Ka’Lea Stokes
Tune Evaluation: Da Discuss – Ik Gix
“Da Discuss” is a hip-hop monitor by Cameroonian rapper Ik Hix. It feels much less like a typical rap tune and extra like a dialog the place the artist is reflecting on his journey whereas additionally calling out the state of the style of hip-hop.
The primary line within the tune states “Get in ma locomotive, let’s time journey.” This metaphor provides the sense that the listener is being taken on a journey. It’s a robust approach to body rap as not simply music, however as one thing with route and goal.
The complete tune is only a steady verse that wrestles with the strain between authenticity and commercialization. Ik Gix criticizes the watered-down business that’s the hip hop business presently. He notices that some artists prioritize cash and tendencies over originality and substance of their music. That is proven clearly in traces which refer to those artists as “wack rappers” and people chasing a fast examine. On the identical time, he’s displaying respect for the inspiration of hip-hop. The “OGs” who stayed true to the craft and used their voices impressed him to do the identical.
The monitor additionally goes past this floor stage and will get private. Past the critique, Ik Gix displays on his personal progress. He talks about him writing early verses to discovering a extra significant voice. He describes the music in a susceptible means and in addition describes it as an outlet for him. It helps course of ache, failure, and perseverance. That stability between the criticization and his private commentary retains the tune from feeling one-dimensional.
Moreover, there’s a lot happening with the lyrics as there isn’t any clear construction to the best way the lyrics are introduced. At occasions, that may make it more durable to totally catch every little thing he’s attempting to say. Nonetheless that is additionally a testomony to his ardour because it reveals he has tons on his thoughts that he desires to get out and into the world.
Total, “Da Discuss” is passionate and unapologetic. It’s a reminder of what hip-hop might be when it’s rooted in goal.
