11/1/2023 0 Comments Thank me later album review![]() ![]() The first few tracks on Thank Me Later are filled with personal accounts of the struggles any artist would encounter when fame and success bring you into the limelight. He rhymes, “I know they say the first love is the sweetest/but that first cut is the deepest/I tried to keep us together, you were busy keeping secrets/secrets you were telling everybody but me/don’t be fooled by the money, I’m still young and unlucky.” “Karaoke” serves as a testament to the difficulties a relationship faces on one’s path to prominence. The album then transitions into “Karaoke”, a synth filled melodic record that showcases Drake’s songwriting ability and lyrical prowess. Drake is at his best on this record delivering rhymes about the struggle of becoming an overnight success and juggling love, family, and fame. Thank Me Later opens with the Alicia Keys accompanied “Fireworks”, produced by Noah “40” Shebib. Last year, Drake released his mixtape So Far Gone and perfected a marketing scheme used by 50 Cent in 2002 – turning mixtape success into a deal with a major label – propelling himself to an unprecedented level of stardom. There has been a lot of changes in hip-hop, particularly in the way music is distributed and consumed by the masses. No one can argue that.”Īlmost 20 years after the release of Illmatic, it has become difficult to generate a buzz of that magnitude in today’s culture of ringtone rappers and one-hit wonders. ![]() ![]() Garcia explained that “Illmatic was hands down, unequivocally, the most sought-after and anticipated release of the 1990s. ![]() In the interview he discusses Nas’s debut album Illmatic, and the atmosphere in hip-hop before it’s release. Logic: In the book “Born To Use Mics” by Michael Eric Dyson & Sohail Daulatzai, there is an interview with Robert “Bobbito” Garcia, a legendary DJ, writer, and entrepreneur. ![]()
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