Within a few years of uploading his first clips, the singer and songwriter landed a deal with Def Jam that yielded the platinum single 'I Luv This Shit' (2013) and a number two hit debut album, Testimony (2014). Kudos to August for combining these two hits to make a gangsta ballad. August Alsina has drawn from an unstable and tragic upbringing to record some of the grittiest contemporary R&B of the 2010s and 2020s. representer melodically flips the lyrics to two rap favorites, “Project Chicks” and Drake’s “I’m So Proud of You.” August turns Mannie Fresh and Lil’ Wayne’s raps into sweet sounding R&B verses and puts his own twist on Drake’s sing-songy verse. You can’t help but sing along as he reminisces about his days on the grind with his closest confidants while the haters lurked. This track is an obvious ode to his Day One homies.

He also reflects on how the violence once hit too close to home when his older brother was shot and killed in their hometown. No Love August Alsina featuring Nicki Minaj. His life was heading nowhere fast as he dropped out of high school and indulged in crime and lean sippin’ on a regular basis. On the opening track of his EP, Downtown: Life Under the Gun, August breaks down what life was like living at what he describes as “the bottom.” Through all his rough times (he was once homeless as a teen), the singer almost lost his faith but knew things couldn’t get any worse.Īugust gives a raw account of what it was like growing up in downtown New Orleans.

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