Napoleon Hill (author) – Queen City Sounds and Art

K.I.N.G. the MC, photo courtesy the artist

K.I.N.G. the MC says that during the creation of his 2020 album The Good. The Bad. The Ugly. II he went through some of the toughest times of his life losing family and friends and even his home. The track list reads like one man’s spiritual struggle with the forces of darkness from within and without. The track “Napoleon Hill” invokes the famous author of the 1937 self-help classic Think and Grow Rich as he lists the seemingly endless string of challenges hitting him that could sink his ship but in a fashion similar to the way Bad Brains channeled Hill’s message he uses that “positive mental attitude” to keep his efforts and aspirations focused in order to not stay stuck in a mindset of defeat and despair. Bookending the track with spectral drones and grainy footage frames the situation realistically to perhaps put the dreams and the need for them and their pursuit in proper context as a way of implementing a flexible plan to reach a goal without losing sight of all the good that can come from it. Could be a song merely born of desperation but comes off as a song of striving and grinding and hope. Watch the music video for “Napoleon Hill” on YouTube and connect with K.I.N.G. the MC at the links below.