2025 "The Message" of Hip Hop and Rap by Sarah Mickle

Tree on the Hill - Freestyle - Nino Paid

2025-05-21 13:45:28 UTC

Just listen

“Alright” Kendrick Lamar

2025-05-21 13:47:36 UTC

"Alright” is a song that has a clear central theme about Black resilience and hope in the face of adversity.

In "Alright," two lyrics that show the theme are:

"Wouldn't you know, we been hurt, been down before, When our pride was low, lookin' at the world like, 'Where do we go?

"But if God got us, then we gon' be alright"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JocAXINz-YE

Kiss me though the phone Soulja Boy

hszewczak25 — 2025-05-21 13:48:22 UTC

This song is about the main man missing his long distance girlfriend. The phrase kiss me though the phone means longing for intimacy.

2025-05-21 13:49:15 UTC

This song by J. Cole's focuses on themes of freedom, both in personal and social contexts, prompting reflection on individual liberties and societal constraints.

2025-05-21 13:50:01 UTC

I can see clearly

jvolpe26 — 2025-05-21 13:50:38 UTC

The song is about seeing through the darkness and embracing your own humanity.

Lyrics "I wish you could see that I'm a person too
I wish you could see that I am hurting too
On the attack, the ignorant see me and they see food
But I'll see them yack if it's truly the last thing that I do
And they want that back, the power to place someone under rule
But all of that's crap, mm, but all of that's crap to me
And all of that's crap"

United In Grief - Kendrick Lamar

2025-05-21 13:51:05 UTC

Grief, emotional pain, and how people often use wealth to cope. He reflects on mental health struggles and highlights the impact of generational trauma.

(Chase Pogozelski)

https://youtu.be/tvNSXS4x9nc?si=8WKN7Iohq0TJGzqB

Luther Kendrick Lamar

2025-05-21 13:52:37 UTC

Kendrick is using luther as an act of empowerment. Just like Martin Luther King Jr. used his words to spark real change, Kendrick is doing something similar in his own way. In “Luther,” he’s not just showing off, he’s making a statement. He’s saying that music should matter. It should have meaning, carry weight, and stand for something bigger than just popularity or fame. For Kendrick, being an artist means telling the truth and using his voice to inspire people not just entertain them.

2025-05-21 13:52:52 UTC

The core message of "Juicy" by The Notorious B.I.G. is rags to riches narrative, telling the story of his journey from poverty and a life of crime to achieving fame and success in the music industry. The song serves as an introduction to Biggie's life, highlighting his struggles, his rise to fame, and his eventual lavish lifestyle

Keep Ya Head Up by 2Pac

2025-05-21 13:55:35 UTC

The song "Keep Ya Head Up" by 2Pac is about remaining strong even through difficult times. It's also about maintaining a positive attitude. The lyrics "Keep ya head up, ooh, child, things are gonna get easier," is about never losing hope and continuing to be strong through difficult times.

"Started From the Bottom" Drake

asmith271_5 — 2025-05-21 13:56:57 UTC

The song "Started From the Bottom" by Drake is about his journey of a rough beginning to success. The lyrics express gratitude and pride to past experiences, highlighting how you can't buy your way into success, and how to work hard for it. This song's message is to celebrate achieving goals that people assume you cannot because of your beginning. "I done kept it real from the jump

Living at my mama house we'd argue every month"

weekend

2025-05-21 13:58:28 UTC

The pondering of existentialism and meaning in life continues to be a relevant theme in weekend as Mac Miller continues his longest verse of the century

Humble - Kendrick Lamar

2025-05-21 14:00:36 UTC

This song is about staying humble when things get tough, especially in the face of success. He wrote this song for both his fans and his peers in the music industry. Urging them to stay true to themselves and to try to avoid selfishness. This song also represents Kendrick's journey of trying to stay humble when he started to become in a position of fame. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tvTRZJ-4EyI

"The Crossroads" Bone Thugs-N-Harmony

2025-05-21 14:01:08 UTC

The message is mourning the loss of friends and family they lost along the way in inner-city life.

"While you laughin' we're passin' passin' away."

"Can somebody anybody tell me why? ... tell me why we die, we die?"

"But when it's time to die, gotta go, bye, bye."

The Heart Part 5 by Kendrick Lamar

2025-05-21 14:11:05 UTC

This song is about the perspectives where people would die and it would just be a little thing where he lived/grew up and how people would just blame it on the culture and not the people themselves. The unfair life as an African American. “I come from a generation of pain, where murder is minor” “Said your lil' nephew was shot down, the culture's involved”

She Knows by J. Cole

2025-05-21 14:14:22 UTC

This song talks about the hidden truths and power dynamics within relationships and the music industry.