Sounds of the Melting Pot
2015 · Not On Label · Plantation, Florida
- Artist
- XXXTentacion
- Title
- Sounds of the Melting Pot
- Release
- Ice Hotel
- Year
- 2015
- Label
- Not On Label
- Format
- Digital · EP
- Language
- English
- Country
- Plantation, Florida, USA
- Genre
- Hip Hop · Hip Hop
- Primary theme
- Post-War
Annotation
Hip hop artist, born 23 January 1998 in Plantation, Florida, USA, died 18 June 2018 in Deerfield Beach, Florida, USA, shot dead at the age of 20 in a robbery at a motorcycle dealership. The song "Sounds of the Melting Pot" had an intro with sample of quotes from actors, with Elliott Gould saying "the irony is that most of the stores that were destroyed during the riots were owned by black people". This is followed by Edward Furlong, who said "why trash your own neighborhood?". Again, Elliott Gould replied that "it's an irrational act, it's like an expression of rage by people who feel neglected". Then Beverly D'Angelo provided the reference to the 1968 Chicago demonstrations outside Democratic National Convention, saying: "exactly, I mean it's like we had in Watts or the riots in Chicago in '68". But it concludes with Edward Norton saying: "I don't buy that for a minute....it's..an excuse...to go and loot a store, nothing more".
Annotation by Justin A. Brummer
Annotation — Rap / Hip Hop Songs
Hip hop artist, born 23 January 1998 in Plantation, Florida, USA, died 18 June 2018 in Deerfield Beach, Florida, USA, shot dead at the age of 20 in a robbery at a motorcycle dealership. The song "Sounds of the Melting Pot" had an intro with sample of quotes from actors, with Elliott Gould saying "the irony is that most of the stores that were destroyed during the riots were owned by black people". This is followed by Edward Furlong, who said "why trash your own neighborhood?". Again, Elliott Gould replied that "it's an irrational act, it's like an expression of rage by people who feel neglected". Then Beverly D'Angelo provided the reference to the 1968 Chicago demonstrations outside Democratic National Convention, saying: "exactly, I mean it's like we had in Watts or the riots in Chicago in '68". But it concludes with Edward Norton saying: "I don't buy that for a minute....it's..an excuse...to go and loot a store, nothing more"..
Annotation by Justin A. Brummer
About the artist
Born 23 January 1998, Plantation, Florida, USA. Died 18 June 2018, Deerfield Beach, Florida, USA