Little Brother & Jake One - Home

Home is where the heart is. It’s our safety net, it’s where our families reside, it’s the place we come back to when we’ve been away for some time. No matter how hard life can get or how boring a place could be, coming back to Seattle or any city you come from brings upon an instant feeling of revival or a sense of renewal of life. From my experience, every time I had the chance to go home from school, I relished at the opportunity to see the beauty Seattle posses and also catch up on the things in Seattle I’ve missed. I loved coming back and seeing all the new structures and sights Seattle added to the beautiful artistry it contains. After a weekend or a break spent here, going back to school was a cake walk because of the determination of finishing school that consumed me, all that matters is that I make it home. After graduation the first song I listened to leaving Cheney and the first song I listened to arriving back to the homeland were two songs about home. The first home track is entitled Home by Little Brother (LB) featuring Joe Scudda from my favorite LB album Separate But Equal. Whenever I listen to LB’s Home track, I’m always in the mood of wanting to get home as quick as I can. For me wanting to be home was a weekly thing but playing this song was like medicine for me to exhibit some patience until I got my chance to bounce. I listened to this song at least three times a day for a month straight, counting down the days until I was free from my five year sentence over east. “Home is where the heart is and that’s real, cuz you don’t appreciate home until your gone.” Although we hear this phrase everywhere it remains true and engrained in those who value home. LB made a banger for those who have that itch for getting back home and need a scratch, quality music that enlightens the soul and mind.
Home track number two features artist from the Pacific Northwest all residing in the beautiful 206. Home by Jake One features Vitamin D, Note, Maneac B and Ish, a collective 206 sound that needs no visuals to know what they’re rapping about. I love this song because it’s hard to paint a picture on some of the things they spit about but since I’ve lived here my whole life I know exactly what they’re saying. When Maneac gets on the track talking about things that are relevant to me and the city like “ At qwest field 12th man my Seattle dude, Nate Burleson wearin that Seattle blue, Bosworth made all of Seattle boo, The Sonics let Kemp go, Seattle’s threw.” Just hearing that takes me back to the ’95- ’96 season when we were ill on the court, and showing love to the town and the Hawks is a plus. To me Jake One made one of the best hometown songs, listening to songs like Empire State of Mind by Jay-Z or artists who like to mention in a verse about where there from although it sounds tight and has a good vibe, it doesn’t have the description and wordplay Jake One and the hometown artists display. I was driving on I-90, came out of the tunnel, hit the bridge with nothing but blue water and a bright blue sky and the best landscape imaginable. I played this song and felt an instant overwhelming sensation of accomplishment, I graduated from Eastern and I Finally made it HOME!!!!!