mtl008 Chapter 2263 Gotham Music Chapter (2)
Chapter 2263 Gotham Music Chapter (2)
Chapter 2263 Gotham Music Festival (Part )
The song "King of Gotham" tells a relatively complete story, but it is actually very simple to explain. It is nothing more than an old gangster who was angry about the conflict with other gangs. He felt that he was still in his prime, so he gave up his peaceful retirement life and had to fight with other gangs with real guns. As a result, he was shot and died on the street.
Logically speaking, this kind of plot would not have a market in gangster rap, because most civilized people listen to rap not to find resonance, but because they like the violent elements in rap.
Just like some people read martial arts novels because they find the chivalry and justice of the underworld and the sense of revenge very satisfying, as if after reading the novels they can rob the rich and help the poor like those heroes, and can partially alleviate their resentment of being exploited by their superiors in real life.
The same goes for rap. Listening to rap is like using a gun to smash the heads of those who are against you. So even if it is a more lyrical rap, there must be offensive parts. Of course, the rapper’s main perspective must be that he is the final winner, and everyone else is garbage.
But the story written by Gotham Boy is really too unpleasant. The protagonist is an old man, and he was defeated by someone, and it was his own fault. The whole story is just the fantasy of a dying man. The violent elements are very obscure, and there are too many plots of mental disorder. There is really nothing exciting about it.
But the melody of this song is quite catchy and sounds very Gothic, as if it is always shrouded in a layer of wet fog, making it difficult to distinguish between dreams and reality.
The drum beats in the second half are extremely powerful, coupled with the continuous flashing of the lyrics describing the scenes, plus the Gotham boy's angry tone and exquisite rhyme at the end of the words. Even if you don't understand the content, this is a good song that you will hardly miss once you hear it.
The first step is to keep the audience. As they listen, they will feel that something is wrong with the story.
Although everyone knew that Gotham was bad, they didn't know how bad it was or how bad it was. However, the first half of this song realistically depicts the living conditions of the lower class, making everyone realize how outrageously bad this city is.
The second half is more profound. Putting aside those fantasy plots that seem like a mental illness, what is more realistic is that every word of the criticism against the ills of the gang system is reasonable.
This also makes people realize how the old men in Gotham who have come from the heyday of the gangs view this system. They are not passionate at all, and they are not clamoring to shoot anyone down. They are just full of pessimism and despair.
This strong tragic atmosphere almost makes people breathless, but before people can react, everything changes again and a new era has arrived.
Although they did not specifically say what had improved, it can be seen from those seemingly complaints that the gang system is gradually being replaced, and the people at the bottom have more real things to do.
The hopeful picture formed a sharp contrast with the previous depression and darkness, but just when the audience was secretly happy, the old man died. He didn't have the time to enjoy any benefits of the new era. He died in the last minute before dawn.
And the most exciting thing is that after his death, Gotham saw the light again.
There are so many ups and downs, despair and hope, hope and despair, the listeners feel like they are on a roller coaster.
When the song ended, almost everyone who had heard it fell silent, feeling as if their brains had been severely crushed.
If you listen to it a second time, especially if you look at the lyrics carefully, you can grasp a lot of details. It is filled with a lot of metaphors about the social system, and there is excessive anger hidden beneath the tragedy.
When a city becomes an utter tragedy, the magma hidden beneath the volcano, which is covered up by the appearance of order, has never been extinguished. The more repressed they have been, the more shocking anger they will erupt into now.
This city is like a ridiculous joke, dark and depressing, absurd and bizarre, like a whole living tragedy.
But the protagonist in the story of Gotham Kid, after witnessing countless tragedies in his life, still chose to write his anger with blood. He didn't have to go, but he had to go, because this was the last shot left for him after countless people like him had used their lives to clear the last obstacle.
This tells everyone that if you want to fight against the cold rain of this dark world night after night, you must never integrate into the madness, because there are still brave warriors who rely on the warmth in their chests to survive until dawn after dawn.
And this album is like the darkest night of this crazy city. After the rain stops, the victor who defeats fate roars for the first time at the morning light shining on him.
The most easily erupting passion in this world is revolutionary passion, and the most difficult passion to extinguish is revolutionary blood. Everything in Gotham is incredibly revolutionary.
The good news is, they made it, and they're still alive.
For the survivors, when they pour all the anger accumulated in countless nights and the indescribable emotion and joy after they regain their sight of the light into the songs, they naturally form art that no one can surpass.
This art deeply shocked the world.
After listening to the entire album "King of Gotham" for the first time, rappers on the East Coast expressed their desire to meet this talented young man. Unfortunately, no matter how rebellious they were, they still valued their lives. If he didn't come out, they didn't dare to go in.
But after the news that Gotham was going to hold a music festival came out, they could no longer sit still. They believed that since the Gotham government was confident in hosting such a large event, safety should be relatively guaranteed.
Even if we take a step back and say that there are so many tourists, it is not certain that you will be shot. Maybe you can get more inspiration by wandering around this city.
As a result, many well-known East Coast rappers arrived in Gotham a few days before the festival, including Biggie and Puff Daddy.
Puff Daddy, whose Chinese name is Boasting Diddy, is a famous American rap producer and one of the godfathers of rap. The other is of course doctor.dre from the West Coast. The most wanted to meet this mysterious Gotham Bloke, but most of the time it was out of the need to revive East Coast rap.
As for Biggie, he is more interested in the other party's creative method.
Fans who have listened to the big guy's last album before his death should know that in "Ready To Die", chaos and evil always exist. Although Metropolis has replaced New York in this universe, it does not mean that there is no alcoholism, drug trafficking and robbery in this bright city.
As long as it is an American city, it is difficult to avoid these things. As long as there are slums and chaotic neighborhoods, there will be gangs. Biggie also said in the album that he saw Superman flying in the sky, but unfortunately the ground was the same as usual.
If I have to make an evaluation on the theme of this album, it would probably be to live, to live with all your might.
So it can be imagined that this is also a rap album with relatively dark and desperate content, which is also different from the previous East Coast's more sinister, cold and aggressive style.
Biggie is still exploring, and recently he has been entangled in trivial matters and cannot get away. His creation has also reached a bottleneck. He feels that he and this Gotham boy must have common topics. Maybe after the two of them communicate, they will have new inspiration for the new album.
So he arrived even earlier than Puff Daddy, just to find this mysterious Gotham boy before the music festival started.
But unfortunately, the people of Gotham are really the real bosses. Even though this place is much better, it is not like the slums in other cities. Biggie was robbed on the first day he came here, and more than 6000 US dollars were stolen from his credit card.
A normal person would have called the police, but unfortunately, the big guy was also a gang member. More importantly, his upbringing taught him that if a big black man like him walked into the police station, he didn't have to do anything or say anything, or the radical police would shoot him, and the conservative police would think the radical police were too conservative.
During this era, the black-white conflict in the United States was still very intense, and the regional segregation between blacks and whites was quite serious. People of most skin colors could only hang out in their own territories. Blacks had to look for blacks when they had problems, and whites had to look for whites when they had problems. Whoever dared to mix in would be in big trouble.
But it's not like that in Gotham. In Gotham, no matter if you are black, white or chocolate, anyone can do the robbery, because the stereotype is that only people with dark skin will be in big trouble.
Biggie just realized this because the person who just robbed him was a white man. However, based on his rich experience in robbery, most robbers would not run far after snatching a wallet and would leave behind everything except the money.
Now he is still relatively wealthy, so he doesn't care about that little bit of money. He directly follows the robbers' escape route to find the documents in his bag, which also contained the concert tickets.
As a result, he didn't find the bag after chasing it all the way. He lost his driver's license and ticket, and had no cash to rent a car. It was obvious to the naked eye that if he continued to do his old job here, he would be beaten to death very easily, so he had to return to the hotel in disappointment.
Here we have to mention that Gotham robbers are different from those in most other cities. Most of the robbers in other cities are blinded by money, but Gotham robbers act on impulse. Sometimes they don't really want money, they just want to make you penniless.
Although the situation in Gotham is improving now, the generation that was polluted by darkness has not died out after all, and they are still the main labor force in the city. Therefore, the overall spiritual atmosphere of the city is still worrying. Even if gangsters come, they have to curse them for their bad luck.
Just like Bigge, there are many people who are looking for the most popular Gotham boy. Logically speaking, Gotham's tourism industry is in full swing, and Batman can be invited to stand guard, so why doesn't the Gotham boy go on the radio to sing a few lines?
But until the opening day, no one had heard of his whereabouts. Ordinary people were not in a hurry because they had tickets anyway. Even if they couldn't see him at the concert, he would definitely show up at the rap competition on the third day. They could just watch him then.
But this is not the case for rappers. As mentioned before, the war of words between the East and West Coasts is raging, and almost all singers have been threatened by the other side. The entire American rap music circle is in a state of rapid development.
Because of this, the Gotham Music Festival had more rappers from the East and West Coasts than the Grammys. In addition to the East Coast singers, of course, the West Coast bands were also there.
(End of this chapter)