RAMONA PARK BROKE MY HEART Vince Staples

• 1 THE BEACH 01:07
• 2 AYE! (FREE THE HOMIES) 03:06
• 3 DJ QUIK 02:20
• 4 MAGIC 03:46
• 5 NAMELESS 00:48
• 6 WHEN SPARKS FLY 03:48
• 7 EAST POINT PRAYER 03:38
• 8 SLIDE 02:18
• 9 PAPERCUTS 03:01
• 10 LEMONADE 03:00
• 11 PLAYER WAYS 03:29
• 12 MAMA'S BOY 02:20
• 13 BANG THAT 02:40
• 14 THE SPIRIT OF MONSTER KODY 00:45
• 15 ROSE STREET 02:33
• 16 THE BLUES 02:22
• Total Runtime 41:01

Info zu RAMONA PARK BROKE MY HEART

Ramona Park Broke My Heart follows Staples’ 2021 critically acclaimed self-titled album that welcomed fans to his hometown (the Ramona Park neighborhood of Long Beach, CA) in addition to introducing personal friends and family. Entirely produced by Kenny Beats, Rolling Stone praised Staples’ for his “brilliantly concise songwriting” and “knack for combining brevity and sly wordplay” while Pitchfork called Staples and Beats “unstoppable forces” saying, “there’s fire to be found even in the duo’s quietest moments.” The project was hailed as one of the best albums of 2021 by the LOS ANGELES TIMES, BILLBOARD, NPR MUSIC, TIME, NME, COMPLEX, and THE FADER among others.

California rapper Vince Staples has never been one to hold back on the grisly details while painting a picture of life in his Long Beach hometown over the course of his career, and his fifth studio album Ramona Park Broke My Heart, named after the neighbourhood that he grew up in, feels more like a documentary than ever before. Many of the first Yelp reviews of the neighbourhood that you see are mostly positive, describing the boundless entertainment and amenities around, but most also draw reference to shootings and violence – a sentiment that Staples’ music mirrors. Throughout the project, it often feels like Staples and the listeners are collectively trying to have fun listening to some tunes at the beach, but the horrific reality of life in the city keeps interrupting. Eventually, it becomes commonplace.

With a shoutout to G-funk icon DJ Quik on one of the track’s titles, this is Staples at his most laid-back as he reflects the music that would have been popular as he was growing up in the area, abandoning his more aggressive and spastic flows and leaning harder into West Coast-styled pop-rap, old-school percussion and an emphasis on beachside vibes. The rubbery basslines and repetitive, infectious hooks often make it feel like Staples is aiming for a couple of radio hits while still trying to get his message out, but sprinkling in bars about violence affecting his most mundane daily decisions is highly effective in doing so. It gets to the point where we breathe a sigh of relief when a track ends in a series of loud pops, but they reveal themselves to be fireworks rather than gunshots. Staples has often been one of the genre’s biggest masters of mixing together party-starting rap bangers and an overhanging important message, and this might be his finest achievement yet in that area.

Vince Staples, rap vocals
Sean Matsukawa, additional keyboards, additional vocals, guitar, percussion (track 2)
Zack Sekoff, additional keyboards, keyboard arrangements, guitar, percussion (track 2)
Mustard, additional vocals (track 4) Nick Lee, horn (track 4)
Cory Henry, keyboards (track 4)
Dylan Wiggins, additional keyboards (track 5)
Reske, additional vocals (track 7)
Lil Baby, vocals (track 7)
Vision, additional vocals (track 8)
Ty Dolla Sign, rap vocals (track 10)
Nami, additional keyboards (track 11)

Vince Staples
ist ein mehrfach ausgezeichneter Musiker, Schauspieler und Autor, der dafür bekannt ist, seine geistreiche Persönlichkeit und seinen scharfen Sinn für Humor in seine Texte einfließen zu lassen. Vor Kurzem wurde seine Serie „The Vince Staples Show“, die er geschrieben, produziert und in der er die Hauptrolle gespielt hat, am 15. Februar auf Netflix veröffentlicht und erhielt begeisterte Kritiken. Die Serie, die in Long Beach spielt und lose auf seinem eigenen Leben basiert, ist eine frische neue Serie subversiver, satirischer Geschichten voller komödiantischer Spannung.

Auch musikalisch hat der in Long Beach geborenen Rapper Einiges vorzuweisen. 5 Studioalben veröffentlichte Vince Staples in den letzten Jahren. „Ramona Park Broke My Heart“, das weltweit auf Platz 1 bei Spotify und Platz 5 bei Apple Music debütierte, ist das aktuellste Album von Vince Staples, veröffentlicht im April 2022. Das Viertel Ramona Park in Long Beach liegt Vince sehr am Herzen, weshalb er es in vielen seiner Texte und sogar im Albumtitel verwendet. Nachdem er im Frühjahr 2022 mit Tyler the Creator durch Nordamerika tourte, veranstaltete Staples in Zusammenarbeit mit Amazon am 23. August 2022 in L.A. ein spezielles Live-Streaming-Event mit dem Titel „A Walk Through Ramona Park“, das Fans auf der ganzen Welt einen Einblick in den kreativen Prozess hinter seiner Musik geben sollte.

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