BossLife Ed is no stranger to the Eastland Collective blog, the two times he's been on the blog his songs have had features from the Hefner Bros who are also regulars of the ELC. But this time he decided to release a solo song. It's only right that he would do this song by himself, because it would be awkward to feature anyone else on such a personal song. This is a nice break from the other songs that I have heard by BossLife Ed. While I absolutely love the street rap of Detroit, I also like diversity in artists. This song shows that there is more to BossLife Ed than the tough street lyrics in his previous songs. He gets on the 4 and a half minute track and vents about the inevitable facts of growing up in the streets of Detroit. That some people close to you will die or go to jail unfortunately. I applaud him for doing this because a lot of rappers aren't brave enough to put their true feelings on a song because they're scared of being called 'soft' or something. But those people just put on tough facades and the fact is everyone who has had this happen to them has felt absolutely horrible. It's like when you hear the news you're just frozen and stuck in time for about 5 minutes. He showed his brother respect by dedicating this song to him and talking about the good times they had together. But it wasn't extremely soft like you would expect. Like of course it was a slower more sensitive song because of the subject matter but it was real at the same time. It wasn't like Drake or Dougboy Roc level sensitivity. I would recommend you listening to this song if you want to hear something a bit slower and realer than BossLife Ed's previous songs. I'll post the link to it below. -L$G
Bosslife Ed x Closer To My Dreams
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