21 Savage Rapper Poster American Dream

”21 Savage Rapper Poster American Dream” is a poster commemorating the 21 Savage rapper’s album ”American Dream”, give it to yourself or to relatives and friends who love this music genre as well as this musician.

21 Savage Rapper Poster American Dream

Rap music has always had a complicated relationship with the American dream. Through rose-colored glasses, the artists, producers and executives who find success in hip-hop often embody a by-the-bootstraps ethos, but it tends to be the result of lifelong efforts to grapple with and overcome a darker subtext of systemic oppression and cultural adversity. For Atlanta rap superstar 21 Savage, the phrase “American Dream” – the title of his long-awaited third solo album–has an additional undercurrent.

The name plays both sides: the aspiration to success, of course, but also as a reference to the highly-publicized 2020 arrest by U.S. Immigrations and Customs Enforcement that led to the revelation he was actually born in the U.K. and emigrated to the United States as a child.

Being a non-American rapper, 21 rightfully didn’t face professional blowback for his heritage and his credibility as a master of menace remains intact. For 21, the backstory adds a level of complexity to his narrative, one that certain emcees would find all-consuming. But 21’s music is never overwrought, and his references to his English origins are reserved for a few choice bars and clever social media promo.

21’s strongest rap skills, his caustic sense of humor and deadpan delivery, are fully intact on “American Dream”. “He a homebody, fuck it, kill him in his yard”, he raps on “All of Me”. “Say you touched me, how Sway?”, he jokes on “Redrum”. But his no-nonsense approach to rapping – minimal convoluted slant rhymes, sparing use of AutoTune, concise flows–also allows him to convey genuine emotion when he so chooses.

“Letter to My Brudda”, a spiritual sequel to “I Am > I Was”, “Letter 2 My Momma”, is filled with cutting lines about loyalty; reflections on the criminalization of rap music and tender ruminations on fallen friends. An album full of those sorts of songs from Savage wouldn’t be fully playing to his strengths, but sprinkling in a few cuts like “Brudda” and “Dark Days” amongst songs like “Redrum” and “Pop Ur Shit” makes them effective moments of juxtaposition without scanning as redundant.

21 is out here living the American dream, long past the expected career lifespan of a modern-day rapper in today’s frenzied pop culture landscape. It’s a bit disappointing that he doesn’t quite delve into his immigration battle and its ensuing impact that the title portends, but the album is a portrait of an artist in rich command of his pen atop both consistently luxurious and eerily sparse beats. “American Dream” won’t go down as the definitive 21 album, but it proves that he’s nowhere near short on material. He peeled back a few layers, but he’s got so much more to explore.

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Product tag: Poster 

Description

• 175 gsm fine art paper.
• Matte finish.
• For indoor use.
• NB! Due to the production process of these posters, please allow for slight size deviations with a tolerance of +/- 1/16″.
• Museum-grade paper is known to be archival, which means it can be stored for a long time without turning yellow.
• Bright and intense colors for your desired design that will not fade when exposed to sunlight regularly.
• If the poster does gather any dust, you may wipe it off gently with a clean, dry cloth.

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