Chapter 2333 Gotham Music Festival (Sixty-Five)

Chapter 2326 Gotham Music Festival (Sixty-five)

Biggie and 2P have reconciled.

This news caused a great earthquake in the rap circle, just like when they broke up, countless media and gossip reporters heard the news, but their focus was not on how the two reconciled, but why the two broke up in the first place.

Both of them first said that the matter was a complete misunderstanding, and now they have taken an opportunity to investigate it clearly, but they also hinted that the matter at that time was not simple, and they might have been instigated by someone.

But when the reporters asked who did it, both of them began to remain silent, occasionally shaking their heads and sighing, which aroused countless fans' speculation.

But there was another person involved in this, a white rapper from the West Coast.

It was already strange for a white person to engage in rap, and this guy released an album when the two giants on the East and West Coast released single trailers. What's even more outrageous is that this album sold out.

Of course, the performance of this album is far inferior to the first works of the two giants, but this guy is a white man, and he has just debuted for a short time. No one cares about the first album, and the second album sells at this level, which is simply a miracle.

There is a song in this album called "Atlantis", which is the most important and most popular song in this album, but the melody is classical, showing a desperate gamble from the perspective of a desperate gambler.

The narrative plot of this song is not important. What is important is that it mentions that there was once a pair of brothers who jointly managed a glorious kingdom, but they turned against each other because of some contradictions. In the end, one of them died and the other was injured, and the kingdom sank into the sea.

When people only heard this, they thought it was a clichéd story of seizing power, but the song revealed at the end that someone on the land was laughing, and someone on the land was laughing crazily.

This is to imply that the brothers may have been instigated to cause the glorious kingdom to fall. Looking at this story alone, it is nothing, but if you connect it with the experience of Biggie and 2P, it is inevitable that people will think too much.

The decisive evidence appeared in Biggie's single, "Who Built the Wall?", which topped the Billboard charts that day, and then topped again, and then topped again.

People thought they would hear something about 2P in this single, because rappers are like this, you diss me, I respond to you, and most of the lyrics are attacking and abusive.

But this time it was different. Biggie used a sad tone to tell about his experience of being isolated from the white community when he was a child. This was also the first time this strong man mentioned his childhood.

When many black listeners heard about this experience, they even didn't understand why he brought it up. Isn't this normal? How could black people enter the white community?

Not to mention entering the community, in any public place, whether it is a bus or a smoking place, white people are sitting and black people are standing. This scene can be seen everywhere.

Black people are indeed not slaves now, they are just second-class citizens. Of course, poor black people are third and fourth class.

But Biggie explored this issue in depth in the second half of the lyrics. He believed that something isolated them, leaving them with no way out in this society, and then used various methods to make them think that the existence of this high wall was normal.

But he made a shocking cry that there should not be any high walls in this society. All walls were built by humans, between blacks and whites, between blacks and blacks, and between the poor and the poor.

Before the audience could react to what was going on, 2P's single came out - "The Audience Was in an Uproar". If you want to use one word to describe the popularity of this song, it would probably be "all over the country".

The structure of this song is somewhat similar to Biggie's, but it does not start from 2P's real perspective. Instead, it repeats in the chorus "One day, he stood in the crowd and said, I'm the same as you, and then the audience was in an uproar."

The lyrics repeatedly describe the expressions of the onlookers with delicate words and phrases, and add the author's own psychological description. From their expressions, we can see who they are. The ones who are horrified are the black people like him, the ones who are mocked are the successful ones among some black people, the ones who are shocked are the uneducated and stupid white people, and the ones who are angry are the successful ones among white people.

The lyrics are a bit too straightforward, but many black people speak out for this. They also did this when they were young, such as accidentally running into a white community, but were beaten up, and when they returned home, they didn't know why they were beaten, and their parents just shook their heads and said nothing.

When they encounter all kinds of unfair things in society, they say aggrievedly, what are the differences between us, but they get all kinds of mocking eyes, some from each other, and some from their companions.

This question has actually always existed in the hearts of many black people. As long as they express any dissatisfied opinions in public, many people, even their parents and friends, will say that it is not bad now, what else do you want.

In fact, they themselves are also thinking, what else do they want.

Going deeper, many people will point to the examples of successful black people, saying, "Look, aren't these black people successful too? So if you're not successful, isn't it because you didn't work hard enough?"

In many other countries, immigrants who want to seek equality are always ridiculed, which makes sense to a certain extent. After all, if it is not a country of immigrants, immigrants will rob the opportunities of the natives, and the natives are naturally unwilling to advocate equality, because this It was originally their land, their homeland, and the immigrants were the outsiders.

But the situation of black people in America is completely different. They don’t come here voluntarily at all. Why would black people appear in a land without black people? Then don’t we still have to ask white people?

Both of them pointed this out sharply in their songs. When black people are needed, they will be captured as slaves. When they are not needed, they will be thrown away somewhere. Giving them some food will also make them grateful. They are both lost. After losing their homeland and being bullied in a strange land, do they deserve it?

In fact, many black people in this era have not changed their minds, mainly because after the unremitting struggle of some people in the group, their situation is indeed much better than before.

In the past, it was a bit insulting to say that they were farm tools, but now they are at least considered individuals. In the past, it was not illegal for white people to kill black people, but now they no longer dare to blatantly kill or harm them. This can be considered an improvement.

In the midst of such slow progress, many black people have been paralyzed, thinking that there is nothing wrong with this? How can this be done?

And these two black singers unanimously put forward this point of view. Not only is this not feasible, it is very unacceptable. What else do we want? We want equality, we want freedom, and we want the price you have never paid for your mistakes and crimes.

This is too sharp.

So far, black people in the United States account for about 12% of the total population. Although it does not sound like a lot, black people are not evenly distributed in every state. New York and California on the east and west coast have the largest number, with a total of more than 6 million. These people are also The backbone of the black movement.

Because they live in the most developed states, even if they are Phoenix, their educational opportunities, vision and knowledge level are better than other black people, and they have more channels to speak out, and the east and west coasts have the strongest rap culture. , these two songs immediately resonated with many black people on the east and west coasts.

They alone were enough to make these two songs very popular. For a while, analysis of the lyrics of these two songs was popular in all major music media and forums.

"If they knew Gotham boy was white, they wouldn't explode." On the way to the concert, Jason said excitedly in the back seat.

"You know you're like an ostrich now?" Dick said.

"What do you mean? I didn't bury my head in the sand."

"You laid an egg and you didn't want others to know, but you also wanted others to know what a big egg you laid," Tim added.

"It's so relaxing not to have to hold Elsa." Dick sighed.

Now there are four of them in the car, Bruce drives, Dick sits in the passenger seat, Jason and Tim sit in the back seat. Usually, Jason sits in the passenger seat, and Dick sits in the back to hold Elsa.

"How many sweater straps did she eat?"

"Then you have to ask the toilet."

"Come on, she just eats and doesn't poop."

The car drove all the way to Bingshan Comprehensive Commercial Plaza.

After about a year, the commercial plaza invested and planned by Cobot has been put into use. Although only the first phase of the shopping mall has been built so far, and the subsequent supporting hotels and entertainment centers have not yet been completed, it has become a Gotham's hottest new business district, the surrounding land has increased more than tenfold.

Today's concert will also increase the popularity of the shopping mall. After the entire commercial center is completed, it will become the largest comprehensive commercial center on the east coast integrating entertainment, accommodation, catering, and shopping. It needs to be popular among tourists. fame.

Therefore, Copot also spent a lot of money to invite many stars to support the show. In addition to local stars in Gotham, there are also singers, actors, and basketball stars active on the East Coast, as well as rappers from the East and West coasts.

Tonight's concert is precisely because the singles of the two major rap giants on the east and west coasts have exploded. The two need an opportunity to show their live ability, and Cobot also needs their popularity, so the two parties have reached a cooperation. Tonight's concert The two of them were the finale of the concert, which heated up the atmosphere to the highest level.

Bruce's car turned a corner, and suddenly the cell phone beside him rang. He picked it up and said, "Hey, Amanda, oh, you've gone back, haven't you? What's the matter?"

Amanda seemed to say something very fast, and Bruce frowned more and more. After a while, he slowed down the car and stopped on the side of the road. The children very wisely said nothing and waited for Bruce to speak.

Bruce took a deep breath and exhaled it and said: "The concert may be dangerous, should I ask Alfred to take you back first?"

Bruce used questions, but the children didn't rush to refute him or yell no. Dick hesitated for a moment and then said: "What level of danger?"

"I just received news that a killer may have sneaked into the concert, but I don't know who it is and what level of killer it is."

"Who is the target?" Jason is most concerned about this question. If the target is Batman, he is absolutely in favor of letting Alfred come to pick them up immediately.

The biggest difference between the Robins in this universe and those in other universes is that they are busy with school and their fighting ability has not improved. However, those who are drowned are good at swimming. They don’t know how to fight and don’t think about fighting. When they encounter problems, their first reaction is to find Batman. When Batman has problems, their first reaction is to protect themselves and not cause trouble.

Bruce was still hesitating, but Tim said in disbelief: "Are you serious? There are Batman, Wonder Woman, at least a dozen Spider-Mans, Constantine, Zatanna, Pamela, and Iron Man, Captain America, Loki and others in this concert. Isn’t it the killer you should worry about?"

Everyone suddenly realized.

The Flash from the main universe in another car was wondering, "Where is Batman? We agreed to go to the concert together, why did he disappear again?"

Peter was typing in the back seat, saying, "Doesn't he disappear often? I'm used to it. After the festival, will you come to our place to play?"

"No, there's a war going on in our universe, so Wonder Woman and Superman didn't come. I don't know when Batman will come back, so I have to go back to help them send a message."

Just then, with a whoosh, a car passed by them. It was a completely illegal overtaking and very unsportsmanlike. The good-tempered Flash couldn't help but slap the steering wheel and shouted, "Hey, what are you doing!"

Who knew that a black and red head popped out of the car in front. Before the Flash could say anything, Peter stuck his head out of the window and shouted, "Wade! Are you going to the concert too?!!"