What A Time To Be Alive Analysis

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“Jumpman,Jumpman,Jumpman,them boys up to something!” are some of the lyrics that have made the 2015 music scene.Albums coming left and right some expected and some not. Nothing could prepare music lovers for this year. With Drake and Future dropping their collaborative album What A Time To Be Alive came out after teasing fans on September 20th at 8pm exactly.WATTBA Drake helped give Future’s darkness some clarity and focus. While Future on the other hand helped co-sign Drake’s take at the rap traditions of ATL. So when we asked Alexsis Dillard what her initial reaction to What A Time To Be Alive was she answered “I thought it was dope right off the bat. I was excited that two of my favorite artists collabed together.” While most people like…show more content…
Beauty Behind the Madness the album that spent four weeks as number one before being dethroned by What A Time To Be Alive. The Weeknd took what he knew best and that was dark lyrics with a story behind them and the mainstream life combining them together to make his chapter 3.He wanted to give his fans a little more insight into his life not a lot but just enough. And with this album one could think that he would want it be impactful to his fans as a people.So for fans such as Abigail Shamburger Beauty Behind The Madness and The Weeknd himself did just that “He's definitely made me find more comfort in being myself.Abel's influenced the thought that not everyone has to understand you for you to succeed in the world, and being someone who takes pride in being myself, that's incredibly motivational.” This album touched all bases of who The Weeknd was. But one thing that should be noted this isn’t a pop album.The Weeknd’s dark and down tempo is still present. Lance Martell(XO Podcast)another XO fan gave us some remarks on BBTM “I was blown away. Talk about diversity. His previous bodies of work all had a common theme that thread the project together. BBTM was just everywhere..Pop (CFMF),80s Power ballad(Angel),90s influenced R&B (As You Are),Trap R&B (Often),swing(Earned it),ragtime jazz(Losers),blues (Dark Times). He took risks with
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