Guest blogger: Steve 1

Gerald “G-Eazy” Gillum born on May 24, 1989 In Oakland, California is an American rapper, songwriter, and producer whose career started in 07’. Since then he has released six mixtapes, 3 EPs, before releasing his hit album “These Things Happen” on June 23, 2014. Listening to the album for the first time, during the summer, without knowing anything about the young artist, I found myself nodding my head to some of his songs, thinking it had an Eminem mixed with Macklemore feel to it. His music varies from the stories of how he parties constantly to the seriousness of how he is always working to get where he is, that feature many of his songs. For instance, in the song “Let’s get lost” featuring Devin Baldwin, the lyrics “Beautiful girl that I just met on tour, another good girl that I’ll probably destroy” implies that the Young artist has many young girls chasing after him and are always at his disposal. This is memorable because the word choice “destroy” references the obvious and implies that he is destroying the individual emotionally because they get attached. On the other hand, in the song “Almost famous” a single by G-Eazy, the lyrics “Always on tour cause I’m making cheese, Michigan in February is 8 degrees, and the fans outside could maybe freeze” tells us that he’s always working to pay the bills, and his fans are so loyal that they’re waiting in the freezing cold just to hear him perform. This lyric is memorable because since G-Eazy is from Oakland, he doesn’t like the cold in anyway, but to pay his bills he’d perform in the freezing cold. “His album “These Things Happen” debuted at #3 outselling media dominating Phish, Riff Raff, and Ab-soul, and his concerts sell out across the country. Yet the outlets that generally cover hip-hop don’t cover him, and he has yet to see a print from a major magazine” (RollingStone). I agree with this statement, but I also think that in the near future he will have his big break. My overall opinion about Gerald “G-Eazy” Gillum is that he is a dedicated young rapper that is currently rising to fame, and will soon be no longer “Almost Famous”.