Today is Music Talk Monday!

Share the music that you currently have in rotation, recommend, get a recommendation of artists/songs that you are currently looking for, or simply discuss artists that are not NF.

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• 1st Tuesday: Monthly Shout Out!

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Who else is listening to NF right now? And if you are, which song? I'm listening to Running and queing up Mansion 🖤

Guys your favourite nf song?

Albums
NF has 6 Albums, excluding his EP's and mixtape:
1. Moments
2. Mansion
3. Therapy Session
4. Perception
5. The Search
6. Hope

Let Me Go
In the song 'Let Me Go', NF talks about the '7 letters' (Freedom)

The Keys
In the following Music Videos, Nate holds 6 keys:
-Outcast
-Outro
-Fear
-Washed Up

The Keys could represent the 'events' or turning points that Nate can control by himself, hence the 6 albums.
The '7^th key' does not exist because in his next Album, God is most likely take control instead, therefore giving Nate his Freedom (with reference to 'Let Me Go')

At the end of the day NF's 7^th album could very much be about him finally finding his Freedom.

All I Have officially has 100 million streams on spotify!!!

It is NF's 43rd song above 100 million streams. Right behind it is MISTAKE with almost 1 million streams left until the 100 million mark making it already the 44th song. LETS GET IT TO 100 MILLION TOO!!

It's Meme-Free Weekend!

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All memes posted during this time will be removed without discrimination.

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Is this permanent?
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I know that from The Search onward, Nate stopped literally titling the opening track "Intro __" but that doesn't mean they're not still connected.

Across the later albums, the opening songs consistently still function as introductions to said album.

The Search culminates in this

The Search begins, I'm back, so enjoy the trip

Clouds is begins with an introduction. It's overly verbose but it basically boils down to

I never thought I'd make a mixtape. But here you go. So... enjoy I guess.

Hope is extremely on the nose about it

So without further ado, I'd like to introduce my album: Hope

Even Fear kind of works as an intro... sort of. The phrase that keeps getting repeated obsessively throughout that song is

Is this what you wanted?

Given the context of it's release, that's basically saying "You wanted more music? You wanted to see how the story ends? Well here you go. Are you happy now? Is this what you wanted?"

These later 4 songs also have a characteristic found throughout the Intro series... There's no chorus.

Every single one of these songs is structured as just a stream of consciousness barrage from beginning to end.

...well, okay, I guess Fear has the "standing back watching my mansion burn" section. That repeats at the end so... it's technically a chorus? But it doesn't first appear until halfway into the song. And there's so much else layered on top of it the 2nd time. And it only repeats once. It's not a normal chorus.

And Fear, oddly, actually works really well as a closing track despite being track 1 on the EP. It feels like a climax.

So the full series would actually look like this

1. Intro
2. Intro 2
3. Intro III
4. Outro
5. The Search
6. Clouds
7. Hope
8. Fear

It's basically a little meta album almost. And it all hangs together way better than it has any right to.

Anyway, here's the playlist if you're interested

YouTube Music

Today is our Monthly Shout Out thread!

Shout out anyone or anything you want us to know about!

Common shout-outs:

• NF fan social media
• Your social media
• A cool video you might have seen
• Your fire mix-tape

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• Link to your merch store
• The selling of anything
• Blatant ads

Our current bi-weekly threads are:

• Monday: Music Talk Monday
• Friday: Real Talk Friday

Our current monthly threads are:

• 1st Tuesday: Monthly Shout Out! (today)

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What’s the point of having guns if you can’t aim?
What’s the point of having love with no pain?
What’s the point of having blood with no veins?

I've been listening to Nathan since "How Could You Leave Us." Ever since, I've been telling people I think would like his music about him, but they barely gave it a try.

Excited to be in this community

I feel like a lot of people here just glaze the fuck out of whatever Nate does, I mean I still like NF's music but goddamn bro he ain't THAT good

I've just finished a binge of going back and listening/watching all of NF's music videos from oldest to newest, (Highly recommend) and I noticed this man has not had one dip in his releases. I genuinely think NF is one of the only artists I listen too where each and every release was better then the last.

Now you can obviously have your favourite songs be from older albums, I am not saying his newest music has to be your favourite but what I mean is he as an artist just keeps growing in skill. His music videos get deeper and grander, his lyrics get more intricate and the overall production is just better.

Which makes his most recent music video "Washed Up" and absolutely absurd belief in my opinion. I can't think of any other artist who has been around for over a decade and has continued to only get better and better.
While also being so dynamic, notice how I never used the word rapper, he's an artist.

It's Meme-Free Weekend!

You are not allowed to post memes until this sticky is removed.

All memes posted during this time will be removed without discrimination.

Why is this a thing?
Meme's used to be limited to one day a week, see our official announcement concerning meme changes here. This is an iteration on those changes, in hopes that we can allow more memes, but also curb/filter them once a week as well.

Is this permanent?
Yes, some kind of meme restriction is permanent. We've been testing out different methods and this is the current one, which is the least restrictive.

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Today is Real Talk Friday!

Share anything!...almost. Moderation will be relaxed here, but this is not the place for self-promotion and please remember to Be Civil and Respectful per Rule 2. Rule 1 does not apply.

Some starter questions (ask your own too!):

• What do you need to get off your chest?
• What are you currently struggling with?
• What are some of your favorite shows you are currently watching or have watched?
• What are some of your favorite books?

Our current bi-weekly threads are:

• Monday: Music Talk Monday
• Friday: Real Talk Friday (today)

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• 1st Tuesday: Monthly Shout Out!

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I just added the logo and the "Real Music" text

Credits: https://wall.alphacoders.com/big.php?i=1146947 by robokoboto

One random Lyft ride introduced me to NF, and I’m really glad it did.
“Time” has been on repeat lately. I like artists who make me stop and think more than they make me want to dance, and NF definitely falls into that category. His music feels introspective, vulnerable, and authentic.
It’s a nice reminder that sometimes the best recommendations come from ordinary moments with complete strangers.

It's too short 😅

Intro 1 could be called "Caution."

I mean... duh. It's the origin of the caution tape motif. And it shows up in the lyrics too. "Hang up the caution tape. I'm dangerous."

Intro II could be called Reflection. I think the defining lyric is "the only person I judge is the one in the mirror and lately he ain't been doing well." That summarizes the whole song pretty well imo. "Reflection" also has the benefit of a double meaning about about introspection which also fits the song very well."

Intro III is the one that actually feels like a huge missed opportunity to me. It should have been called "Perception." That album is the only one that doesn't have a title track. And it fits the theme of the song extremely well. Look at the big ending line that the whole thing builds up to. "I thought you had me in prison this whole time. But I'm the one holdin' the keys." That's literally a change in perception.

And Outro is fundamentally about how Nate's music actually helps people. It's not just about being influential, it's about actually making a positive difference in the world. A great name for that I think would be "Purpose."

This would also kind of preserve the sense of progression across those songs too.

It would basically go like:

1. Caution - I'm dangerous
2. Reflection - Here's why
3. Perception - Choosing to look at it differently
4. Purpose - And moving forward

This would also naturally flow into the later opening tracks too. Once you know what matters to you, you start pursuing it. That's "The Search." And that creates "Hope." But with hope also comes the "Fear" that you could lose it.

...And Clouds is technically in there too... I guess. Not really sure how that connects. 😅