Tye Motives - 24 Blessings [EP]
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I mean, where... the f*ck... should I... really even start? *Drake voice* Tye Motives with the Tupac smile is back again with yet another hit EP. This is showing us a whole new side of Tye Motives and it just got a lot more personal. “Coming from Milwaukee, WI artist Tye Motives delivers a tribute EP titled “24 Blessings.” In this EP, Tye showcases his elite lyricism mixed with melodic flows for a vibe you won’t forget.”
So let’s talk about it.
The chill flow rapper starts us off with Windows97. In this song he’s talking about a lot of different things. He’s talking about his grind, the type of dude he is, his background, the city, it’s essentially an intro-freestyle. He’s setting up what we are to expect with the rest of the EP. If I had to take a wild guess, I would say that the title of the song is making a reference to an old controversial update of the infamous Windows 97 (which some argued never existed) but I could be looking way too deep into this so let’s keep it moving.
Get You Right is hilarious but it’s not supposed to be. It’s such a great song but what makes it hilarious is the voicemail hater on the intro. We not gon’ waste a lot of characters on her but what I will say is that the voicemail here is necessary. You’re going to have haters. There’s people who don’t want you to succeed. You have to step on their necks and don’t let up. In her words, “period.” It’s that interpersonal moment on the EP that Tye shares with his audience. It’s like the “before I do my thang, listen to what I have to deal with… anyways.” He wastes no time disregarding whatever she is talking about with the line “I make you nervous how I get you right, huh, aye, shit ain't perfect but it’s feeling right. Yeah I’m on my mack who you with tonight, shawty super bad, I can't let her be the kryptonite.” That’s super self-explanatory. He goes on to talk about how carefully he maneuvers around people ‘cause you never really know what people be on. He talks about his trust with other people and how you really have to be careful about who you’re calling your friend because people really don’t have your best interest. All you have at the end of the day is yourself. Yeah… this def gettin’ added to the library. Wild Things slows the tempo down. This is more of a dreamy sound but then here comes the bass. Perfect. He starts off with one of the last lines of the previous track. “Things get wild where the wild things are, say you got dreams lil n*gga dream far, yeen’ gotta leave the city just to see stars. We ain’t tryna be great [like] lil n*gga we are.” In this song, he talks about looking past the things around you. Just because things aren’t too spiffy around you doesn’t mean you have to give in to it. We all have choices. He’s “seeing fiends out his window” so his choice happened to be “pen or pistol?” Nice, niiice. The track “Mo Where You Been?” is very generous with the bass and airy keys. Tye comes out the gate spitting for this interlude and he barely gives us time to catch up--which is good marketing because guess what? You have to restart it. How fast is he going? Find out. Stream the song, goofy. Light in the Dark is nicely produced. It’s two different flows but the second flow really had me nodding. He takes us on a journey through his thinking process but leaves us hanging a little--which is intentional. All she wanna do is smoke Doja. Light one and get high is the message. It’s another soft and dreamy track. It’s definitely what you would call “a smokers’ song” but we are not putting him in a box. He’s talking to a girl for most of the song so that’s interesting that the vibe is changing from the previous voicemail. There’s redemption with someone else and I'm here for it. He defines “Recouping” within the first couple bars. This is another Wiz Khalifa “Rolling Papers” type beat. “24 Blessings one of them is them knowing my name. 24 Blessings is me seeing my son through these rays. 24 Blessings don't compare me, we never the same.” Although alliteration and repetitiveness is one of the many themes of the EP, this part is super important. Tye is calling attention to the title and message of the entire project so listen closely here. Finally we have “Mind, Spirit & Body.” The beat is like a churchy trap beat and I'm feeling it. “I took some time to get shit right and concentrated on hobbies. And now my spirit feelin’ light. I guess I'm feeling Godly.” TAKE ‘EM TO CHURCH TYE. They ain’t ready bro! There’s another switch up in the flow and beat, man. He’s really goin’ nuts. Can’t even lie to you. He lets us go with his iconic laugh and one last point: This track was a freestyle.
Tye Motives takes us on a journey inside his life and even in his head. He opens the door and shows us how he’s coming this year. This year is you, T. Take it. Keep going. Don’t stop. We’re listening and we hear you. Make everybody feel you by all means necessary. You even have a tiny human looking up to you now, what more do you need.
As always, it’s always love here at CopyWrite Magazine. Check out the artist of the week, Tye Motives! “24 Blessings” is streaming on all platforms so y’all knooow what to do. Stream, follow, subscribe--all det. My dawg!
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