It has a real old school feel to it, which reminds you of hip hop at its finest. Trying to narrow down this album to highlight the top 5 songs was very tough because truth be told – every song is FIRE! Here it goes anyway. The group consists of himself, Bas, Omen, Cozz, Lute and Ari Lennox. His bars are laced with vivid depictions of his train-of-thought, that hits your soul to the point that you feel like you know him, and his struggle during his quest to the top of the rap game. However, this album showcases the artists that are now a part of the Dreamville family. Blessed has delivered a bold statement: one that’s deceptively simple appearance belies the countless things going on just beneath the surface.DISCLAIMER: The homeless man/Nick Van Exel looking boy on the album cover has ABSOLUTELY no baring or impact on the quality of music that is reflected on this album….now lets begin.Ĭole and his Dreamville label have slowly but surely assembled one of the most talented collection of young rappers in the game! If y’all are familiar with Cole’s style, you would already understand that lyrically he can go pound for pound with any rapper, and is undoubtedly one of the best rappers in the game. “Caged Bird” is a massive, eternally memorable song, and I’m not fussing over the grandeur of the presentation, but just about the artist’s thoughts which speak for themselves. And that it’s our fear of making choices and wanting to be free in every sense that condemns us to be sentenced. Blessed tells us it’s the exact opposite. “Caged Bird” is a metaphor, an expletive shouted out to society, a judgment of our own judgments, a wrestling with our insecurities, and a warning of our inadequacies.įor a lot of people, life isn’t a choice it’s a sentence. It’s a volatile incitement to stand up, and be counted. It’s as bold and as hard and as hopeful as it is bursting with vitriol. Blessed is cracking open his mindset all over this thing with vigor, unravelling strands of his thoughts as he was completing the Rings of Pandora. The pacing, flow and lyricism makes this single an engrossing listen. As far as his rapping, he feeds off the solid production work, delivering agile, tight rhymes, while the powerfully sung hook further accentuates “Caged Bird”. This seemingly conscious rapper trades in pop rap’s puerile punchlines for hard-hitting lyrics and a powerhouse beat to bolster him. Hence there is no point in living under false pretenses, or suffering the ire of others, but rather to take stock of who you really are, and embrace it. I see the son holding a gun, about to blast because his emotion is numb.” The magnitude of the rapper’s mission on “Caged Bird” is to bring his messages about society’s failures – wasted opportunities, shortsightedness, lack of ambition as well as the fear of self-empowerment and truly being free from the limitations humanity often wants to impose on you.īlessed’s new studio effort, is also a loose concept about how each choice you make in life will affect you for better or worse, and will have an impact on those around you too. The characters in Blessed’s narratives tend to be under immense pressure and strain: “I see society is broken in more ways than one. Blessed has just dropped his single, “Caged Bird”, to give us a taste of where his musical passion takes him. He plans to seriously pursue both of his interests. Inspired by the likes of Jay Z, Tupac, Biggie Smalls, Naz, Chance the Rapper, and mainly J Cole, Blessing Cummings A.K.A Blessed, is an upcoming artist who is also College student, studying Mechanical Engineering.
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