Gamal "Lunchmoney" Lewis is a pretty new artist on the hip-hop scene, but you may have heard his hit single "Bills." While his music is still up and coming, in 2014 he worked with other artists of high recognition. Along with appearing on Nicki Minaj's "Trini Dem Girls," he also co-wrote Jessie J's single "Burnin' Up," and Fifth Harmony's "Bo$$."
Lunchmoney Lewis offers a fresh new style on the hip-hop scene. While many artists are sticking to the drugs, sex and money, Lewis brings a style to the table unlike most. Lunchmoney sings about the honesty of his daily life. In his song, "Mama," he speaks of the woman who raised him. The lyrics talk about how his mama "showed him how to put on his pajamas," and about the times she grounded him or took care of him when he was sick. The song "Bills" is entirely about him having to work hard to pay his bills and feed his family. He talks about a struggle that anybody can relate to.
"Ain't Too Cool" talks about how he's not too cool, and doesn't have everything going for him, but he's not too cool to dance and boogie. In "Love Me Back" he talks about the pain of being in love with a girl who doesn't love you back. He talks about the pain of being in a relationship with someone who plain doesn't care about you which we don't hear so much, especially in rap and hip-hop. In "Real Thing" he sings about "stealing yo girl" by treating her right. He talks about being nothing fly but having genuine emotions and feeling. Shit's tight bro.
Lunchmoney offers a sense of realism and positive vibes that we don't see in a lot of hot music these days. Can you relate to having a "glock in your rari?"
It's so nice to see this contrast, especially if you're someone who loves hip-hop. His style is so light hearted, warm and fun. His beats are composed by different instruments which create some really dope tracks in hip-hop. The genre is pretty over-saturated these days because everyone and their mama wants to make it big as a rapper. Sometime in the last 10 years, everybody seems to have forgotten what hip-hop is. Artists have been using rap and masking it as hip-hop for too damn long. Hip-hop was a genre that existed to make people move and jive, to have fun and dance, not run at you with hostility. It didn't exist to boast and brag, just make everybody love music and life. I believe Lunchmoney Lewis will be big because he's offering us something other artists do not. His songs are real, and nothing but fun. His beats make you want to move and jump as the melodies move up and down the scale. Gamal Lewis absolutely embodies the soul that hip-hop once had.
