Thank you for this XXX.

I miss the dude.

I love talking I hate talking

Is there a such thing as mistakes that I should've made?

Someone had to say it

You can't trust a girl who walks with her arms crossed

Lmao

I really cried in the library for like 6 minutes listening to kingdom hearts and tales of the abyss music. some girl asked me if I was alright and I said "nah"

Been on a gradual decline lately... Time to get my life back

I liked this annotation I made so I'mma post it here

"His name will live, brother
No, I got—, I feel hella shitty because it's like, yo'
Like, if I would have known he was so cool
And it's like, yo', if I would have watched interviews sooner, bro', we were so alike
It's unfortunate because it's like, yo', when people die, that's when you're there, you know?
'Cause your remorse kinda makes you check 'em out"


These words ring haunting on several levels.

1: XXXTentacion recorded his verse for “Falling Down” after Lil Peep’s passing. In this audio clip of one of X’s last studio sessions, he is heard reflecting on Peep’s passing. He is first heard celebrating and admitting the impact Peep left on Hip-Hop, engraving himself in Hip-Hop history forever. X further goes on to admit that he never knew him personally, and he never made the opportunity to look into him deeper until after his passing.

Here, X confesses that he admits regret for not diving deeper into Peep’s persona earlier. It was only after Peep’s death that X realized the two were much more alike than he had anticipated. He mourns for the relationship that could’ve been, and while their relationship was unclear, after Peep’s death X was able to relate to and understand Peep’s demons and mindset, as they were similar to his. Both rappers' music revolved around themes of love, mental health, and fighting inner darknesses.


2: In a sense, this can be applied to the casual hip-hop fan / music listener. After XXXTentacion’s passing on June 18, 2018, the late rapper’s music broke several records. Genius has reported on all of these: From reaching a #1 hit on Billboard Top 100 with “SAD!”, to setting a global Spotify record with the same song, it’s safe to say X garnered a much larger following after his death.

These words are symbolic as they can be perceived from the listener’s perspective. Because so many people discovered X after his death, many people see it as unfortunate that they were only able to listen to and appreciate his music after he had passed away. X’s words say it all – so many people looked into his music because he had died, out of an act of remorse.

While not as many cared for the two during their time here, it’s without question that the artists gained plenty of support and love by the music community, and their posthumous collaboration in “Falling Down” will only continue to validate their legacy in the Hip-Hop world.

A weird but crazy thought I had this morning

A lot of children today will be seeing 9/11 footage for the first time in their lives on Instagram... That's insane to think about. To think it happened 17 years ago, I was 2 years old looking at the TV screen confused as fuck while my dad was tearing up with the most worried look on his face. Stay up everyone

"What are your opinions artists teaming up for huge collaborations on songs? It’s been a trend lately (DJ Khaled, Justin Bieber, Chance, Quavo & Calvin Harris, Katy Perry Pharrell, etc.) in my opinion it’s a way to get more attention for songs and possibly let artists who have been in the industry a while and want to attract attention again. Just something I thought was interesting and would like to hear your thoughts"

It's all about marketing, and like you said it garners a lot of traction on songs and for potentially forgotten artists. Everything you said is correct. My favorite example is "I'm The One". Khaled really went in on that one by assembling them, I remember a bunch of people were referring to that cast as the Avengers. Quavo was peaking at that time as the Migos were taking over mainstream hip-hop, Chance is the golden poster boy for rap (very digestible and accessible by listeners, I know so many white people that listened to No Problems once and became a Chance the Rapper fan claiming to "know hip-hop" lol), and any big track with him will do numbers. Justin Bieber, well, he's Justin Bieber. My favorite moment on that track is Weezy's verse; I personally hadn't heard a mainstream hit with him in the longest time, and I was happy to see his face back in the spotlight.

Not that he needs the spotlight, though. He's Lil Wayne. Of course, the clout chasers will clout chase, that's what they do, but we need those kinds of people to balance it all out. We don't deserve that many positive things going for us!

Out of all of those big name collabs, my favorite would most definitely have to be Slide. Of course, the Frank Ocean bias is playing heavy on this one, and there's really not much more that I can say lol. I just love Frank Ocean and he deserves his shine. He does choose to avoid the media though, and I admire that decision. Calvin Harris is a wizard with the production work, and Migos did their thing. Excellent track all around. Now I'm listening to it. So thanks, whoever asked this, for putting me back on because I love this song.

Fun fact, I annotated this line by Quavo in the track on Genius!

https://genius.com/11421273