Recently, the song “Moment 4 Life” by Nicki Manaj featuring Drake has been playing frequently on the radio. Nicki, a talented new hip-hop artist, shows her skills in both singing and rapping in this new single. Although her style is mainly rapping, she proves the media that she is capable of singing also. She sings the chorus with great passion. You can feel her expression of life, and can be easily inspired when she sings “This is my moment I waited all my life, I can tell it's time. Drifting away I'm one with the sunset…” (starting at 3:35 of the song). Her singing is impressive, especially knowing that she is a rapper. She is a natural singer and also a talented rapper.
Through her rapping, she makes strong statements throughout the song, given her experience. She claims to be a king in the beginning of the song: “In this very moment I’m king”. This statement of hers is one of power creating a superiority/inferiority complex between hers and her listeners. She also replaces herself with David from the bible saying, “In this very moment I slayed Goliath with a sling”. Here, she claims to be David, challenging the words of the bible by substituting herself, which is going against religion and also breaks through politically correct barriers that other mainstream rappers follow. Her lyrics and style are very risky for the public radio, but expresses strong words that define the meaning of life through her eyes.
For simplicity of listening to this song, here is the “Moment 4 Life” music video below:
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