好耐之前出過HipHop post, 不過因為忙所以無再更新
出呢個新post 喺為咗有個地方可以(私心)推介一啲我自己鍾意嘅album
簡單嚟講越多正評同留言我就會更新得越頻密先睇吓有幾多人會睇先
一開波先嚟啲短d嘅album 費事比較難入口
Vince Staples (self-titled)
Vince Staples 喺一個加州嘅rapper,而第一首爆紅嘅歌就喺2015年嘅Summertime ‘06 入面嘅Norf Norf佢多數都鍾意比較Alternative 嘅instrumental,而歌詞大不離開佢從小加入Crips 幫派嘅經歷,從充滿悲歡離合同血腥味嘅街頭走到名成利就嘅Rapper 生涯嘅故事,以及佢喺呢啲日子嘅心路歷程同心態改變
講返呢個實際上得8首歌嘅album (The apple and the tree同Lakewood mall喺skit),全部歌嘅instrumental 都由著名producer Kenny Beats 操刀,當中絕大部份都選用咗比較柔和緩慢,甚至算得上Lo-fi 嘅beats,依靠Vince 不疾不徐嘅delivery 去帶動每一首歌而呢種Style 我自己都幾鍾意
由第一首歌Are you with that? Vince 就清楚講出整個album 嘅主題,就係回憶返過去嘅日子,身邊嘅兄弟有啲仲係街頭打滾,有啲就已經死去,以及點解咁樣嘅經歷會造成佢多疑同不信任人嘅性格“Whenever I miss those days/Visit my Crips that lay/Under the ground, runnin’ around/We was them kids that played/All in the street, following’ leads of ni***s who lost their ways/Some of them outside still/some of them inside graves”
接落嚟嘅Law of Averages 同Sundown Town,Vince就更加闡述佢咁樣嘅性格,由信任唔到fans,身邊嘅女人甚至兄弟,覺得佢哋只吼住佢嘅名聲同錢,根本身邊就沒能夠真心相待嘅人
“Fuck a bitch, I don’t trust no bitch with my government/Fuck a friend, I don’t want no friends with no open hands”
“When I see my fans, I’m too paranoid to shake their hands/Clutchin’ on the blam, don’t know if you foe or if you fam’”
The Shining 同Taking trips 就講出街頭幫派嘅lifestyle 固然充滿「刺激」同「機遇」,但背後嘅風險往住令人寸步難行,亦令佢自己同唔少人留低永不磨滅嘅傷痕
“I could be gone in a blink, I don’t wanna leave/Yeah, that’s not what you thought/We dying broke or live with broken hearts”
“Pull up, location’s the belly of the beast/this shit get deadly, hope you’re ready to decease”
而Take me home 就講出佢想脫離咁樣嘅心境同陰影,渴望能夠有俾心靈安息嘅居所,而成個album 唯一一個feature Foushee 就明顯幫Vince 唱出佢嘅想法:
“Oh, take me home I clicked my shoes/I’m up, the price is sky high/Please save your two cents, I’m fine”
Lil Fade 可以算係整個album 唯一可以挑剔嘅位,始終佢嘅內容同前面嘅歌比較重覆,佢嘅beat 亦都比起其他歌相對generic 啲,如果可以嘅話我會skip 咗佢
但係最後一首歌 Mhm 就截然不同,Vince 乾淨俐落咁總結整個album 嘅主題,就喺佢雖然已經脫離咗街頭嘅生活,但係街頭嘅生活從來無脫離過佢嘅腦海,而最後佢向聽眾直接講出點樣去到佢身處街頭嘅路,更加令成首歌同成個album更加完整
總結嚟講,相比起好多其他Rapper 會以激進、傲慢同自豪嘅態度講述自己喺街頭嘅故事(即係成日講嘅Real 唔Real),Vince Staples 反而喺短短半個鐘內詳細展示自己vulnerable 嘅一面,而柔和而變化多端嘅Instrument 則令聽眾聆聽Vince 嘅經歷時更加嘅入迷,亦令佢嘅表達更加嘅有趣
私心Top 3:
1. Law of averages
2. Take me home
3. Mhm
https://youtu.be/E4Qm0wH8p8M Anthony Fantano 都打咗7分唔低嘅分數
呢次推介就差唔多,睇吓回響再決定寫多幾多篇