{"id":28583,"date":"2018-12-07T20:24:49","date_gmt":"2018-12-07T20:24:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thevoiceoflondon.co.uk\/?p=28583"},"modified":"2018-12-07T20:24:49","modified_gmt":"2018-12-07T20:24:49","slug":"xxxtentacionreleasesskins","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/thevoiceoflondon\/xxxtentacionreleasesskins\/","title":{"rendered":"XXXTentacion releases critically appraised album &#8211; &#8216;Skins&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>The controversial rapper, XXXTentacion released his first posthumous album titled <\/b><i style=\"font-weight: bold\">Skins <\/i><b>today. And has received\u00a0nothing but praise.<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The rapper who was shot and killed in Florida in June 2018, whilst awaiting his trial for seven different criminal charges, began working on the album which he shared on Instagram long before his death. The project contains ten tracks, with notable singles such as <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Bad <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">and <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">One Minute <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">featuring Kanye West. He is also expected to feature on Ye\u2019s upcoming album <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Yandhi<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/twitter.com\/TeamKanyeDaily\/status\/1070912103572234240<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The album extends over 19 minutes and continues to demonstrate X\u2019s artistic diversity, from trap style singles like <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Bad <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">and <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">I Don\u2019t Let Go <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">to melancholic songs like <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">One Minute <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">and <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Staring At The Sky<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, an element which he is notable and celebrated\u00a0for during his rap career. The album highlights the themes of the inner-self, whether it be depression or the struggle of finding love, X delivers this message in a unique and charismatic dialect.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">XXXtentacion helped me through one of my darkest times and his anger, pain, depression, and overall personality as relatable in a time where I thought I was alone. Long live my king. Fuck the rest. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/SKINS?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#SKINS<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; brazehan (@brazehan) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/brazehan\/status\/1070917604997353472?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 7, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The genre of hip-hop has increasingly evolved since its creation in 1979 New York. With new sub-genres developing such as emo rap, trap and even rap (which many avid fans argue is a form of popular hip-hop) has allowed for the emergence of interesting artists like X who continue to embody the evolution of this highly popular genre of music.<\/span><\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 953px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/c1.staticflickr.com\/1\/891\/42878936032_b8e910e7ed_b.jpg\" alt=\"Image result for xxxtentacion\" width=\"943\" height=\"705\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">A memorial held for XXXTentacion soon after his unfortunate death.<\/p><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The rapper however was no stranger to controversy, he was aware of his troubled past dating from 2013-14 when he was sent to a juvenile detention facility for a gun possession charge, which he served nine months for. As well as that, he was arrested in 2015 for his robbery and assault charges which he spent under house arrest. <\/span><\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/twitter.com\/ethxnvro\/status\/1070911453002006529<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">However, the abuse towards his ex-girlfriend became the main focus of his controversial career. He was arrested and charged in October 2016 for aggravated battery against a pregnant woman, domestic strangulation, false imprisonment and witness tampering. He plead not guilty for these charges. Seven new charges were added to the case including new degrees of witness tampering and witness harassment. If convicted, he could of faced decades in prison, according to TMZ.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Although much controversy caused the rapper to lose out on a variety of different record deals, he did attempt to impact his audience outside of the music. He announced on Instagram in 2017 that he would donate $100,000 to domestic-prevention programmes.<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_28663\" style=\"width: 750px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-28663\" class=\"size-large wp-image-28663\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/thevoiceoflondon\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/64\/2018\/12\/Screen-Shot-2018-12-07-at-15.10.05-1024x724.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"740\" height=\"523\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-28663\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The report released by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/zackomalleygreenburg\/2018\/10\/31\/the-highest-paid-dead-celebrities-of-2018\/#6fa135e7720c\">Forbes<\/a>.<\/p><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">His impact on the music industry post mortem continues to flourish to new levels of success for the artist. After his death, Amazon reported a 700,000% increase of sales towards his music. He reappeared on Amazon\u2019s Movers &amp; Shakers List, which measures the largest amount of sales over the last 24 hours. As well as this, <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Forbes Magazine <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">reported X\u2019s earnings to be over $11 million since his death, with over 4 billion streams, placing him No. 11 on the list of highest earning dead celebrities amongst the likes of Michael Jackson, The Beatles and many more iconic figures.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Words: Luke Furr | Subbing: Jake Woods\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The controversial rapper, XXXTentacion released his first posthumous album titled Skins today. And has received\u00a0nothing but praise. 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