Quick, witty, substantive and modest, Noname Gypsy is perhaps Save Money\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s most promising, best-kept secret. Fatimah Warner (who goes by the stage name Noname) came out of the same music scene as Chance, Vic Mensa and Milo & Otis, performing at the same YouMedia workshops. However, and there\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s no other way to exactly put this, even amongst such a talented group of friends, Noname is unique. As a female emcee, she is already a rarity in Hip Hop, but her uniqueness stems from more than just that. Noname\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s music is teeming with pointed social commentary and satire. What\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s more, she uses one of the most extensive vocabularies I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve ever heard from a rapper, and this diction expresses her sentiment. Pioneering her own blend between singing and rapping, Noname will surely be known in the future for her sharp, borderline nasally tone that delivers such rapid and concise wordplay.<\/p>\n
The best way to show her talent is by examining one of her tracks, of which there is only a handful. The song \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Sunday Morning\u00e2\u20ac\u009d starts off with the pair of lines: \u00e2\u20ac\u0153All my raps whisper unintelligence\/ Unrelenting irrelevance chiseled in the sediment.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d Her ability to use so much assonance and alliteration in such a condensed space is impressive and unmatched by many professional rappers. Noname\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s music has meaning, it has purpose and it has drive, and communicates through aesthetically pleasing rhymes. The verse continues with her alacrity for explicit social commentary: \u00e2\u20ac\u0153What\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s that? A massacre\/ A mass appeal to apple stores and raffle scores\/ I wonder who gon\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 win the lottery\/ If Google maps can see my house I wonder who is watchin\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 me\/ Satellite hypocrisy, like right up the block from me.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d In just a few lines, Noname calls out large corporations, the government and the technology generation, and does so with rhythm and flair. She then moves into her most loaded critique: \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Right up the doctor fees\/ Another brown boy down\/ Another mother crying cause another brown boy found\/ And all you wanna do is smoke weed and write songs.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d Noname, like Chance, exhibits tremendous maturity and skill by using her art form to not only illustrate the problems around her, but also explain how her peers react to them. She finishes this already stellar verse with a final statement: \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Bang Bang sound like violins\/ Poverty was made to door frame all the violence\/ Knock knock and guess who\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s not there- The Police\/ And guess who don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t care- The people.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n
Despite her mastery, Noname is still an amateur. She is yet to come out with a mixtape, and has been soliciting donations on her twitter account so she can have the funds to finish her first project. Her feature verse on Chance The Rapper\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s song \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Lost\u00e2\u20ac\u009d has significantly helped her raise an initial fan base, but she is still very much out of the spotlight. It\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s been far too long since we\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve had a prominent, noteworthy female emcee though, and my guess is that Noname will fill that void. If you\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re interested in independent, conscience, meaningful music with a simple and pleasant sound, Noname Gypsy is your answer.<\/p>\n