| 词条 | Road to the Riches (song) | ||||
| 释义 |
| name = Road to the Riches | cover = Road to the Riches single.jpg | alt = | type = single | artist = Kool G Rap & DJ Polo | album = Road to the Riches | A-side = Road to the Riches | B-side = Butcher Shop | released = 1988 | format = 12-inch single, 7-inch single | recorded = 1988 | studio = | venue = | genre = East coast hip hop, golden age hip hop, hardcore hip hop | length = 4:48 | label = Cold Chillin', Warner Bros. | writer = Marlon Williams, Nathaniel Wilson | producer = Marley Marl | prev_title = Poison | prev_year = 1988 | next_title = Truly Yours | next_year = 1989 }} "Road to the Riches" is the second single from American hip hop duo Kool G Rap & DJ Polo's 1989 debut album Road to the Riches. It was released as a single with "Butcher Shop" as a B-side and later also featured on the compilation albums Killer Kuts (1994), The Best of Cold Chillin' (2000), Greatest Hits (2002) and The Best of Kool G Rap & DJ Polo (2013). BackgroundThe song is semi-autobiographic, rags-to-riches tale, with the first two verses detailing Kool G Rap's youth living in poverty and his life before becoming a successful rapper. The third and final verse warns of the dangers of living a life of crime. In a 2014 interview, G Rap stated that some parts of the song were true, such as him working a low-paying job in a Key Food supermarket and selling crack cocaine, while others, such as his father being a drug dealer, were fictional.[1] Music video"Road to the Riches" was Kool G Rap & DJ Polo's first music video. The video begins with G Rap sitting with his young nephew on his lap, and the boy tells him, "Uncle G Rap, when I grow up, I want to be a rapper and a gangster, just like you". G Rap discourages him, however, saying "no, no, see, you can be a rapper but can't be a gangster. You don't want to be a gangster". The next scene is in media res and shows Kool G Rap & DJ Polo in a courtroom being sentenced by a judge. The rest of the video depicts them as powerful drug dealers, committing various violent crimes, before they are arrested in an undercover police sting and the video ends again with the courtroom scene, as they are led away to prison. Use in mediaThe song was featured on the 2004 video game San Andreas soundtrack, playing on the fictional old school hip hop station Playback FM. Samples"Road to the Riches" samples the following songs:[2]
And was later sampled on:
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References1. ^Kool G Rap Breaks Down His 25 Most Essential Songs 2. ^Road to the Riches at Who Sampled 3. ^Kool G Rap & Billboard External links
12 : 1988 singles|Kool G Rap songs|Songs written by Marley Marl|Songs written by Kool G Rap|Hardcore hip hop songs|Songs about crime|Songs about drugs|Songs about poverty|1988 songs|Song recordings produced by Marley Marl|Cold Chillin' Records singles|Warner Bros. Records singles |
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