I'm finally doing another review and hopefully I can keep this going every week or every other week...sorry for the wait!
Last year a Youtube rapper, who is big in Korea, released a free album for his birthday called "Old Boy Jon". This rapper is non other than Dumbfoundead! I'm not a big rap person because a lot of mainstream songs are very marketed towards promoting a life that is not very common. I was surprised to find that I like every song on this "Old Boy Jon" album. Even the songs that involve a frivolous, unhealthy lifestyle because they are a bit more realistic than those that mainstream rappers describe--those tend to only apply to people in middle and high-class society.
More specifically, the song I will be talking about is 'Evol You'.
It's a story about a couple where both sides have reached the limit to which they can trust each other and both have changed so much the people either was in the beginning of the relationship.
What's special about this song:
I LOVE this song simply because it's a different take on a commonly used situation. Normally these "you've changed" songs only come from the point of view of the artist's gender. Although 'Evol You' begins this way, Dumb changes it to the point of view of the woman in the relationship. The contrasting dialogue is interesting, Dumb's line for the man that holds a commonly demeaning message for women, "You drunk every damn night, f*cking with that white. I'm disgusted by your site". The number of times that I have heard a woman being degraded for acting-out is too many to count. Women are expected to be so perfect and yet are given no power, or voice, anywhere in society, not even in they're own relationships. So I find the following verse very empowering simply because it shows that women have reason and do not simply act-out because we're hormonal and need to be tamed. I value the words he puts in for women struggling in relationships where they have no voice. The final words of the man are, "This time around you can't fix it with no lingerie," implying, like in many other 'you've changed' songs, that the woman is at fault; she's supposed to uphold the expectations of the man and supposed to be the one to fix what is wrong in the relationship through satisfying her partner.
The woman's verse asks, "Ever think about my needs while you living out your dreams?" Revealing that the man does not feel he is to be concerned with the woman's needs, she is meant to serve him. She also states, "By the way, all the coke you mention, that I'm always sniffing, I bought it from your dealer and you made that introduction. You rap what's on the surface to make it seem like it's my fault. You write me in your verses, but when can I share my song?" I won't bother to repeat myself again...it is evident that Dumbfoundead is a different kind of rapper, and I could be reading WAY too into this song (in the same album his song 'After Two' degrades women, but at least he get's people to think a little).
Well! that's all I have to say about Dumbfoundead's 'Evol You'. Go check out the Dummbfoundead: http://www.youtube.com/user/dumbfoundead/featured Tell me what you think of the album/'Evol You'
Have an awesome week everyone!
Peace, Love, and Equality ~.-
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