{"id":614858,"date":"2024-03-29T20:52:44","date_gmt":"2024-03-29T17:52:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/rap-blog-lexa-gates-and-ale-araya-smooth-things-over\/"},"modified":"2024-03-29T20:52:44","modified_gmt":"2024-03-29T17:52:44","slug":"rap-blog-lexa-gates-and-ale-araya-smooth-things-over","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/rap-blog-lexa-gates-and-ale-araya-smooth-things-over\/","title":{"rendered":"#Rap Blog: Lexa Gates and Al\u00e9 Araya smooth things over"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a35b225f2e1a\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a35b225f2e1a\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/rap-blog-lexa-gates-and-ale-araya-smooth-things-over\/#The_Queens_rapper_busts_through_the_stuffy_siloed_world_of_backpack_rap_with_her_new_song\" >The Queens rapper busts through the stuffy, siloed world of backpack rap with her new song.<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h2 class=\"deck\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"The_Queens_rapper_busts_through_the_stuffy_siloed_world_of_backpack_rap_with_her_new_song\"><\/span>The Queens rapper busts through the stuffy, siloed world of backpack rap with her new song.<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"content_blocks\">\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-260941\" class=\"content_block paragraph video triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left center_align\">\n<div class=\"content_inner_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"media_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"video_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"fluid-width-video-wrapper\" style=\"padding-top: 56.25%;\">\n<p>    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=PFKrv2GuFPw\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=PFKrv2GuFPw%0A<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><script>\n \/\/trackYouTubeVideo('260941');\n<\/script><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-260940\" class=\"content_block paragraph text triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left center_align\">\n<div class=\"content_inner_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"paragraph_wrapper center_align\">\n<p>            <i>Rap Blog is a weekly showcase of a standout rap song.<\/i><\/p>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"padding-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 20px; text-align: left;\">\n<\/div>\n<p>            The fervent backpack traditions of New York underground rap can often produce a bit of a boy\u2019s club, a fiercely gate-kept world in which any woman who dares show her face is im<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">media<\/a>tely put on the witness stand and asked to name her five favorite Canibus verses. But anyone who has spent any real time in New York knows that women in this city \u2014 especially those irrepressibly bad bitches who are <i>from<\/i> New York \u2014 are usually tougher than the men, always on guard and prepared to cut anyone who breathes too hard. <\/p>\n<p>            Queens native Lexa Gates embodies that sense of feminine grit, her face shielded by a mask of intensely winged eyeliner. But beneath the husky voice and the no-bullshit demeanor, the tough-as-nails MC lays her tender heart bare, confessing her sins over a soulfully blunted beat. There\u2019s a sense of classy elegance to the sultry production, the kind of lightly jazzy beat built to be performed by a live ensemble at a Tiny Desk Concert, as well as the effortlessly confident way Gates carries herself. But her lyrics slowly expose a more fragile side, as she tries to convince herself that she\u2019s as tough as everyone else believes her to be. Vocalist Al\u00e9 Araya descends like a visiting angel, embodying the softness and sensitivity that Lexa Gates struggles to embrace herself. <\/p>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"padding-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 20px; text-align: left;\">\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"author\">\n    <span><br \/>\n      By <span class=\"credit_name\">Nadine Smith<\/span><br \/>\n  <\/span><\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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