- Karev
- Jan 25
- 2 min read
Updated: Feb 11
Hip-Hop creates moments in a person's life that turns smiles into memories. The memories then become stories, and those stories become inspirations. Ra-K7ng has created a statement project where he gives tribute to the Golden Era of Hip-Hop while also giving tribute to the creator of his rhymes: His Soul.
The Golden Age is an 11 song project where every track on the album is dedicated to every year in the 90s. With production from DJ Kawon, Ra K7ng talks about his past and the journey he has traveled to claim his life and give his love to the music. Revealing revelations of self awareness, growth, and a new love for life, this star in the making took his ability to raise a pen and create with paper a project that opens the soul of the artist to the ears of the listener.
Part of connecting to the listener is giving a story and a path to connect with the artist that is providing the entertainment you are experiencing. With DJ Kawon cooking up beats with a Boom Bap feel with modern sound effects, Ra K7ng walks the listener from being found in beats to listening to music that his father played, to renewing his spirit and finding himself in his journey into manhood,
With reflections of 90s music like Nas' Memory Lane, Deathrow and Street Knowledge music that was street and had messages in it, this album is not just a call back but an intro to the career of an artist that acknowledges his vocal pattern and rhyme skill is going to one day lead him to a conversation about Kendrick Lamar and J. Cole. On one of the highlights of the project 92 (Year I Was Born), Not only acknowledges his birth, it acknowledges his rebirth from new life, to new found life in one song.
The Golden Age of Hip-Hop saw Hip-Hop music expanding into the world showing the world the power, and influence it can have to enforce change. The Change was not only social but people were able to freely hear the voices of the next poets to inspire the world through beats and rhymes. Ra K7ng's projects The Healing Tape will teach his listeners and The Golden Age will aid in him growing with the listener by giving them the inspiration to live and create do to the gold Hip-Hop sewed into his soul.
The Golden Age is out now on bandcamp. Be sure to support the artist. Click the link below to get the album. It is available for Purchase and streaming here:
The First Single from The Golden Age:
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Ra K7ng: https://www.instagram.com/ra_k7ng/
