Rap Blog: YT and Lancey Foux count up foreign currency
thefader.comRap Blog is a weekly showcase of a standout rap song. If you had told me in 2009 that jerk music was going to be a big deal 15 years later, I would have believed you because I reallyyyy fucked with New Boyz.
Still, it’s a little dizzying to contemplate the long-dormant Cali subgenre’s newfound reconfiguration at the hands of NYC-er Xaviersobased, Alabama’s YhapoJJ, and Virginia’s answer to Justin Bieber (Nettspend).
The 808s are overdriven, the melodies are wonky, and the snares crack like rifle fire. Basically, this shit knocks hard. Read Next: Lancey Foux meets Sexyy Red in a club parking lot for new “MMM HMM” video Enter U.K.
rapper YT, whose October tape #STILLSWAGGIN threw jerk drums over iLoveMakonnen-type chords and chopped Top 40 samples with abandon.
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