21 Savage, all of me | Bangerz N Bopz

In the 79th edition of Bangerz N Bopz (2024), we highlight “all of me” performed by Grammy-winning rapper, 21 Savage.  

Bring on the bold, fierce songs! Bangerz N Bopz serves up background info and insight into songs of various styles, especially songs that raise eyebrows and stir the pot.  Featured records can be classic or brand new. In the 79^th edition of Bangerz N Bopz (2024), we break down “all of me” performed by 21 Savage.

“See, my shooter pescatarian, but he eat up all the beef (21).” Oh, snap, 21 Savage! So, as a pescatarian, the only meat he should eat is fish, yet, he eats beef. Make it make sense! Honestly, it doesn’t matter if it makes sense because the Grammy-winning rapper makes the confused line ‘slap’ regardless.  On “All of me”, the second track from his 2024 album, american dream, the British-born rapper does what he does best: a deadpan delivery with rhymes that cut much deeper than they should.  “All of me” was produced by Spiff Sinatra.  Notably, it features a soulful 1970s sample: “Wishing On a Star” by L.A. R&B/soul collective Rose Royce. Spiff Sinatra adds light, rhythmic drum programming initially, eventually upping the ante with a hard-knocking beat.  “All of me” also benefits from a fat bass line, adding fullness.

Even with a mean soul sample and a banging instrumental, the star is 21 Savage.  In the chorus, post-beef-eating pescatarian, he asserts, “You gave me your ass to kiss, but want the all of me (Goddamn) / I stand on business, dot my Is and cross my Ts.” Woo! In the verses, we get even more of 21. In the first verse, he mentions choppers, cars, “Trench hoes,” and his come-up (“All the Glocks came with extensions like a sew-in (straight up) / And all these cars came with BBLs and body kits”).  The second verse offers more memorable lines like “Kill you for some clout, and they’ll do anything for motion / We can’t let no bitch say that she the one who broke us (Facts).” Does 21 Savage say anything extraordinary in “All of me”? No, but there’s something about that cadence and flow that is “simply irresistible.” Certified banger!

21 Savage // American dream // Slaughter Gang, LLC / Epic // 2024

21 Savage, all of me: Bangerz N Bopz No. 79 (2024) [: Brent Faulkner / The Musical Hype; Slaughter Gang, LLC / Epic; cottonbro studio, Harry Shelton, Kool Shooters, Lucas Pazeta, Mavluda Tashbaeva, Teddy Yang, Wesley Souza from Pexels]