Taylor Alison Swift is an American singer-songwriter. She is known for narrative songs about her personal life, which have received widespread media coverage. At age 14, Swift became the youngest artist signed by the Sony/ATV Music publishing house and, at 15, she signed her first record deal.
Her 2006 eponymous debut album was the longest-charting album of the 2000s in the US. Its third single, "Our Song", made her the youngest person to single-handedly write and perform a number-one song on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart. Swift's second album, Fearless, was released in 2008.
Buoyed by the pop crossover success of the singles "Love Story" and "You Belong with Me", it became the US' best-selling album of 2009 and was certified diamond in the US. The album won four Grammy Awards, and Swift became the youngest Album of the Year winner.
Song You Need: Nicholas Craven and Ransom’s reunite on “Body of Lies”
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Nicholas Craven and Ransom have been cooking up heavy together this year. Last week (June 30), the frequent collaborators announced Deleted Scenes 2 — the follow-up to their 2020 project Deleted Scenes — with lead single “Body of Lies.” Just yesterday (July 4), they dropped Directors Cut 4 with guest verses from Talib Kweli, Che Noir, Raina Simone, and more.
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Over Craven’s stirring, soul-sampled beats, Ransom raps, “All of the sudden n****’s the plug, right? / Ain’t got the power to show you love on the drug price.” In his cool, calming cadence, the New Jersey rapper spits bars reminiscent of ’90s east coast rap, nodding to the side-hustle rappers can dabble in to earn their stacks. “They never say whether they’ll be touching us in court,” he brazenly adds at the end of the hook.
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