![]() After signing a million-dollar record deal, he scored the biggest opening-week hip-hop debut of all time with his first proper studio album, 2003’s Get Rich or Die Tryin'.īy the end of 2005, though, Fiddy was coming off his second straight No. ![]() One tape landed in the hands of the biggest rapper alive, Eminem, who invited him to come to Los Angeles and meet Dr. He recorded song after song after song in a Queens basement and got hot on the mixtape circuit. ![]() Think Eminem’s iconic “Lose Yourself.”Ĭue up the theme music to Rocky, and let’s get to it.Īlbum: Get Rich or Die Tryin': Music from and Inspired by the Motion Pictureĥ0 Cent’s come-up was mythical: After getting shot nine times outside of his grandmother’s home, he was dropped from Columbia and blacklisted from the industry. While not every rap song that inspires is necessarily an anthem, all anthems are inspirational, so it’s hardly surprising that our canon of all-time great motivational hip-hop songs is chock-full of them. There aren’t many musical experiences more beautiful than when a rapper waxes poetic over an earth-shattering beat-a core tenant of all anthems. An anthem is like a banger or slapper, in that it’s carried by the type of production that’ll have your group of friends throwing bows in the club like Disturbing the Peace circa 2000, only it doubles as gospel. Then there is the top tier of motivational rap songs, which is made up of tracks that embody qualities similar to the aforementioned group but share an unmistakable identity. Banger isn’t the word anthem, more like. Somewhere in the middle lies rags-to-riches classics (see “C.R.E.A.M,” “Juicy,” “Exhibit C”) that are inspirational largely because they tell tales of young men fighting their way out of poverty by any means necessary. On the opposite side of the spectrum, there are uplifting hymns like “Keep Ya Head Up,” “Ultralight Beam,” and “Love Yourz,” which inspire by radiating hope and positivity. There are certain tracks -songs like “Dreams and Nightmares” and “Knuck If You Buck”- that are motivational to the extent that, if played at a specific volume with a particular group of individuals, can convince you to commit violence against another person. You just know one when it smacks you upside the head. You know the ones that get you hyped, and the ones that make you move. ![]() making Teya’s outlook on the world and herself especially bleak.Every interpretation of music is subjective, and people are motivated by different things, so there is no single way to define a “motivational” hip-hop song . So all lyrics considered and most simply put, it reads as if the vocalist is suffering from the type of nightmares that she feels no one in their right mind would want to experience. Indeed, it may be such that they are even affecting while she is awake, i.e. “Niko neće džanumĪs further explained, that may sometimes be due to the interference of evil forces. The title, based on context, can also be interpreted romantically, as “dear” or “sweetheart”, though it may also more generally point to “my soul”.Īnd in the lyrics, we are met with the mention of the vocalist’s “darling”, though it isn’t abundantly clear if Dora means so in a romantic context. Or put otherwise, this song does not have any type of discernible romantic undertone as far as we can tell, and usage of the term “darling”, in context, may be Teya’s way of identifying with or relating to the addressee/listener in general. With that in mind, it has also been put forth that “Džanum” is based on Serbian fairytales. As explained, these legends revolve around stories whereas for one reason or another the featured couple, being truly in love, are unable to be with each other. Teya’s homeland, has dealt with a considerable amount of warfare in recent years. But if such is the case, the songstress doesn’t speak directly to that reality. Instead, the simplest way of describing the character she portrays is as one who is woefully fatalistic.įor instance, the song’s only true verse reads as if the vocalist is haunted by bad dreams. Dora has also concluded that she has “no luck” and “no salvation”, being “cursed”, as she puts it in the chorus.įurthermore the singer comes off, as these lyrics are translated into English, as if she is looking forward to death and even the end of the world. And it may be that all of these emotions and outlooks, as alluded to throughout, are what she’s experiencing during her “nightmares”. ![]() According to one explanation that’s made its way online, this song was inspired by the fact that the aforementioned Serbia, i.e. ![]()
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