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Noname – Self
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“Self”, the opener to Noname’s Room 25 is as soulful and thoughtful as it is boisterous and braggadocios.
The two verse track features Noname spitting openly about politics
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Noname – Don't Forget About Me
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Room 25’s fifth track finds Noname self-reflecting on her growing influence, being away from home, and life’s existential realities. As she and the things around her change, she
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Noname – Song 32
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Following the new years release of her politically charged single “Song 31,” Noname delivers yet another single on her 30’s series. On the track, she uses self-reflection, clever
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Noname (Ft. Joseph Chilliams & Ravyn Lenae) – Forever
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The 8th song on Telefone focuses on self-belief. More specifically, to believe in yourself despite the inevitable opposition and using positivism to propel yourself forward. It
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Noname (Ft. Jimetta Rose & The Voices of Creation) – hold me down
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[Verse 1: Noname] / Uh, yeah / I hope you understand, everybody scams / A little Peter Pan paranoia, polygram tell the truth / In the booth, feed the drought / Couple opps bleedin
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Noname – beauty supply
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[Chorus] / Take a trip with me to the beauty supply / We need the standard refined / Man, if I'm cryin', cry / Take a trip with me to the beauty supply / I need the standard
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Noname – toxic
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[Intro] / What do you possibly think you know about love? / You know, I'm sick and tired of men using love like it's some kind of disease you just catch / Love should've brought
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Noname (Ft. Saba & Smino) – Ace
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On this track, Noname, Saba, and Smino display their rapping abilities, proving why they are the best cards in the deck. “Ace” is partially named after the Ace Hotel chain, and
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Noname (Ft. Phoelix, Saba & Smino) – Shadow Man
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This song is about death and mortality. Everyone on this song is young, black and talking about their funerals. This is because it’s commonplace in America for black people to be
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Noname (Ft. Phoelix) – Window
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This song is the 4th track off of Noname’s highly anticipated debut album, Room 25. It tells of the short yet intense relationship Noname had with a lover, and the event of her
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Noname (Ft. Saba) – Open Apology
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This song is about the self questioning and struggles faced by independent music artists that have not yet made it big.
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No name faces – Cannibal
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[Verse 1] / Get away, get away / Leave me on my own tonight / Done enough, made your point / Nothing more to talk about / You used me, like so many times before / Get away, get
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Noname (Ft. Adam Ness) – Prayer Song
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Noname relates sex to the current state of the United States, while also juxtaposing a black woman in the US to a cop who just killed a black woman in the US—all on on the third
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Noname (Ft. Adam Ness & Yaw) – no name
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Fatimah is essentially telling us all the reasons she decided to go with her stage name, “Noname”. These are the parts of her life or the lives of the people around her that made
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Noname – With You
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[Verse 1] / This is my happy ever suicide / My hands tied behind my breast / My silhouette did pirouettes / The curtains are closing / My baby was my ooh-lah lah, neverlasting / My
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Noname (Ft. Ravyn Lenae) – Montego Bae
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Montego Bay is one of the largest cities in Jamaica, and a popular tourist spot. The title of the song plays off the name of the city, using “Bae” instead of Bay, referring to the
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Noname – Regal
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[Chorus] / Make my wrong turn right, make my fists turn heaven / May the lord be with me, make me look like reverend / Make me look like regal, Southside abandon / I swear I look
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No name faces – It Hurts
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[Verse 1] / What is going on / I feel unease / Deep inside my chest / Lately I've tried to call / Countless times / You've closed the door completely / You've always been my angel
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Noname – Blaxploitation
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Released on September 14, 2018 , this song gets its title from the film genre from the 70s of the same name. This track features a funky rhythmic bass line that sounds straight
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Sizzla – Kings of the Earth
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Intro / No name sweet as Emmanuel / Selassie I shall take us from Egypt hell ((cleanse you and yuh friends)) / No name sweet as Emmanuel ((yeah general)) / You no stumble,and yet
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NF – Leave Me Alone
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“Leave Me Alone” is a track where NF responds to fame, which is personified and originally referenced in the 2018 singles “NO NAME” and “WHY.” He wants his fame to “leave him alone
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Jdot Breezy – No Name Droppin
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[Intro] / Finna run up these bodies, fuck nigga / Imma buy a nigga, or either go step on em / Either one, I'm coming / (Damn, Trademark!) / [Verse] / Ay / I could turn a bitch
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Noname (Ft. KhalafallaOsman) – Sunday Morning
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The hook has a hypnotic vibe and conjures a specific, peaceful image. I feel it has dual meaning – first, it serves as a reminder to always come back to/embrace the here and now of
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Mitski – Buffalo Replaced
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[Verse 1] / Mosquitoes can enjoy me, I can't go inside / I'm suckin' up as much of the full moon, so bright / Fireflies zoomin' through the yard like highway cars / Someone out
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Heaven 17 – Song with No Name
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Can't sleep, trying hard to find a rhyme / Can't work, I am tired all the time / Can't eat, since my appetite has gone / Can't think, when it started to go wrong / Can't move, I've
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Women on Genius: Artist Spotlights - Noname
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This slick banner is designed by the big homie @jambi
Welcome back to another week of “Women on Genius: Artist Spotlights”! Please join me here today as I prepare to humbly present one of my favorite artists, Noname, who after this spotlight will hopefully have some name within the Genius community. I hope you like this article because it took me over three weeks to write it.
Noname, born Fatimah Nyeema Warner on September 18, 1991, is an independent rapper and poet hailing from the windy city of Chicago. Initially performing under the stage name “Noname Gypsy,” she later removed “Gypsy” from her name when realizing it was racially insensitive. Admitting faults and learning from her mistakes is a common theme throughout her career as she has continued to grow as a person. In a 2016 interview with The Fader, Noname explained the meaning behind her name, revealing how she wants to exist without binding herself to labels. On the 2018 “no name,” she goes more in-depth into the reasons for her
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Noname_trapper – Open eye
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Come on baby come catch a vibe / Open eyes / Rolling feel alive yea / Come on baby come catch a vibe / Open water rolling getting high yea / Tripping on that acid all night / Open
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Art Lord & The Self-Portraits – Bouncing Away
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Recorded and released on the Fall 2003 as first track of the album In Your Boombox it would become the 8th track their 2005 album snail.
Art Lord & the Self-Portraits would break
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Skank Dollar – Tender luv
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Yea if your upset with how flat this might sound please ajust your volume setting to the highest level of sound or base on your lil cuzin jack becacuse you don’t wanna hot yo self
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Noname (Ft. Benjamin Earl Turner & Phoelix) – Part of Me
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[Chorus: Phoelix] / I have to focus on the part of me that I'm trying to be / I can't pretend I'm not myself / But if you go, wipe your shoes 'fore you leave / I have to focus on
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