Apollo Brown & Che Noir - As God Intended (Discussion Thread)

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My Standout songs : Hold It Down. 94. 12 Hours. Hustle Don’t Give. The Apple. Blood Is Thicker.
Was revisiting "As God Intended" , which was a collaboration album with the super consistent Detroit producer Apollo Brown and was in my top 10 albums of 2020, also I wanted to dig back into her latest releases tomorrow, an album called "Food for Thought" and an EP with the MC Jynx716 called "Careful What You Wish For" , on As God Intended, Che Noir shows a lot of versatility and creativity, some tracks are about being a product of her environment and what it was like to be there, so the project has that socially conscious and deep feel to it, as she also speaks on issues with racism on the album, tracks like the traditional one two of "

Blood Is Thicker" with it's super Soulful Beat & "Hustle Don't Give" featuring Black Thought, get this album off to a flyer and display her self-belief very well, she comes across resilient and determined to make her lyrics be heard and felt, further on into the album she goes into her upbringing on the uncomfortable & heart wrenching song "Daddys Girl" where she talks about her Father not being responsible and being there for her and her Mother, the album has plenty versatility tho


as she also has time to uplift and be relatable on the notable song "The Apple" which features Planet Asia where he pens a touching verse about how he's gonna raise his daughter right, so she knows her worth, Che Noir also speaks on relationship Woes on the tracks "Winter" where she vents over a Sad and Jazzy instrumental, she goes a step further on the track ""12 Hours" where she goes more creative with the storytelling in a graphic way, that could please any Hip-Hop traditionalist, who likes to paint a picture with rhymes.


"Hold It Down" is right up there for one of the best instrumentals on the album, Che Noir raps with a lot of confidence about how shes gonna hold it down, for those People who rely on her and who passed from her area, she also displays some nice lyricism at the end of her verse with "Teach it for the youth, this generation is controlled by computers, No proper guidance for these kids, so my goal was to school 'em, What's the point of giving guns if they don't know how to shoot 'em? And what's the point of giving jewels if they don't know how to use 'em?.." TY Farris also sounds great over his fellow Detroit peer's beat, also talking about his environment and where he is at now mentally, also on the album you get the personal and fitting way to end things "'94" , where she raps about who was inspiring her in Hip-Hop while listening to the music growing up and how it shaped her own style, the beats by Apollo Brown gave her a great soundscape to aid her in being personal and showing her versatility as a songwriter, the album was more an announcement of her ability's right now, than saying she is only a work in progress, they really did a great album, to go back and listen to.
 
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