PFC Chapter 2326 Gotham Music Chapter (65)
Chapter 2326 Gotham Music Chapter (65)
Chapter 2326 Gotham Music Festival (Sixty-Five)
Biggie and 2Pac reconciled.
This news caused a huge earthquake in the rap circle, just like when they broke up, countless media and tabloid reporters heard the news, but their focus was not on how the two reconciled, but why they broke up in the first place.
Both of them first said that the incident was a complete misunderstanding, and now it has been investigated clearly, but they also hinted that the matter at that time was not simple, and they might have been instigated by someone.
But when reporters asked who did it, both of them became silent, occasionally shaking their heads and sighing, which aroused countless speculations from fans.
But there's another person involved, a white rapper from the West Coast.
It's already strange for a white person to do rap, but 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 like hotcakes.
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 was interested in his first album, and the second album sold 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 the album, but the melody is more 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 ran a glorious kingdom, but they turned against each other due to some conflicts. In the end, one died and the other was injured, and the kingdom sank into the sea.
When people only hear this part, they think it is a clichéd story of seizing power, but the song reveals at the end that someone on the land is laughing, someone on the land is laughing madly.
This implies that the brothers might have been instigated to separate, which led to the fall of their glorious empire. This story alone is nothing, but if you connect it with the experiences of Biggie and 2Pac, it is inevitable that people will think too much.
The decisive evidence came in Biggie's single, "Who Built the Wall?", which debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard charts that day, and then at No. 1, and then at No. 1, and then at No. 1.
People thought they would hear something about 2Pac in this single because that's how rappers are, you diss me and I respond to you, and most of the lyrics are attacks and insults.
But this time was different. Biggie used a sad tone to talk about his experience of being isolated from the white community as a child. This was also the first time the strong man mentioned his childhood.
When many black listeners heard about this experience, they didn't even understand why he brought it up. Isn't this perfectly normal? How could a black person enter a white community?
Not to mention entering the community, in any public place, whether it is a bus or a smoking area, white people are sitting and black people are standing. This scene can be seen everywhere.
Blacks are indeed no longer slaves now, they are just second-class citizens. Of course, poor blacks 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 and left 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 issued a shocking cry that there should not be any high walls in this society. All walls are artificially built between blacks and whites, between blacks and blacks, and between the poor and the poor.
Before the audience could react to what was happening, 2Pac's single came out - "Outcry". If you had to use one word to describe how popular this song was, 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 2Pac's real perspective. Instead, the chorus repeats "One day, he stood in the crowd and said, I'm just like you, and the whole audience was in an uproar."
The lyrics repeatedly describe the expressions of the onlookers with delicate words and phrases, and include the author's own psychological description. From their expressions, one can tell who they are: those who are horrified are black people like him, those who are mocked are some successful black people, those who are shocked are some uneducated and stupid white people, and those who are angry are the successful white people.
The lyrics are a bit too straightforward, but many black people have spoken out about it. They also did this kind of thing when they were young, such as accidentally running into a white community and being beaten. After returning 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 is the difference between us? But in return they get all kinds of mocking looks, some from each other and some from their peers.
This question has actually always existed in the minds of many black people. As long as they express any dissatisfied opinions in public, many people, even their parents and friends, will say that the current situation is good enough and what else do they want.
In fact, they themselves are also wondering what else 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 some extent. After all, if it is not an immigration country, immigrants will rob the local people of their opportunities, and the local people will naturally be unwilling to promote equality because this is their land and their home, and immigrants are outsiders.
But the situation of black people in America is completely different. They did not come here voluntarily. Why would black people appear on a land where there are no black people? Don't we have to ask the white people?
Both of them pointed out this point sharply in their songs: when black people are needed, they are captured and made slaves; when they are not needed, they are just dumped somewhere and given some food to eat, and they are even grateful. Not only have they lost their homes, but they are also being bullied in a strange land. Do they deserve it?
In fact, many black people of this era have not changed their mind, mainly because after the unremitting struggle of some people in the group, their situation is indeed much better than before.
In the past, calling them farm tools was an insult, but now at least they are considered human beings. In the past, it was not illegal for white people to kill black people, but now at least they dare not kill or injure them openly. This can be considered progress.
In this slow progress, many black people have become numb, thinking that there is nothing wrong with this. What exactly does it take to be considered successful?
These two black singers have come up with the same view: this is not only not acceptable, it is very unacceptable. What else do we want? We want equality, we want freedom, we want what you have never paid for, and we should pay the price for your past 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, blacks are not evenly distributed in every state. New York and California on the east and west coasts have the largest number of blacks, totaling more than 600 million. These people are also the backbone of the black movement.
Because they live in the most developed states, even if they are the last in the pack, they have greater educational opportunities, vision and knowledge levels than other black people, and they have more channels to express their opinions. The East and West Coasts are places with the richest rap culture, so these two songs immediately resonated with many black people on the East and West Coasts.
They alone were enough to make the two songs very popular. For a while, all major music media and forums were filled with analyses of the lyrics of the two songs.
"If they knew the Gotham kid was white, they would be furious." Jason said excitedly in the back seat on the way to the concert.
"You know you're like an ostrich right now?" Dick said.
"What do you mean? It's not like I have my head buried in the sand."
"You lay an egg and don't want anyone to know, but you also want others to know how big an egg you laid," Tim added.
"It's so relaxing not having to hold Elsa," Dick said with emotion.
Now there are four of them in the car, Bruce is driving, Dick is sitting on the passenger seat, Jason and Tim are sitting in the back seat. Usually Jason always sits on the passenger seat, and Dick sits in the back and holds Elsa.
"How many of your sweatshirt 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 personally planned by Cobblepot has been put into use. Although only the first phase of the shopping center has been built so far and the subsequent supporting hotels and entertainment centers have not yet been completed, it has become Gotham’s hottest new business district, and the surrounding land has soared more than tenfold.
Today's concert is also to increase the popularity of the shopping center. After the entire commercial center is completed, it will become the largest comprehensive commercial center on the East Coast that integrates entertainment, accommodation, catering, and shopping. It is very necessary to make a name for itself among tourists.
So Cobblepot spent a lot of money to invite many celebrities 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 being held precisely because of the hit singles of the two rap giants from the East and West Coasts. The two needed a chance to show their live ability, and Cobert also needed the popularity of the two, so the two sides reached a cooperation to have the two be the finale of tonight's concert and to heat up the atmosphere to the hottest level.
Bruce's car turned a corner, and suddenly the phone beside him rang. He picked it up and said, "Hello, Amanda, oh, you've gone home, right? What's the matter?"
Amanda seemed to be speaking very quickly, and Bruce's brows were getting more and more furrowed. After a while, he slowed down the car and stopped on the side of the road. The children were very tactful and said nothing, waiting for Bruce to speak.
Bruce took a deep breath and exhaled, then said, "It might be dangerous at the concert. Should I ask Alfred to pick you up first?"
Bruce used a question, but the kids didn't rush to refute him or shout 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 it is not clear who the killer is or what level he is."
"Who is the target?" This was the question Jason was most concerned about. If the target was Batman, he would definitely agree to let Alfred pick them up immediately.
The biggest difference between the Robins in this universe and those in other universes is that they are only busy with school, and their fighting skills have basically not improved. However, those who are said to have drowned are all good at swimming, and they basically don't know how to fight, so they don't even think about fighting. When encountering problems, their first reaction is to find Batman, and when Batman has problems, their first reaction is to protect themselves quickly 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-Men, Constantine, Zatanna, Pamela, and Iron Man, Captain America, Loki and others from another universe at this concert. Isn't it the killer you should be worried 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 away in the back seat, saying, "Doesn't he disappear quite often? I'm used to it. After the festival is over, do you want to come over to our place and play?"
"No, there's a war going on in our universe, so Wonder Woman and Superman are not here. And I don't know when Batman will come back. I have to go back and help them send the message."
At this moment, 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 a black and red head popped out of the car in front, and before the Flash could say anything, Peter stuck his head out of the window and shouted, "Wade! Are you going to the concert too?!"
(End of this chapter)