Using words as musical instruments.

We hear people say when a song is danceable you can never go wrong...hmmm we like to put it this way: when an excellent rapper makes you dance to his song you don’t want to stop. @RymstaRay has this song titled #Chikopokopo and everything about that song is very good. One thing about this kind of music is that it is timeless. However low you may feel, the moment this song comes on, you just start moving and feeling happy. Writing a song is not just an art but a combination of expression and delivery of deep emotional reality. According to the international Civil Aviation Organization  (ICAO), arunway is a rectangular area on a land aerodrome prepared for the landing and takeoff of aircraft . J #Chikopokopo is a song through which @RymstaRay expresses the speed, accuracy and precision with which God goes about workings of miracles. “I serve a God that doesn’t need a runway...” Runways may be a man-made surface (often asphalt, concrete, or a  mixture of bot...

Tekno’s song “Yawa” got me back in Love. Every true relationship has ‘true’ fights. Not necessarily physical violence and abuse (I would never do that or condone such) but horrible emotional reactions leading to disagreements and crazy outcomes. This story is one of a flawless love affair that turned cold...ice-cold because I got to a point where the affection suddenly went dead like an electrocuted situation. From the start of my love with my woman (I call her  ‘shuga’ ), our love was all perfect with the electromagnetic elements of attraction and positive energy like two live wires blowing things up all over the place. Then one day, boom! I just stopped talking to her. She tried with multiple attempts to get us back strong but I just refused to have ‘that’ conversation. It has been over a year now. I will not say here that I just realise my folly. No. I always knew the road to perdition was somewhere across the street of a lost love. All the time bridges were bur...

My personal resolve to staunchly rank 2pac one of the greatest and most influential rappers of all time isrooted in my passion for great literary content and the use of powerful words to communicate deep emotional realities in stories that have past, present and future effects around my world. True love and affection is effectively depicted in the relationship between a mother and a child.  All other things being equal, without any of the negative and absurd circumstances of birth and living standards, parental love, care, affection and commitment is perfect. Am connected to this song passionately because the very first few words directly speak of my own experiences growing up “when I was young me and my mama had beef” consistent misunderstandings and disagreements were all part of my childhood. My mother tried to raise me good but my revolting nature was something else. A family of three boys, me, the boy in the middle, always wanted to take a position, prove ...

Two or more notes played together. This is an effective way of expression in music. Words may be insufficiently ineffective when attempts are made to convey affectionate and emotional realities but what needs to be said must be said so as to paint a picture of what the heart feels. In this piece, a man suddenly finds a woman he is attracted to, the thought of both hearts as notes are getting played together in his imaginations and he begins to put words together for her, hoping to make her understand what she is doing to him. The best part of starting every day, after praying, is picking up these thoughts of you. To win your heart with no deception would be my golden miracle. I care about you, am thinking of you, my heart feels warm for you and the dazzling beauty you have is completely undeniable. Everything feels perfectly right with you, this is why I have to share every moment in your arms. I know exactly what this means; that a gorgeous woman like you can ma...

“We’re running the city down; I bet you thought that you can make it on your own…” Everything about this movie gets me inspired and the careful manner in which attention was paid to details is exceptional. The film Bastille Day 2016 by James Watkins is profoundly brilliant. Unlimited moral of the story strands from the principle of “Good always triumphs over evil.”   So much richly produced reality content, from corruption in almost all forms of government as   we have all over the world today, to “the effect of unchecked greed” to “triumph of the innocent” to “the unreliable place of circumstantial evidence” to “the benefit of effective and thorough dedication to duty… the list goes on and on. My springboard is the great music content that is inescapable. With lines like “Many come many fall by the side, and I will take you there if you let me drive…it is a road less traveled” am reminded of the scene where Idris Elba goes after the alleged bomber who has to...

Music appreciation is what #AnimateExpressions are really about. We listen to music for lots of reasons. Word on the street is, even when a new music gets you going and there really is no particular reason for loving it, there you have is a pointer to some chemical reaction that is directly connected to the feeling that comes with needing music. Erik Jonasson II   rightly said “Music is one of the best ways we have available to communicate with others and understand ourselves with. It’s also something we can easily share with others. Let’s enjoy it, share it and love it.” ( http://ndsuspectrum.com/why-music-appreciation-is-important/#comment-50306 ) The enjoyment of listening is effectively therapeutic. Moods get lightened up, people get inspired, lives get changes, people touch others dearly… the list is endless when we talk about the impact music has on human existence. The world is full of music. We hear it as we shop and while driving in our cars. We atte...

My ears are prone grabbing rap lines. My spirit is quick to reverberate when the words in the music are used graciously in a priceless and timeless masterpiece. It is easy to say that all good music must be celebrated without prejudice to the color, race, age or sex of the artist or language in which the song was recorded. However, if you speak English Language and you are excited about learning to get better at it, then rap music will get you feeling blessed especially when you can listen, pick the lines and write them down yourself. This is how I get to score songs that I am passionate about. In this article, I want to focus on three songs done by Lecrae the amazing gospel rap paramount personality: Praying for you Boasting All I need is you Am not sure I know when these songs were released or what particular album they came in, not that I don’t care to find out, but I am too carried away by the divine fire in the songs and I believe, especially, that the gospel of...