And Dej Loaf and Fetty Wap follow up massive pop breakthrough moments with, well, a whole bunch of hooks.Ĭheck out this edition of Bout to Blow: 10 Dope Songs You Should Be Hearing Everywhere Soon.ĭavid Drake is a writer living in New York City. A few of the big recent album releases (Rae Sremmurd, Nicki Minaj) take another lunge at the pop charts. Any trends going into May? Atlanta continues to throw out dance records like it's nothing. They're tracks where the metrics suggest some forward momentum, even if the clubs and radio play don't reflect that. Many of these songs might be flourishing in certain markets, but could use wider exposure. There's also an element, though, that is cheerleading. The post is obviously intended to be somewhat predictive. To contextualize that information, because raw numbers in a vacuum would have you thinking an anonymous rapper dropped onto a stellar track was hip-hop's next big rap star when he was more like an empty, tattooed vehicle for a dope beat and a hook. Joining the tour in support will be special guests Lil Skies and O.T. Their Dazed & Blazed Tour kicks off July 21st in Detroit and extends through August visiting cities like Cleveland, Toronto, Chicago, Tampa, Atlanta and Dallas. To use the many tools available to us today to get some idea of what songs were really bubbling with "the people"-in other words, to insert some science into the process.Ģ. Hip hop duo Rae Sremmurd will be hitting the road this summer with Wiz Khalifa for a huge 27-city joint tour across North America. Above all else Rae Sremmurd pull you in with their synergy and symmetry: SremmLife is a less of an album and more of a way of life.Welcome to the May edition of Bout to Blow.ġ. A lovely track about a failed relationship, the brothers Brown-Jimmy rapping, Swae singing-deliver a promise that’s easy to project a successful career upon. Ive done it before, Ive seen it before Tears splashin the floor when I open the door for her She actin like a whore and Ima let her Learned from Project Pat, pimpin, got a masters Girl improvise, look me in my eyes and lie to me Lie to me, act like Ill believe anything Sex on the beach and in the backseat This could be us So back to what I was saying (money make the world go round. "This Could Be Us", SremmLife’s fifth song, stands apart from the whole. SremmLife fulfills the promise of "No Flex Zone" and "No Type", though a prominent piece of the record hints at something more. It’s life-affirming music in ways that make you feel both better and worse. Given that SremmLife is a flagship of Mike WiLL’s new Ear Drummer imprint, it may not be surprising that SremmLife is a logical companion to his other recent pop-minded success-Miley Cyrus’ Bangerz, the album equivalent of being caught up in the thrill of an epic party but knowing that it’ll soon come crashing down. The music here is at once huge but also inward looking-burly soundscapes like "No Type" and the closer "Safe Sex Pay Checks" create an atmosphere that suggest something shadowy lurking outside the frame. Guests like Big Sean, Young Thug, and Nicki Minaj (who sings the earworm hook on strip-club anthem "Throw Sum Mo") meet the energy of the Brown brothers, who are paired with exceptional production from Mike WiLL, Sonny Digital, and others. Though a few songs stretch out an interesting idea too far-for instance, the post-Nae-Nae scrum "My X"- SremmLife is a showcase of an electric new talent paired with all the trappings of a bigtime major label debut. A six-second snippet of each song would be enough for its own free-standing Vine, but often the full product-energetic pounds like "Up Like Trump" and "YNO"-earns its longer form. Swae Lee giddily slides over syllables ("trill-ass ind-div-vid-du-al" on "No Flex Zone") while Slim Jimmy’s gruffer delivery sets up an interesting vocal dynamic where sometimes it’s difficult to discern who’s rapping, but at other times it’s clear as day. It never sags, packing hooks into every pocket and half-beat. While trying to build an album of stuff that’s approximately as good as "No Flex Zone" or "No Type" is a tall task, SremmLife hurdles the hype machine with infectious rap music. SremmLife, their debut LP, floats with a singular energy, a culmination of the group’s 2014 coming-of-age. Last year, buoyed by effervescent hits like the anti-stunt anthem "No Flex Zone" and the jarring synth pound "No Type"-a song revered by composers and bloggers alike- Rae Sremmurd became a household name despite the fact that people have had a hard time figuring out how to say "Rae Sremmurd".
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