Yugen Blakrok & Kanif The Jhatmaster - Pedestal
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🗓️ 14 March 2022
⏱️ 4 minutes
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Summary
Yugen Blakrok & Kanif The Jhatmaster - "Pedestal," a 2022 single on I.O.T. Records.
Hailing from the Eastern Cape, rapper Yugen Blackrok shot to stardom with her 2013 debut album Return of the Astro-Goth, landing three nominations in the South African Hip-Hop Awards for Best Lyricist, Best Newcomer, and Best Female Artist. Here in the States, she was a stand-out on 2018's Black Panther: The Album, appearing on the track "Opps" alongside heavy-hitters Kendrick Lamar and Vince Staples. Earlier this year, she returned with the single "Pedestal," which finds her reunited with long-time producer Kanif the Jhatmaster. In a press release, she states:
Concepts. Idols. Civilizations. We build and we destroy. ‘Pedestal’ is about building oneself and breaking the mould. Growing, expanding and still remaining true to the spark. The pedestal is a physical framework for the senses. Civilization after civilization, it carries the weight of great symbols and the foundation of cultural and social edifices.
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| 0:00.0 | Every pet is dull, crumbles and decays like all madder dust, When expectation is a prison with nowhere to run, I refuse to be fed a dull, cold as a higher gun, blazing the morning like a rising sun, weather run out, I fit the existing image, it's all 9s and 6s, what if I'm dead, I'm dead, I'm dead, I'm dead, I'm dead, I'm dead, I'm dead, I'm dead, I'm dead, I'm dead, I'm dead, I'm dead, I'm dead, I'm dead, I'm dead, I'm dead, I'm dead, I'm dead, I'm dead, I'm dead, I'm dead, I'm dead, I'm dead, I'm dead, |
| 0:30.0 | I'm blind, I'm blind, I'm blind, I'm blind, I'm blind, I'm blind, I'm blind, I'm blind, I'm blind, I'm blind, I'm blind, I'm blind, I'm blind, I'm blind, I'm blind, I'm blind, I'm blind, I'm blind, I'm blind, I'm blind, I'm blind, I'm blind, I'm blind, I'm blind, I'm blind, I'm blind, I'm blind, I'm blind, I'm blind, I'm blind, I'm blind, I'm blind, I'm blind, I'm blind, I'm blind, I'm blind, I'm blind, I'm blind, I'm blind, I'm blind, I'm blind, I'm blind, I'm blind, I'm blind, I'm blind, I'm blind, I'm blind, I'm blind, I'm blind, I'm blind, I'm blind, I'm blind, I'm blind, I'm blind, I'm blind, I'm blind |
| 1:00.0 | I'm blind, I'm blind, I'm blind, I'm blind, I'm blind, I'm blind |
| 1:30.0 | I'm blind, I'm blind, I'm blind, I'm blind, I'm blind, I'm blind, I'm blind, I'm blind, I'm blind, I'm blind, I'm blind, I'm blind, I'm blind, I'm blind, I'm blind, I'm blind, I'm blind, I'm blind, I'm blind, I'm blind, I'm blind, I'm blind, I'm blind, I'm blind, I'm blind, I'm blind, I'm blind, I'm blind, I'm blind, I'm blind, I'm blind, I'm blind, I'm blind, I'm blind, I'm blind, I'm blind, I'm blind, I'm blind, I'm blind, I'm blind, I'm blind, I'm blind, I'm blind, I'm blind, I'm blind, I'm blind, I'm blind, I'm blind, I'm blind, I'm blind, I'm blind, I'm blind, I'm blind, I'm blind, I'm blind, I |
| 2:00.0 | 'm blind, I'm blind, I'm blind, I'm blind, |
| 2:30.0 | Don't break me down |
| 2:33.4 | Build me up |
| 2:34.8 | Don't break me down |
| 2:36.0 | Said you could build me up |
| 2:38.0 | Not break me down |
| 2:39.2 | Said you could build me up |
| 2:41.2 | Not break me down |
| 2:42.8 | Don't break me down |
| 2:46.2 | Build me up |
| 2:47.6 | Don't break me down |
| 2:48.8 | Said you could build me up |
| 2:50.8 | Not break me down |
| 2:52.0 | Said you could build me up |
| 2:54.0 | Not break me down |
| 2:55.6 | Don't break me down |
| 3:00.0 | Don't break me down |
| 3:01.6 | Don't break me down |
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