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Not Afraid is a Hip hop act. Their sound grew out of Drake and Lloyd Banks. Those roots explain a lot about how Not Afraid arrange songs and choose their tones. Altogether the chart holds 2 connections around Not Afraid, reaching back through Drake. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
Background
"Not Afraid" is a song by the American rapper Eminem from his seventh album Recovery (2010). It was released as the album's lead single on April 27, 2010, by Interscope Records. "Not Afraid" was first revealed as a single by Eminem via Twitter, after which the song debuted on radio. To promote the single's release, a freestyle rap, "Despicable", was released on the Internet and received attention for its tone and lyrical content. "Not Afraid" was written and produced by Eminem, Boi-1da, Jordan Evans, and Matthew Burnett; keyboardist Luis Resto was also attributed with songwriting credit. According to Eminem's manager Paul Rosenberg and music critics, "Not Afraid" carries a positive message and depicts Eminem's change in direction from drugs and violence. The hip hop song features a choir that assists Eminem in a heavily layered chorus and vocals are sung over a guitar, synthesizer, and piano; no Auto-Tune was used on the sung vocals, but many reverberation tools were.
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