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Kodak Black – Painting Pictures (Album Review)

06 Thursday Apr 2017

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A Boogie, Ben Billions, Conscience, Day for Day, Florida, Free Cool, Future, Kodak Black, Painting Pictures, Patty Cake, Pompano Beach, Top Off Benz, Tunnel Vision, Wheezy, Young Thug

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Kodak Black – Painting Pictures

Given that the only narrative arc with as much scope to it as Kodak’s elevation of his status into both a local folk hero and a veritable cult hero a la a Gucci Mane or Boosie to his rapidly growing legion of fans is the constant specter of legal troubles that has haunted his young career so far, its fitting that rather than with lyrics or a catchy chorus, his debut album Painting Pictures begins with just a stark, minimalist medley of clips from the news of newscasters reading off headlines mentioning his indictments, house arrests, parole violations, no contest pleas, etc. “You know I’m a hot boy, but I never lose my cool, the streets on fire, that’s why I’m riding with a tool,” he raps over the understated, twinkling production from Ben Billions after this on the excellent, minimalist album intro “Day for Day”, who produced many songs on this album. He reminisces on lost friends, both to death and incarceration, like his childhood friend Cool, who he has already done a separate song about (Free Cool). You get a sense of the heaviness he has already felt on his shoulders at a young age from these losses as well as from the pressure on him that he feels (whether internal, external, or both) to succeed for those around him, “I ain’t tryna see the pen I’m tryna make it shake, neighborhood hero I’m the one who gon save the day, chosen one; my folks depend on me to make a way, I do it for my niggas locked up doing day for day.”

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Film Review: Kodak Black – Project Baby (prod. by WSHH)

03 Monday Apr 2017

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Broward County, documentary, Florida, John Wick, Kodak Black, Painting Pictures, Pompano Beach, Project Baby, World Star Hip Hop

 

Kodak Black released his seminal debut album Painting Picures last Friday, and for most rappers that would have been enough for one week, but for someone who casts as long of a shadow as Kodak, it’s unsurprising that there was also a short biopic style documentary produced by World Star Hip Hop that was released leading up to the album (I will be putting up a review of this album in the coming days, I need to listen to it a couple of more times and let it really sink in before I finish my review, as it is such an impactful album).  The recent and sobering news (also revealed at the end of Project Baby) that Kodak was again locked up in Florida right as his biopic and album were released was almost surreal since so much of his music has been about his trials and tribulations of going through the legal system, serving time in prison, and not just the personal struggles that have come along with this but also emerging from the setbacks stronger than ever, with his faith intact, and with a wealth of material to release. Thankfully, according to sources, this most recent run in with the law was just a violation of his probation or house arrest and he should be out free again in a few weeks.

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Free Trap Boy, Free Cool, I’m Going Hard I Ain’t Going Back to School

30 Thursday Mar 2017

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Florida, Free Kodak, Kodak Black, Pompano Beach, Ran Up a Check, summer

Kodak Black – Ran Up A Check

I don’t know what the sample used in this song is from but there’s something instantly familiar about the funky and bouncy riff that makes it the perfect song to bump on a nice spring or summer day; it reminds me of a skating rink or a block party. Something about it just screams Florida even if you didn’t know that Kodak is from Pompano Beach. Indeed, a young Kodak here is fully aware of this jam’s summery appeal as he commands listeners, ‘Y’all slide this til school start back’.

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