Released: September 21, 2018

Songwriter: Napoleon Da Legend

Producer: DJ Premier

[hook: Napoleon Da Legend]
It’s mostly the voice
That’s gets you up
It’s mostly the voice that’s makes you buck
A lot of rappers be buzzing and some got skills
But if your voice ain’t dope then you need to chill

[verse: Napoleon Da Legend]
These rapper wanna rhyme all fast
Trying to hide the fact they rhymes is trash
A few comments and get all gassed
But most Internet fools don’t know jack about rap
On stage with ya vocals on the track
Not to mention that ya voice is ass
I rather hear wind coming out a horse’s ass
Trying to be intricate the way you forcing is sad
My R.A.P. M. E. S. S. I. A. H
They waiting on me like the Latter Day Saints
I’m just that dude and they mad that they ain’t
I tell em that

[hook: Napoleon Da Legend]
It’s mostly the voice
That’s gets you up
It’s mostly the voice that’s makes you buck
A lot of rappers be buzzing and some got skills
But if your voice ain’t dope then you need to chill

[verse: Napoleon Da Legend]
Soon as I enter the scene they had to recognize
Record wise but to me it was just exercise
Tap dancing on high hats with words
This is high class pulling chicks with fly hats and furs
And yes my names heard across the land
From U.K., Germany, down to Japan
They pay me grands just to rap and stand
But they don’t understand and I tell em that

[hook: Napoleon Da Legend]
It’s mostly the voice
That’s gets you up
It’s mostly the voice that’s makes you buck
A lot of rappers be buzzing and some got skills
But if your voice ain’t dope then you need to chill

[verse: Napoleon Da Legend]
Y’all dudes doing too much
Flashing ya cash
Paying for strippers that be shaking they ass
Looking for waves that you can catch and surf
Study who’s popping so you copy and match they work
I just follow groove like Nice and Smooth
When it comes to these bars I don’t got much to prove
Look at my shoes a rock sneakers and tracksuits
And I still want the props like the song from Black Moon
Peace to Evil Dee, peace to Baz, peace Prime time
Eclipse and DJ Fab
I run 100 dash without a break a sweat
And do a tour around the world without a taking a jet
They be asking how’s that even possible yo
You hard headed pay attention, I tell you that

[hook: Napoleon Da Legend]
It’s mostly the voice
That’s gets you up
It’s mostly the voice that’s makes you buck
A lot of rappers be buzzing and some got skills
But if your voice ain’t dope then you need to chill

Napoleon Da Legend

Bilingual, Hip-Hop/Afrobeat artist, Napoleon Da Legend transferred his skills on the basketball court to the wax. But before that, he had to teach himself English. He kept his ears glued to the radio.

Paris-born, to the Comoros Islands, then Washington DC raised, the son of an immigrant family, Napoleon is a Brooklyn-based artist who uses his voice as weapon of hope, social-critique, conquest, and joy. After an untimely split, his parents left the U.S. and went their separate ways leaving the 16 year old to fend for himself in the DC / Maryland area, which helped him develop his hustle, instinct and work-ethic. NDL’s song “Black Privilege” led him to be featured at the Essence Festival in 2017. He was then invited to perform live on FOX 5’s Good Day DC.

NDL’s message of empowerment, community, and self-determination through music doesn’t stop there. He also works regularly with youth, running hip-hop workshops in Brooklyn’s toughest schools and Rikers Island’s juvenile programs.