Change – NF

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I like to rap but I ain’t gonna do it forever.”

Here’s a riddle: What is the thing all us claim we want, but deep inside, if we’re being honest, terrifies us?

Here’s a hint: it’s the only constant in life.

You guessed it. Change.

“Lookin' for somethin' in my life to be inspired again / I like to walk around and act like I don't know what it is / But I know what it is, I just never wanna commit”

NF is the voice behind this track of the week, the simply titled “Change”. Pulled from his latest full length (over an hour!) offering, The Search, "Change" is one of better tracks on the album. If you have never heard NF, he combines the laid back, almost losing his voice vocality of G-Eazy with the angry, angst-ridden tone of Eminem (they all happen to be of the Caucasian persuasion). His songs are like listening to his therapy sessions, which can be cathartic and comforting to those that have felt the same feelings of loss and hopelessness. Change is no different, introspection is what NF does, and he does it well.

“I'm always insecurity-driven / Takin' the wrong turns, actin' like I know where I'm headed / Waitin' for somethin' bad to happen, I can snap any minute”

If you have never heard of NF, he is a Christian that raps. Which is very different from a Christian rapper. You won’t find any profanity on his albums, nor will you find exploits of sex, drugs, and all of the other things you might expect from today's White rappers. You also won’t find any blatant altar calls or Bible talk. What you WILL find is a technically skilled rapper that paints vivid pictures of his tormented past and hope for the future. I’d hate to be his boss when he walks into my office to quit. But I’d love to hear his farewell speech.

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About the Curator - Ben Young:

Ben Young lives a life of polarity. He has split his life between the coasts: half his life on the West (California) and half on the East (Georgia and Virginia). He has pursued careers in the art world (film school graduate) and the corporate world (executive with Fortune 500 companies). And he is Biracial, the personification of being two things at once.

Ben’s musical influences were formed by music loving parents, raised in a world of John Coltrane and John Lennon, James Taylor and James Ingram, Huey Lewis and the News and Prince and the Revolution. Saxophones, electric guitars, synthesizers, and breakbeats filled the air Ben breathed from birth. And being born one year after the birth of Hip Hop, Ben has been joined at the hip with the genre his entire life.

Check out Ben’s blog where you can get more recommendations on great music, presented from a Biracial point of view: www.khameleonkurator.com.