-
Subscribe
now to receive all the new
music
Napoleon Da Legend creates,
including
46 back-catalog releases,
delivered instantly to you via the Bandcamp app for iOS and Android.
You’ll also get access to
subscriber-only
exclusives like this track.
Learn more.
about
Producer Amerigo Gazaway and Napoleon Da Legend flex their creative chemistry on a new collaborative project, “The World Changed”.
Connecting on the outset of the Covid pandemic, the duo’s rapper-producer formula showcases NDL’s introspective lyricism while highlighting Gazaway’s growth and evolution as a beatsmith.
“Amerigo and I connected in a time of great turmoil and change both on a planetary scale but also on a personal scale in both our lives. His ear for highlighting the “soul” of a sample really gave me the space to dial into the many emotions I was sorting through during that period.” - Napoleon Da Legend
Working in tandem to keep the cohesion heard throughout the album’s 16 song tracklist, NDL finds his pocket on a range of emotions over versatile beats composed with Gazaway’s signature nuances, scratch hooks and interview soundbites.
“This is an album about survival...it’s about navigating and adapting to an ever-changing world while struggling to maintain one’s sanity and peace of mind. Napoleon is a true master of his craft as a poet/storyteller and I think that’s something that really shines through on this record." - Amerigo Gazaway
With assists from vocalist La Bruja, Brooklyn’s Skyzoo, and three appearances from rapper Awon, 'The World Changed' delivers focused bars rooted in boom-bap and soul.
lyrics
[Napoleon Da Legend verse]
I don’t blame them for emulating
The Po formula
Perform like a sorcerer the moral of the story is that
I feel in love with the allure of the street
They know me for the music otherwise I’m sort of discreet
You know the majority sleep but that can change fast
Take it as a payback I ain’t ya slave I gotta make stacks
Clearing out a whole career path
On a Maclaren and leer jet
Hearing threats when my ears pass
I ain’t stressed that’s the games we signing up for
Still going already sculpting my name up on the Rushmore
And it’s a Bloodsport to get the bag
No sleep put in work till mad plaques decorate the lab
Ain’t no flags for the foul shit
And stripes don’t appear on outfits
The most pussy be the loudest
It ain’t about right or wrong it’s what I’m drawn to
I never claimed to be the best that’s what the songs do
[Napoleon Da Legend hook x2]
One time for the survivors
If you doing all you can to stay alive and
When they try to put you down still inspired
Still we end up proven em wrong in spite of
Out of the blue I seeing em sampling anime too
Bantam weight looking for labels to validate you
This is culture you wonder why ya friend ghost ya
You a doja to them you just another token
I’m a shogun chop it up like you sitting with Rogan
Black ronin make the crowd jump like Shonen
Sprinkling jewels meticulously interwoven
Political like Snowden and slash Logan
My scars heal up charged up bars fill up
At concerts draw a mob soon as the car pull up
I’m in another league dropping every couple weeks
Guess it’s the hustler in me I’m a let the numbers speak
Adolph Reed knowledge just fulfilling prophecy
Smash the catalogue exit the game then live privately
Somewhere remote where I don’t gotta wear a coat
With a herd of goats standing my ground like Serpico
[Napoleon Da Legend hook x2]
One time for the survivors
If you doing all you can to stay alive and
When they try to put you down still inspired
Still we end up proven em wrong in spite of
credits
license