{"id":648230,"date":"2025-01-07T17:05:15","date_gmt":"2025-01-07T14:05:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/rap-blog-liangelo-balls-tweaker-is-the-rap-nostalgia-were-missing\/"},"modified":"2025-01-07T17:05:15","modified_gmt":"2025-01-07T14:05:15","slug":"rap-blog-liangelo-balls-tweaker-is-the-rap-nostalgia-were-missing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/rap-blog-liangelo-balls-tweaker-is-the-rap-nostalgia-were-missing\/","title":{"rendered":"#Rap Blog: LiAngelo Ball\u2019s \u201cTweaker\u201d is the rap nostalgia we\u2019re missing"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_84 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-6a27666570842\" 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-6a27666570842\" 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-liangelo-balls-tweaker-is-the-rap-nostalgia-were-missing\/#The_professional_basketball_players_viral_new_song_is_NBA_Live_pristine_Air_Force_1s_and_AND1_Mixtapes\" >The professional basketball player\u2019s viral new song is NBA Live, pristine Air Force 1s, and AND1 Mixtapes.<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h2 class=\"deck\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"The_professional_basketball_players_viral_new_song_is_NBA_Live_pristine_Air_Force_1s_and_AND1_Mixtapes\"><\/span>The professional basketball player\u2019s viral new song is <i>NBA Live<\/i>, pristine Air Force 1s, and AND1 Mixtapes.<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-266530\" 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>    <iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"GELO - Tweaker (Official Audio)\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/F2MdybKPqfE?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><script>\n \/\/trackYouTubeVideo('266530');\n<\/script><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-266534\" 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>\n            <i>Rap Blog is a weekly showcase of a standout rap song.<br \/><\/i>\n          <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-266535\" 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<div class=\"\" style=\"padding-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 20px; text-align: left;\">\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-266531\" 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>\n            It\u2019s summer break 2001. You\u2019re ten years old and at your grandparents\u2019 house, watching TV, trying to savor the last remaining days of their trial cable subscription. When they\u2019re in the room, it\u2019s all cartoons and courtroom TV; when they leave, you dial in the digits for BET, hoping to catch a few seconds of a music video block. This channel and its risque videos are banned in your grandparents\u2019 home and your mom isn\u2019t enthusiastic about them right now either, having grounded you for destroying the family computer by <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">download<\/a>ing a virus with the uncensored version of Nelly\u2019s \u201cTip Drill\u201d video. But for a minute or two, you hear a portion of the song that could soundtrack your days before returning to school: <i>\u201dI might swerve on that corner, whoa-OH-oh.\u201d<\/i>\n          <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-266532\" 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>\n            Memories of rap culture around the turn of the millennium like this one flooded the internet soon after <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_new\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/gelo\/?hl=en\">LiAngelo Ball<\/a> first previewed his song \u201cTweaker.\u201d A professional basketball player and son of Big Baller Brand CEO LaVar Ball, LiAngelo didn\u2019t im<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">media<\/a>tely seem like the athlete capable of crossing over to rap success. But when he previewed the song in late December during a stream with trollish internet personality N3ON, the hook grabbed viewers attention: It\u2019s a mixture of Rob49-esque Hot Boyz revival but Ball\u2019s vocal performance \u2014 imagine Nate Dogg if he were a member of the St. Lunatics \u2014 unlocks a vein of nostalgia that rap at large has overlooked.\n          <\/p>\n<p>\n            \u201cTweaker\u201d is <i><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_new\" href=\"https:\/\/vm.tiktok.com\/ZMkyU6cEj\/\">NBA Live<\/a><\/i>, pristine Air Force 1s, and <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_new\" href=\"https:\/\/vm.tiktok.com\/ZMkyUjrNb\/%20\">AND1 Mixtapes<\/a>. It\u2019s the soundtrack for a touchdown in Madden, but also the sweaty, anxious, slightly smelly gymnasium that hosted your first school dance. For rap fans of a certain age, it brings back an era with near-tactile precision; for younger ones who don\u2019t remember the specifics, it turns those memories into an enviable aesthetic. <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_new\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2024\/07\/21\/recession-pop-explained-how-music-collides-with-economic-trends.html\">In 2024, \u201crecession pop\u201d found an audience<\/a>; in 2025, \u201cTweaker\u201d might lead the charge for a resurgence of rap you once heard on the most popular countdown shows and <i>Now That\u2019s What I Call Music<\/i> compilations: Call it TRL rap.\n          <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-266533\" 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>\n            The rest of \u201cTweaker\u201d doesn\u2019t sustain the momentum of its viral excerpt. Ball\u2019s verses shift from the hook\u2019s fun FUBU-colored vibes to more grim and violent platitudes that feel more like Ball is checking boxes than creating something true. But that doesn\u2019t matter in today\u2019s rap landscape; a snippet is enough to fuel a massive hit, and \u201cTweaker\u201d\u2019s may be enough to send the public at large scrambling for as many three-packs of oversized white tees as they can order.\n          <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"author\">\n    <span><br \/>\n      By <span class=\"credit_name\">Jordan Darville<\/span><br \/>\n  <\/span><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><script async src=\"\/\/www.tiktok.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\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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