NF, HOPE | Rap BNGRZ 🔥

In the 13^th edition of Rap BNGRZ 🔥 (2023), we break down the banger status of “HOPE,” performed by NF.

Bring on the braggadocio, drip, sex, and kickassery, WOO! You’ve entered Rap BNGRZ 🔥 territory! On Rap BNGRZ 🔥 (bangers being the proper spelling), the premise is simple. Rap BNGRZ provides background info and commentary on cocky, confident, ferocious hip-hop/rap songs. The bangers can be brand-spanking-new or certified classics. In the 13^th edition of Rap BNGRZ 🔥 (2023), we break down the banger status of 🎵 “HOPE” performed by 🎙 NF.

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“Nate, you’ve had a great run / But it’s time to / Give the people somethin’ different.” So, what exactly is rapper 🎙 NF (Nate Feuerstein) giving that is different? He is giving 🎵 “HOPE”, of course! “HOPE” marks the opening track and a single from his 2023 fifth studio album, also titled, 💿 HOPE.  Clearly, Feuerstein has been through a lot in his life, something he has been honest about on multiple albums.  There has been plenty of darkness that has troubled him.  “To be the greatest version of yourself, sometimes you got to be someone you’re not to hear the voice of reason.”  THAT PART! Nate Feuerstein is now embracing the light – hope as opposed to the pessimism!

Per the first verse of “HOPE,” NF asserts, “I done did things that I regret, I done said things I can’t take back / Was a lost soul at a crossroad who had no hope, but I changed that.” That is a win.  In the second verse, he is candid about mental health, and how it affected him: “Some would say having a mental breakdown is a negative thing / Which on one hand, I agree with / On the other hand, it was the push I needed.” Beyond those lyrical highlights, one of the best moments of “HOPE” comes on the outro, as the rapper gets “Thirty years” of various adversity, hardship, and negatives off his chest.  Ultimately, he has decided, “I’m taking the Reins.” Helping to fuel NF’s fire, of course, is production by himself, 🎛 Tommee Profitt and Jeff Sojka. 🎵 “HOPE” = positive, uplifting rap banger.  The music video is clever – incredibly dope!

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🎙 NF • 💿 HOPE • 🏷 NF Real Music, LLC • 🗓 2023

NF, “HOPE”: Rap BNGRZ 🔥 No. 13 (2023) [📷: Brent Faulkner/The Musical Hype; cottonbro studio via Pexels]