I would love if you could do "Story". It's by far the most impactful and real song I've heard and it doesn't really relate to his other work. It really makes you think about mortality and even during your mundane every day life realize just how precious every moment is and how everything could change in an instant.
Leaving this journey list of song order for any new fans ❤ 2023 Updated NF Journey List 🎶 This is for anyone new who may want to take the NF journey as we call it because he intertwines his music like marvel movies. All of his albums are like a connected series. He also hides eggs in his videos which he co-directs and co-produces. For example in his “When I Grow Up” song there were four hidden eggs in that song: 1. A black balloon by the trash cans (black balloon represents his burdens per search single) 2 In the burger joint he grabbed at receipt that had the date and time of when his song time was being released. 3. He had outcast written on his name tag in the janitor scene which references his Outcast song. 4. He had his moments album CD in car scene Another example is in the search song he had cage in background he rapped in from his outcast song. Search single also connects to Hope. In Hope he has the “map to hope”. The black smile you will see painted on his mouth is explained in his therapy session song. Here is the song order: MANSION ALBUM: 1. All I have (VIDEO)- Will connect to his Suffice single from Hope album. 2. Intro (VIDEO) (Connects to Outro) 3. Mansion- *will connect to Intro 3. Fear moved in. Also connects to paid my dues. Anger lives in basement* Lastly it connects to Hope single. 4. Wake Up (VIDEO) connects to Intro 2 and Outro. 5. Paralyzed- Connects to Let you down and Trauma 6. Wait (VIDEO) 7. Notepad (VIDEO) *He explains why he does not cuss in his music🎶* THERAPY SESSION ALBUM: 1. Intro 2 (VIDEO) *He calls out his song wake up and has names of all songs written on walls from this album. You will also see references to his intro song as well.* 2. Therapy Session (VIDEO) Very important song. Explains his black smile he paints on his mouth. 3. I just wanna know (VIDEO)-Will connect to Outro video. 4. How could you leave us-(VIDEO) Please have tissues nearby. Will connect to his Mama single. 5. Real song- (VIDEO) * He pays homage to Lil Wayne in this song by using his famous line feed me rappers or feed me beats but adding feed me both of them 🔥* Also connects to Outro video. 6. Grindin’ ft. Marty (VIDEO) 7. Oh Lord-* This song gets referred to in returns song two albums later.* Great song 8. Statement *He pays homage to eminem and drake in this song* (hype song) Warm Up -(VIDEO) Single released between albums. (hype song) Epiphany- collab with futuristic. (VIDEO) *He pays homage to meek mill.* PERCEPTION ALBUM: 1. Outro (VIDEO) *pay attention to the video. It is like avengers endgame how he connects tons of previous videos materials in this.* connects to Wake up, therapy session, intro 1, real single, and I just wanna know single. 2. Green Lights-(VIDEO) * Please pay attention to what he has written on the notepad at the end 3. Intro 3 (one of his best songs) *This connects to mansion single. Remember fear. reference. Connects to hope single 4. Outcast (VIDEO)- will connect to clouds video.connects to Hope single 5. Know- *He pays homage to eminem and 21 pilots* (hype) 6. Destiny (hype)-Mansion single is mentioned in this song. 7. One hundred (hype) 8. Let you down (VIDEO) please watch to the very very end! Plots twist. Connects to hope single. 9. If you want love (VIDEO) 10. Remember this- *💎 Gems all over this track!* Single: No Name. (VIDEO) *This gets connected in leave me alone song an album later.* connects to Motto as well with the VIP part. Single: Why- (VIDEO) *NF pays big homage to Big Sean as he uses his flow from bounce back in this and mentions Big Seans name and his album I decided. (This isnt nates flow he says) Also he has a ton of eggs like Dont mess with real music written on walls. Pay attention to all writing on the walls* connects to Motto as well SEARCH ALBUM Whole album should be listened to. Below is mainly the journey songs and hype songs: 1 The search (VIDEO) *He pays homage to kanye west. (Cant tell me nothing by kanye and he puts his hands on his head like kanye did in video) this also connects to outcast re the cage in background)* connects to Hope single as well-map to hope 2. When I grow up (VIDEO) *He pays homage to Adele. (To me he also did to snoop in opening scene with kids saying what they wanted to be when they grow up)* Hidden eggs in this connects to Motto (the fan sipping the drink) 3. Leave me alone (VIDEO) * This connects to no name single.* 4. Change- this song is mentioned in his search single. 5. Nate- He mentions all his past albums. 6. Time (VIDEO) Song for his wife. 7. Returns- (hype song) one of his best for flow switches and word play- connects to oh lord single 8. Only - I feel like part two of this is Just like you from clouds mixtape. 9. Let me go- connects to Hope 10. Interlude then I hate myself song. In running he mentions Hate Myself. 11. I miss the days 12. No excuses (hype song) 13. Options (hype song) connects to clouds video with the ref scene 14. Trauma singing only song. Amazing. Connects to Search Intro Single. Paid My Dues (VIDEO) It was to the awful article rolling stones put out because the writer was a big chance the rapper fan and was pissed NF took number one spot. Over 400 people bashed that writer in the comments lol Chasing -demo he did with a fan. This was very nice of him to do. This also will connect to the whole theme of Clouds Mixtape. CLOUDS THE MIXTAPE- 1. Clouds (VIDEO) * This connects to outcast single turn the music up and options singles* connects to hope single 2. Lost ft Hopsin (VIDEO) connects to hope single (reins) also connects to search theme with black balloons (burdens) 3. Story (VIDEO) This is one of his best for story telling singles! 4. That’s a Joke (pays homage to J Cole from no role modelz) 5. Just like you (connects to Hope single where his older self is giving him wrong directions) 6. Prideful-Connects to Lost as he speaks about pride in that single. 7. Drifting (connects to Hope single) 8. Trust ft Tech N9ne- To me this connects to running single from Hope. As he mentions “if you have never been afraid then why you running?” HOPE ALBUM 1.Hope- (video) connects to Drifting, Lost Ft Hopsin, Mansion single, Outcast, let you down, search single (map to hope), let me go, just like you, and why. 2.Motto-(video) connects to when i grow up (same fan sipping drink) no name, happy, and why singles. 3. Happy. Connects to Motto. 4. Mama-Connects to How could you leave us single. 5. Suffice-Connects to All I have single. He even uses a line from this single as well in this. 6. Careful Ft Cordae- Pays homage to J Cole. 7. Turn my back- Shouts out Kanye, Drake, Eminem, Dr. Dre, J Cole, Kendrick, Cordae, Big Sean, 6LACK. Shouts out God’s Plan by Drake as well in this. 8. Bullet- The whole song is written for his wife. 9. Running. Very important song. Connects to Hope intro single. He is speaking to the dark side of him. Hope is taking the reins! (The whole album is amazing so please listen to the rest of the music when you can. Nothing else is a call back to his older music) There are many good songs not on this list like Dreams and you’re special etc. At some point take the time and go back through and listen to them all. 🖤
There is a double meaning in the line "it's the rainy days that give us love for the sun(Son)". Maybe I am reading to much into it but I think NF is great at word play.
I know it's not Christian based but I would love to see Dr JP's thoughts on some traditional rap like maybe 2 pac keep ya head up or Brenda's got a baby? Something similar to that!
God bless you all. I wish I had the ability to come and stand in the glory of the Holy Spirit that is flowing through you all... But I'm in Missouri, not Michigan
This is one of my favorites probably cause I think like this, and I am a Christian ❤ Christians are worse of covering that there is nothing wrong in their life,I think.
powerful point at 4:16 it's so hard to get to this deep root of problem especially when it seems like life is always picking at the fruit that grow out of it in your life.
I didn't know how to believe In God before I found NF. it was a crazy painful real path to Jesus 🙏🥰😭♥️he saved my life and I absolutely love watching you guys talk about him and your views. Thank you 😊
I feel like im in a position to comment on this. I have anxiety, depression, bipolar, and ptsd from when i was sexually asaulted in school. The common belief is ppl who cut (or lets speak broader and say simnply self ham) Just want to feel something. No this can definitly be true. But the complete opposite can be true. I went through........to much.......so i was doing self harming action (worded that way cause my self harm was doing way to many drugs, drinking till they have to take me to emergence, even tried cutting a few times. But this wasnt in an attempt to feel something. This was in an attempt to completely block out and erase what i would have been thinking/doing otherwise. For example. For over a decade I was suicidal. And the things that went throught my mind all day.........imagine the most realistic slasher movie in the world wheree you are the killer, you are the victim and you are the audience. Gruesome grotesque things. So after my grandpa died it threw me over the ledge cause now I had to parent my oh mom. So i had to hide all these demons. Howd i do that? By becoming an angry person. Because when youre angry you dont feel anything else, you dont think about anything else. It was the only way i found to turn off the 24/7 slasher flick in my head. So yes some people who self hard want to feel something. But other simply want to not feel anything anymore or at all.
loving this pseudo-journey......any NF I'm here for. Really hope you guys circle back to Moments album when you're done with Clouds/Hope. Love this one.....whole Clouds mixtape is pure FLAMEZZZZZ
