Jered Sanders – Hope is Dope 2 review
The sequel we all need, Hope is Dope 2 is just that dope. I love that there are 15 tracks of balanced musical styles, some trap drip, heart felt smooth tracks, hard drum bangers, true school foundational hip hop grooves, and gospel filled bounce. All this sonic bliss is laced with compelling lyrics exposing the inner workings of a spirit-filled man engaging the unsaved world. As an artist, I felt very inspired and motivated to work on my own music, and that’s a major goal for me when making music, to impact and motivate the listening audience through spirit and truth, respect!
Tracks on this God Over Money release feature production by Rav-O, Dylan Graham, W, Tone Jonez, G.Rose, Epik Beats, OnBeat Music, Best Kept Secret, and C-life, all fire!
Vocal contributions by Sho Baraka, Derek Minor, Eris Ford, Parris Chariz, Byron Juane, Evan Ford, Phil J, Justin Goss, Dre Murray, and J. Carter, all straight ministry heat!
Overall this album is quality, the replay value is high, the tv and movie samples at the end of the songs tied it all together. And my personal favorite is the bonus track “I feel like rapping again”, this is my lane. Download, stream, and support Jered Sanders and hopefully we will be hit with a part 3.
Jered Sanders – Hope is Dope 2 garnished a 10 on the heat index and is certified Straight Ministry Heat!
Bonus: below are some notes I took while listening.
Underneath (feat eris ford): real life smooth heartfelt, I can relate to the struggle he paints over the rolling drum track, hook is wavy, touched me in the spirit, so many bars, jered went barszilla on this one. This is real hip hop to me.
Doing it Wrong: I like how the song starts with the singing, jered adlibs “ I don’t know who this is for” as he ministers about breaking the sacred covenant of marriage, some wisdom, and warnings over a mesmerizing guitar melody.
Luxury (feat j carter): “This is what victory sounds like!!!” another face twisting head-nodder makes me wanna celebrate, second verse is dope jered is transparent about his conviction of keeping christ secret.
All Figured Out: Hope is dope 2 pipe dream dealer, I love the vibe with the strings at the beginning then the heavy drum roll that breaks down as an organ fills in the background, classically produced by Rav-O. Ha ha, I’m bugging there are so many great lines “deacon with the molotov” line after line rolls out of Jered’s mouth.
All In: this is G.O.M. signature drip bounce, reppin God hard, going in on the devil, you All In for christ, or you out, niceeeeee.
Blessed (feat derek minor) : elevator trap music produced by W, has a tribe called quest flavor with an 808 trap twist. Derek minor drops some insight as he splits the verse and sings about people criticizing his actions and perspectives in a contradictory manner, fiyah.
No Hell: “like they don’t see you speaking water to they bones homie? Hang up my phone homie!, hard, Mr. Sanders bars demand respect.
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