believe it either. Some might be reading this and wonder why it is so crazy that Frank Ocean has been featured in a track.

Right after Mr.Ocean released ‘Channel Orange’ he left social media, stop releasing music, and showed no signs that he was even alive. Obviously, the media would know if he died since his Mamma Ocean does post frequently. Back to the point, it took years for Frank Ocean to release projects. After each post and shade towards him was posted via twitter. He finally released music in 2016. So fans thought this was the end. Since he took so long to release music.

February 23, 2016 Slide was released. Calvin Harris successfully already made it to number 13 on BillBoard top 100 (march 18). The song features Migos, as some might know from the song “Bad and Bougee ft. Lil Uzi Vert or Fight night. The song starts off with a slow piano beat and the tempo slowly starts to build up. While the song already should sound interesting to you since, it features Frank Ocean and Migos; here is a little break down of some amazing lyrics of the song.

Starting with the chorus:

Do you slide on all your nights like this?

Do you try on all your nights like this? (I might)

Put some spotlight on the slide

Whatever comes, comes through clear

Do you slide on all your nights like this?

Do you try on all your nights like this? (I might)

Put some spotlight on the side

And whatever comes, comes through clear

According to genius.com, “Slide”, which is the name of the song, is slang for being constantly being involved sexually without actually being attached to the person or committed. Basically Frank is questioning what's the point of having meaningless sex.

Next to Oceans verse:

If we could see in twenty twin

Twice we could see it 'til the end

Basically, Frank is comparing 20/20 vision to him stepping back and looking at this relationship.

Verse 2 which is Quavo's, is important as he says “My diamonds gon' shine when the lights dark (shine)” he is referring to what Ocean previously said in his verse. About how pointless it is to wear diamonds at night since, there is no light to reflect on them. Since, Quavo and the rest of Migos always wears ice; he is contradicting Ocean.

To add on, this past week Frank Ocean released his own song. ‘Chanel’ which is now available on spotify! TRUST ME THIS SONG IS A MUST LISTEN TO. Not only, is it a huge step for Frank Ocean to post music but, Frank Ocean drops some opinions on politics. Meanwhile, I will possibly post a look into Chanel later, here is the link to read between the lines.

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Black History Month

During the month of February so much stuff has happened in the music industry. While it is the shortest month of the year and black history month. I believe this month came out fairly strong. Starting off the month big Big sean released his fourth studio album I Decided. This album definitely falls in with the train of depressing music. I’ve only listened to the album about two times and I haven't put all pieces together but I strongly believe this album ties in with the death of his grandmother. However, I haven't put each piece together as said previously so, I recommend listening to the album and finding out on your own. I greatly recommend the songs: Halfway off the Balcony and Jump out the Window.

While this isn’t an album, “Tunnel Vision” by Kodak Black finally came out on February 16th. The music video features a man vs man scheme. One man is black with a white t shirt and the other is a white male with a jean jacket showing two confederate flags and wearing a hat that says “make america hate again”. In the music video, it appears that the white male is hunting the black male and is about to shoot him down when he runs out of bullets at 02:25. The black person is yelling at him to come at him and then they end up attacking each other. At the end the black person ties an american flag around the white male's throat and appears to almost choke him to death when all of a sudden a little girl comes on the screen screaming “stop”. While the music video also features Kodak Black dancing with crosses on fire in the background and a dead KKK member in a sense. There is more to the music video. It is supposed to represent what is going on right now with man vs man fighting. Colored vs white in a way. We all fight and disagree with each other's belief but at the end of the day we only stop because of our youth.

Five days after, Future released his album Hndrxx. Surprisingly this album isn’t classic future. Usually Future is all about getting hyped and talking about f**king B**ches. But, this album is basically telling you to focus on yourself. It seems as if each album/project Future drops we get another characteristic of Future. The seventeen track album is definitely worth a listen. Especially since it's a self made album and features no one except future. Which is ironic since Future is usually the one to be featured.

With more projects coming out and more to focus on, like Lana Del Rey’s love. I felt like these three projects were the most interesting. I really do recommend these three projects.

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NEW YEAR NEW MUSIC

 As the year just started so much stuff has happened in the music industry and in america in whole. I predict this year won’t be as good as last year for music. However here are my predictions for which artist will trend during the year.

 A Boogie Wit Da Hoodie 

Sounding so much similar to Drake “A Boogie Wit Da Hoodie” has so many good songs that put you in a good mood and make you feel sort of “savage” in a sense. With such colorful and fast music videos A Boogie Wit Da Hoodie will most likely have many hit songs by the end of the year. Here are three songs I enjoy by him: 

Timeless (Dj Spinking) 

My Shit 

Friendzone 

 Russ 

While I do understand Russ isn't a new artist at all. It seems as if there is many bandwagons hoping on his train ( shade intended). Unfortunately Russ started trending because many heartbroken people discovered his song Losin Control. I feel as if Russ is going to become more and more famous over time. He has so much potential as an artist and he’s coming for Drake. However, please don't be a bandwagon and only like him because of that one song. And please for the sake of everyone STOP WITH THOSE SNAPCHAT VIDEOS WITH THIS SONG. Here are three amazing songs by Russ I recommended.

 Psycho pt. 2 

Do it myself

 Pull the trigger 

 Kyle 

 With his hit song featuring Lil Yachty “ispy”, Kyle is another artist who stays positive and happy. This song will make you feel so happy right when you hear it. To add on he's such a weird person. Put the mix together and trust me good music will come out. Here are three songs to get you started 

 ispy

 Sex & super smash bros

 Doubt it

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Lil Dicky

Almost everyday a new rapper is discovered. Usually one small thing is what hits the rapper off to the life of fame and riches. It may be a catchy song that later turns into a catchy annoying ringtone, just like soulja boy. Or it may even be a depressing song that almost EVERYONE listens to constantly, in the case of Bryson Tiller. Either way, there is always one small characteristic in each rapper which sets them up for success. David Andrew Burd aka Lil dicky, became slowly famous off of his funny music and music videos.

It all started with “Ex-Boyfriend”. The song starts off with cute lyrics with Lil Dicky describing how beautiful “Katie”; who is his girlfriend in the song. Than in the middle of verse one he talks about how his girlfriend is a virgin and has only dated one guy. She is ready to “get it on” with Dicky when suddenly everything changes and they both run into her ex boyfriend. After watching the music video, you can see all the hard work he put into it to make the funny song into a realistic funny video. After the music video got over one million views he realized he might have something going on here. He later created a video explaining to fans his vision and created a kickstarter asking anyone to donate so he can start creating more and more music. The month long campaign raised over $110,000;which allowed him to tour and create more music.

Next he got signed to CMSN and dropped his debut album Professional Rapper. Lil Dicky has a different style of rapping where he blends in his comedy and music styles together. Almost every song off this album is completely funny. Except for “Molly”, where Lil Dicky gets emotional and raps about a past relationship which just didn’t end off well. Right when you open the music video and start to watch it, you start to think “wow! This is so cute!”. But right when 2:15 hits, everything is going to die out and all emotions will come out. This song is so beautifully written and well crafted. Especially with the amazing hook done by Brendon Urie. This music video got more than one million views in less than 24 hours. Once you start listening to Lil Dicky’s music and start watching his hilarious music videos you will understand the emotion and hardship it took to write this song.

Lil Dicky is a creative rapper which deserves more credit for. It*s not everyday you hear a rapper rapping about comedy and releasing music videos with an animated penis dancing with a six pack. Or a rapper who stars in a trojan condom commercial. 

I recommend the following songs:

Molly feat. Brendon Urie

$ave Dat Money

Ex-Boyfriend

Lemme Freak

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King of the Teens

Hot Cheetos , red twizzlers , or even “lil Bill”. Lil Yachty has been made fun of constantly. Whether it was from older rappers like J Cole, by memes or even by YouTube videos. However, this doesn’t stop King of the Teens, Lil Yachty, from striving towards success.

Born on August 23,1977; Miles Parks McCollum grew up in Atlanta Georgia and moved to New York in 2015 to launch his career. The December of 2015 was the start of Yachty’s career when his soundcloud song “One Night” became featured in a youtube video by SenseiLeFox. The hit song “One Night” was very quick to start trending after that.Next in the February of 2016, Yachty was a featured model in Kanye West’s fashion show “Yeezy Season 3”. Which took place in Madison Square garden and featured other artist like Big Sean and A$ap Rocky. This helped Lil Yachty’s career due to all the eyes of people watching him model and all the different celebrities who came through. One month after the fashion show Yachty released his debut mixtape Lil Boat. With hit songs like “1 Night” and “Minnesota” Yachty started become more and more known. In less than a month D.R.A.M and Yachty released the hit song “Broccoli” which made it to number five Billboard Hot 100. Quickly, next month he made a feature on Chance the Rappers Coloring Book with the song “Mixtape”. Feature after feature, Yachty became the number one featured artist in 2016.

While 2016 was filled of pure blessings, including his sponsorship by Sprite, 2017 is going to be Yachty’s year no matter what people think of him. To start off, in the first week of January he was announced to be Nautica’s new creative designer. A day after he was announced the new creative designer; he dropped a music video for the song “Shoot Out the Roof” off Summer Songs 2.

Yachty isn’t like most rappers. That’s what creates the hatred towards this artist. To start off,he doesn’t do drugs or believe in “paying for p***y”, as he stated in an interview with 106 KMEL. Next, he has two stage names. “Lil Boat” and “Lil Yachty”. Lil Boat is aimed towards when he raps and Yachty is towards his singing. Usually those will argue he killed hip hop. However, can he be the start of a new era? There is no possible way to “kill” hip hop. There is many different types of hip hop. Lil Boat may be the start of a new genre.

Hot Cheetos , red twizzlers , or even “lil Bill”. Lil Yachty has been made fun of constantly. Whether it was from older rappers like J Cole, by memes or even by YouTube videos. However, this doesn’t stop King of the Teens, Lil Yachty, from striving towards success.

Born on August 23,1977; Miles Parks McCollum grew up in Atlanta Georgia and moved to New York in 2015 to launch his career. The December of 2015 was the start of Yachty’s career when his soundcloud song “One Night” became featured in a youtube video by SenseiLeFox. The hit song “One Night” was very quick to start trending after that.Next in the February of 2016, Yachty was a featured model in Kanye West’s fashion show “Yeezy Season 3”. Which took place in Madison Square garden and featured other artist like Big Sean and A$ap Rocky. This helped Lil Yachty’s career due to all the eyes of people watching him model and all the different celebrities who came through. One month after the fashion show Yachty released his debut mixtape Lil Boat. With hit songs like “1 Night” and “Minnesota” Yachty started become more and more known. In less than a month D.R.A.M and Yachty released the hit song “Broccoli” which made it to number five Billboard Hot 100. Quickly, next month he made a feature on Chance the Rappers Coloring Book with the song “Mixtape”. Feature after feature, Yachty became the number one featured artist in 2016.

2017 is going to be Yachty’s year no matter what people think of him. To start off, in the first week of January he was announced to be Nautica’s new creative designer. A day after he was announced the new creative designer; he dropped a music video for the song “Shoot Out the Roof” off Summer Songs 2.

Yachty isn’t like most rappers. That’s what creates the hatred towards this artist. To start off,he doesn’t do drugs or believe in “paying for p***y”, as he stated in an interview with 106 KMEL. Next, he has two stage names. “Lil Boat” and “Lil Yachty”. Lil Boat is aimed towards when he raps and Yachty is towards his singing. Usually those will argue he killed hip hop. However, can he be the start of a new era? There is no possible way to “kill” hip hop. There is many different types of hip hop. Lil Boat may be the start of a new genre.

With his fourth debut album coming out, soon Yachty will gain the respect of many when people wake up and realize the truth of hip hop.

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Best albums and mixtapes in 2016

2016 is coming to an end quickly but finally. So much has happened this year. Whether it’s the huge amount of celebrity deaths or frequent news stories on politics. While, 2016 is ending on a really depressing note, for some, due to the recent loss of Carrie Fisher and Debbie Reynolds. 2016 was an amazing year filled with amazing mixtapes and albums.Here is a list of the best albulms and mixtapes in 2016(not in order).  Note: any italicized albums were my favorites.

Lemonade by Beyoncé

I agree, seeing Lemonade as number one on all these list is very annoying, however you have to admit lemonade was good. To add on, it came out at a perfect time and with the HBO film, the hype for this album was high.

     2. Blonde by: Frank Ocean

This album really didn't get the credit it deserved. I can’t stress enough how much this album should've been played on the radio. It seems as the radio only plays the same music. For further explanation on this album click this link to read my post on it.

     3. Coloring book by: Chance the Rapper

Personally, i’ve been following Chance the Rapper for a long time. This album was a risky one. It gave off a different vibe since it did have gospel influences. Somehow it worked, and Chance completely blew up.

   3.  The life of Pablo by: Kanye West

I miss the old Kanye.

Favorite song(s): FML ft. The weeknd and Frank’s Track

    4. Untitled Unmastered by: Kendrick Lamar

It was a really unexpected album, while none of the tracks actually have names it seems as if this album is full of tracks that didn’t make it to his project “To Pimp A Butterfly”.

Favorite song: untitled 07| levitate

    5. Starboy by: The Weeknd

Each song on this artwork, flows with each other. I kid you not, every beat flows with the next. In addition, this album was a hit on charts. It became number one in 80 countries, in under 24 hours! Took 18 spots out of the top 20 songs in apple music, made it to the global top 50, and earned most spotify streams in one day! If that doesn’t convince you to listen to the album full through, I don’t know what will.

Favorite song: Die for you

6. Lil Boat by Lil Yachty

King of the Teens aka Lil Yachty has been having such an interesting year. Although like all rappers he has haters, he definitely has contributed to creating a new form of rap. I recommended listening to his music with an opened mind before you start hating.

Favorite song: I’m Sorry ft. The good Perry

7. Passion, Pain & Demon Slayin’ by: Kid Cudi

Not to long ago, Kid Cudi went into rehab for depression. This album is filled with so much emotion. The first time listening to it, you might say ‘wtf is this??!?! All you can hear is Cudi mumbling! I want the Man On The Moon , Cudi! But trust me, if you read in between the lines, this album is art work.

Favorite song(s): Illusions, Rose Golden and Wounds

8. Stoney by: Post Malone

Now all they say is congratiulatiiiioooonnssssss. Warning: this album contains country vibes, but in an interesting way.

Favorite song: Congratulations

9. 4 your eyez only by: J cole

For a deep view on each track click here

Favorite song: Neighbors

10. Birds In The Trap Sing McKnight by: Travis Scott

Favorite song: Goosebumps ft. Kendrick Lamar

11. Lil Uzi Vert vs. The World by: Lil Uzi Vert

The famous fourth mixtape by Lil Uzi Vert.

Favorite song: P’s & Q’s

12. Endless by: Frank Ocean

* hears 0:01 and starts crying * . This visual album didn’t get enough credit as it should of. Due to two factors. To start off, it is only available on apple music. Second, because Blonde was release a day after Endless.

13. PartyNextDoor 3 by: PND

Favorite song: Spiteful

14. Bobby Tarantino by: Logic

No. Words. Can. Explain.

Favorite song: 44 Bars

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Merry Christmas Lil’ Mama

Happy holidays to everyone, and Merry Christmas (even though today is Christmas eve)! With all the presents that will soon come, the best present came early this year. Two days ago, Chance the Rapper & Jeremih released a mixtape in the spirit of the holidays.

The nine track mixtape was self released via soundcloud on December 22,2016. This 32:11 length mixtape is the fourth mixtape released by both artist. “Merry Christmas Lil’ Mama” is dedicated for the city of chicago. Since, both artist are from Chicago.

Chance asked fans to hashtag videos of them dancing to any song from the mixtape with #MerryChristmasLilMama. Sure enough fans went crazy, as Chance reposted and retweeted some videos of them dancing to songs off the mixtape.

Not only did the videos of fans dancing make the mixtape better but, so did the different references in the songs. All references came from genuis.com who made a video with the different references along with lyrics. Click here. To start off, while this isn’t a reference persay, on the sixth track of the mixtape also known as “I Shoulda Left You” Jeremih and Chance payed a little tribute to some who’ve died in 2016. Chance the Rapper sang, “Rest in peace to great David Bowie/Please can we get back Prince?/Please can we get back Kim?/Bo Slice, boy I swear that they gave you life/Shoulda left your ass in the pen'/Please can we get back Craig Sager?” This ties into the hook and verse two where Jeremih says “fuck 2016”. Since so many famous inspirational artist died this year.

Now onto all the references you should know. To start off in the first track “All the way” the intro is a sample from A Christmas Story. Next the second track “Snowed in” is inspired by “I’ll Be Home for Christmas”, written by Bill Cosby. Thirdly, for the next track “Stranger at the Table" ; this is almost obvious but the hook is related to The Jackson’s Five “I Want You Back.” The hook is amazing since Jeremih has such a soft high voice. The last reference you should recognize is in the eighth track, "Chi Town Christmas", where Chance and Jeremih  hum the melody of “Carol of the Bells”.

There is many more references in this amazing gift, but you’re going to have to listen to find out. Or you can always click the genius.com link, which helped write this article.