Squeezing in one final list of the year. This has nuthin to do about nuthin. Just some joyful irreverent vibes to round off the year.
Kendrick Lamar ft. AZ Chike - peekaboo
Bing-bop-boom-boom-boom-bop-boom
Kendrick can be funny too!
Chance the Rapper ft. MadeinTYO & DaBaby - Hot Shower
Jay-Z ft. UGK - Big Pimpin'
Some reservations about themes and wordage (like with several of the tracks on this list), but that southern bouncy hip hop still gets me in a party mood.
Mr. Muthafuckin' eXquire ft. Despot, KOOL A.D., Heems, Danny Brown, El-P - The Last Huzzah!
I like my rap tracks with a Salinger reference and shitloads of meta-commentary. And I always like my rap tracks featuring El-P, Danny Brown and Despot. El-P's verse counting from 1 to 16 is some spectacular Drowning By Numbers stuff!
Odd Future - Oldie
Can't believe I hadn't put this on a list before. By now it's an oldie for real! Still sounding fresh as in 2012 though! The giddy sound of a bunch of kids messing around. With the caveat that these kids include three of the most talented and influential voices of the past decade – Tyler, Frank Ocean and Earl Sweatshirt. Every verse has its charm, but then Earl rolls in from Samoa and overshadows everyone with a verse so flabbergasting it has its own youtube video. And then of course, to top it off, Tyler ends with the Odd Future manifesto:
This is for the n**** in the suburbs
And the white kids with n**** friends that say the n-word
And the ones who got called weird, fag, bitch, nerd
'Cause you was into jazz, kitty cats and Steven Spielberg
They say we ain't actin' right
Always try to turn our fuckin' color into black and white
But they'll never change 'em, never understand 'em
Radical's my anthem, turn my fuckin' amps up
So instead of critiquing and bitchin', bein' mad as fuck
Just admit, not only are we talented, we're rad as fuck!
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