While his first two solo efforts had glimpses of this, both albums felt more like a collection of the best songs he could make at the time, without any thought of single narrative structure. The Diary set out to be different. First, the sonic landscape changed. Though The Diary was only...
During the set, Face, a musician and producer in his own right, picked up a guitar during a few songs and even got emotional as he shared stories about how some of the songs were created and his feeling on how music has an effect on him. Its a phenomenal performance worth 30 min...
The collective performed six songs, including "On My Block," "Mary Jane," and "Smile" Rap-A-Lot By Larisha Paul Geto Boys' Scarface Tests Positive for Coronavirus "I been to the point where I felt like I was going to die," rapper says ...
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Lines from the film are also frequently sampled in hip-hop songs. The Houston-based Geto Boys were one of the earliest rap groups to sample the lines and dialogue. During Public Enemy's "Welcome to the Terrordome," Flavor Flav recites several lines from the film. Music from the movie ha...
** gather 'round the beat like a campfire Singing folk songs, but not no "Kumbaya my Lord" You download it for free, we get charged back for it I know you're saying, "they won't know, they won't miss it Besides, I ain't a thief, they won't pay me a visit" So ...
used all the speakers to an active degree, and that was a negative when it came to the music, as the surrounds became too prominent in terms of the score and songs. This was mostly evident during club scenes, but all aspects of the score featured too much activity from the back ...
Hip-hop legendScarfacewonders how his younger, wilder self would react if someone told him he’d grow up to be a golfer. “Get that s**t outta here,” the 52-year-old Geto Boys rapper says. “That s**t wasn’t for us.” ...
Songs like "N95," "Worldwide Steppers" and "Savior" tackle racism, cancel culture and the pandemic through abrasive lyrical imagery that only an elite MC like Kenny can provide. On the flipside, much of Kenny’s content takes a more personal direction on joints like "United In Grief," "...
Scarface shifts perspective within songs, moving from perpetrator to victim to witness. If the lyric demands that the human body and voice be the instruments,The Diaryis a cantata of reflecting on the wounded self, a self young and black and male in a “state where you rarely see a mother...