Jonah - 'Look Alive' by Blocboy JB featuring Drake.
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I'm Jonah and I post the Saturday blog for this Top 40 chart review.
To introduce myself; I am a University Student studying a Bachelor of Planning at Macquarie Uni. Music, to me, is an incredible art-form, a medium for artists to express stories and messages through sound. Essentially, I believe music is an extension of a person's deeper thoughts and emotions. I think this is incredibly important, so I am accepting of all music genres and artists.
In relation to the song I will be reviewing in this post, rap and r'n'b is a VERY special part of music. It is a unification of musical genres and lyrics, dominated by African-American culture, and acts as a voice for the Black communities in the USA and, by extension, the rest of the world.
The first song to be reviewed by me is "Look Alive" by Blocboy JB featuring: Drake.
Firstly, for some background to these artists, Drake is a front-runner for Rap and R'n'B within the musical word exemplified by him having two songs in the Top 5 billboard chart and he has been previously seen on this blog. Blocboy JB is an up and coming rap artist from Memphis, Tennessee, and it is huge for him to have the Canadian icon Drake feature in a billboard song.
'Look Alive' is an incredible song. Nonchalantly dichotomous by having a bass-y beat with aggressive, yet catchy, lyrics, 'Look Alive' blends the rich lyrical vocals of Drake and the natural talent of Blocboy JB's rapping flow to create a song well-deserving of the number 5 spot on the Billboard Top 100, which it has held for 5 weeks and counting.
To keep up to date with the Billboard Top 100 chart look here -> https://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-100
Thanks for reading my first post and I look forward to seeing you next week. Don't forget to check out the other blogs from this week and look ahead for the new uploads in the coming days!
I'm Jonah and I post the Saturday blog for this Top 40 chart review.
To introduce myself; I am a University Student studying a Bachelor of Planning at Macquarie Uni. Music, to me, is an incredible art-form, a medium for artists to express stories and messages through sound. Essentially, I believe music is an extension of a person's deeper thoughts and emotions. I think this is incredibly important, so I am accepting of all music genres and artists.
In relation to the song I will be reviewing in this post, rap and r'n'b is a VERY special part of music. It is a unification of musical genres and lyrics, dominated by African-American culture, and acts as a voice for the Black communities in the USA and, by extension, the rest of the world.
The first song to be reviewed by me is "Look Alive" by Blocboy JB featuring: Drake.
Firstly, for some background to these artists, Drake is a front-runner for Rap and R'n'B within the musical word exemplified by him having two songs in the Top 5 billboard chart and he has been previously seen on this blog. Blocboy JB is an up and coming rap artist from Memphis, Tennessee, and it is huge for him to have the Canadian icon Drake feature in a billboard song.
'Look Alive' is an incredible song. Nonchalantly dichotomous by having a bass-y beat with aggressive, yet catchy, lyrics, 'Look Alive' blends the rich lyrical vocals of Drake and the natural talent of Blocboy JB's rapping flow to create a song well-deserving of the number 5 spot on the Billboard Top 100, which it has held for 5 weeks and counting.
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| Blocboy JB (left) and Drake (right) from the 'Look Alive' music video - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NV-3s2wwC8c |
Thanks for reading my first post and I look forward to seeing you next week. Don't forget to check out the other blogs from this week and look ahead for the new uploads in the coming days!
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