A rapper who blew up online, signed to a major, and then put out a mediocre debut participates in a contest sponsored by McDonald’s where producers compete to make a song with him. Is it physically possible for the resultant track to be good? Hold on to your shit: it’s actually really good.
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Watch some footage of Big K.R.I.T. and Foreign Allegiance in the studio together after the break.
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Now that he has the Internet going nuts, Action Bronson gets to collaborate with his heroes (Kool G Rap), build with the folks that helped make him hot in the first place (Party Supplies, Statik Selektah), and take his art to the next level (the awe-inspiring “Strictly 4 My Jeeps” video).
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Easily the best video of the year.
Paul White’s answer to “Lightworks”.
I’m all for getting turnt up, but even the biggest, loudest tracks need someone who can rap halfway decent. And on this standout from CTE’s #ItsThaWorld EP, that requirement is soundly filled by Juicy J.
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Big, heavy, woozy remix from Daedelus. Like his Baths remix, but shot up with horse tranquilizer. The house remix by Eliphino jams too.
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I should have known the evening was doomed when I saw that Olay was a sponsor. Really, any sponsored show that isn’t a festival is usually pretty questionable. As soon as we walked in it was clear that only a small group of people were going to show up. The people that are still living as if it were 2008, constantly talking about how cool MGMT is (nope) and “have you heard of this band called Passion Pit?” (stop it). Even the band members themselves seemed tired, dated. This all came as a surprise to me, the last time I saw CSS was actually the first time I ever went on an adventure in the name of Metallungies and I honestly had a blast. How much can a band change in two years? Or have my tastes really changed that much? Reflectively, I think it’s one of those situations where you grow centimeter by centimeter over the course of a year and by the time summer rolls around your tall tee has become a crop top. Music has changed pretty drastically over the last four or five years speaking from a stylistic production level. CSS’ sound just isn’t “in” anymore. They sound more like a show you stumble upon in a local neighborhood rather than a band that has been producing albums for years. They haven’t evolved. I expected more from the show in general; a slightly less lethargic crowd, a slightly more energetic band… if you’re playing the guitar, I want to feel that you know how to play it well. It was a strange and disappointing evening, salvaged only by the bartender trusting me with real glass when I ordered a drink, a testament to how thin the crowd was and therefore how lacking the fan base is.
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