Please do WHY by NF next, this speaks volumes for me
Pearl Jam - Jeremy music video is a must.
You should do his album one by one. And dissect his lyrics. It’s kind of got a story line to his songs and shows his journey
Do mistake next!!! Or running.
Please take his journey!
He connects all his projects to tell one big life story
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:
- All I have (VIDEO)- Will connect to his Suffice single from Hope album.
- Intro (VIDEO) (Connects to Outro)
- 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.
- Wake Up (VIDEO) connects to Intro 2 and Outro.
- Paralyzed- Connects to Let you down and Trauma
- Wait (VIDEO)
- Notepad (VIDEO) He explains why he does not cuss in his music🎶
THERAPY SESSION ALBUM:
- 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.
- Therapy Session (VIDEO) Very important song. Explains his black smile he paints on his mouth.
- I just wanna know (VIDEO)-Will connect to Outro video.
- How could you leave us-(VIDEO) Please have tissues nearby. Will connect to his Mama single.
- 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.
- Grindin’ ft. Marty (VIDEO)
- Oh Lord-* This song gets referred to in returns song two albums later.* Great song
- 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:
- 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.
- Green Lights-(VIDEO) * Please pay attention to what he has written on the notepad at the end
- Intro 3 (one of his best songs) *This connects to mansion single. Remember fear. reference. Connects to hope single
- Outcast (VIDEO)- will connect to clouds video.connects to Hope single
- Know- He pays homage to eminem and 21 pilots (hype)
- Destiny (hype)-Mansion single is mentioned in this song.
- One hundred (hype)
- Let you down (VIDEO) please watch to the very very end! Plots twist. Connects to hope single.
- If you want love (VIDEO)
- 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-
- Clouds (VIDEO) * This connects to outcast single turn the music up and options singles* connects to hope single
- Lost ft Hopsin (VIDEO) connects to hope single (reins) also connects to search theme with black balloons (burdens)
- Story (VIDEO) This is one of his best for story telling singles!
- That’s a Joke (pays homage to J Cole from no role modelz)
- Just like you (connects to Hope single where his older self is giving him wrong directions)
- Prideful-Connects to Lost as he speaks about pride in that single.
- Drifting (connects to Hope single)
- 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)
Great reaction as always
extra bit of back story to this song/album
There was an interview that was on the internet with nate, and it was about the search album , and he opened up about the album. He said in the interview that after the Perception album came out and blew up. He had to do alot of tours and performances. And when he was on the road alot he got really depressed the most he has ever been in he life and he said he did not have much time to write which made him even more depressed. He said that when he finally finished the tours and that he went and put himself in to a mental health institution/program for 2 weeks and he said that where he came up and wrote most of the songs on the search album including hate myself. he also said that where he got the idea for nate. When he was in the program thay had him sit in a room with a 2 chair and pretend he was talking to his childhoud self and he sald that the song nate was most of the thing he said in that case. He talks about it in the in the song interloute in the search album it only. 1 min long, so most of the time, people tell people to listen to both interlude an hate myself together in one go .
I thought you might want to know some back story to this song/album
I’d like to suggest you to checkout something from Skynd
Yay! So glad you finally did this one! I saw NF on the Hope tour in May. He didn’t do a lot of his older (sadder) songs like mansion or therapy session, but he did do this one. I heard it starting, and it created a release for me. Up until about a year ago, I was wandering the worst parts of the mental health desert for 10 years. I was absolutely hating myself and praying to God with my arms open to end this time or end me. (even before I heard this song) Then I heard this song and immediately fell in love with it because it gave words to how I was feeling. “Those” thoughts would come and go like a guest in me, but I didn’t want to die, I just wanted to get relief. (long story short)… Standing on the floor of that sold out arena, once again singing this song with both arms open, crying my eyes out and it just being a release and realization of it being the end of my 10 years wandering the desert. Towards the end, I was able to look around at the other people to see a lot of them with both arms up and crying their eyes out. At first that gave me the feeling of “ok, im not the only crazy one who relates to this”…then I thought about it for another second and that thought came back as almost one of sadness that “wow, there are many thousands of people just in this arena who relate to this feeling.” Thank you NF for giving a voice to so many people who all feel the same way, but cant speak about it.
Hi! I would recommend checking out a band called Casey. Their music revolves mainly around their vocalist’s mental and physical health and its affects on his relationships or vice versa. Some songs definitely worth checking out are The Funeral, Little bird, Phosphenes, Wavering, Fade.
Have you reacted to “Only” by Nine Inch Nails?
I know this is a reaction to music, but wonder if could start doing some short reactions to poetry as well. I did just write my first poetry book and it has NF vibes, be cool to watch someone do reactions to my poetry.
Could you do Mama by NF?.
Can you react to let me let go by citizen soldier
This was a really good reaction
Let me go is a great follow up to this song. The interlude really lays the ground work for Hate myself. It’s less than a minute. I suggest listening to it on your own time
MISTAKE is another must-listen!! Also from the HOPE album!
RUNNING by NF is my favorite song on the new album–you would absolutely LOVE it!! But you should also absolutely do MAMA since it’s like the part 2 to How Could You Leave Us and I can’t even express how much it filled my heart hearing it after all these years listening to NF!
Can you react to survivors guilt by jontae its dedicated to the apalachee high school
Ok she’s my new favorite YouTuber! Started with Nutshell and just listened to this one! Love this so much!
You should give the Band Dead Poet Society a listen and their songs Running in Circles and Hurt they really would fit your theme. That whole album has a lot of stuff In it anyways