Songs of the Week: Feb 24th
Welcome to “Songs of the Week” a weekly segment where I highlight three of the best new songs released the week prior along with one throwback song of the week. To stay up to date on all new music, follow my Spotify playlist “What I’m Feeling” which is updated weekly to always include the freshest new music. Always 30 songs, hottest always at the top. Stream it here:
New Songs of the Week:
“Blurry Nights” by Thutmose
Thutmose is on fire. Since January first he’s dropped three hot singles and “Blurry Nights” might be the best one yet. This song has major mainstream appeal and sounds like it could be the breakout hit Thutmose has been waiting for. While there isn’t anything exceptional about his writing, his flow and captivating melodies keep this song looping on repeat. I expect that we’re blessed by Thutmose’s debut album sometime in the next two weeks and I couldn’t be more excited.
“Bottles on the rider Sip before I go
Crowd is waiting Bad boy about to kill the show
Shades on I swear I keep seeing kaleidoscopes
Life is getting Trippy can’t complain this the life I chose”
“Yao Ming” by Gunna
“Yao Ming” is an early favorite of mine off Gunna’s new album Drip or Drown 2 and while I enjoy his vocal performance, Wheezy and Turbo steal the show with one of the best instrumentals of the year. This beat samples a sick guitar riff and you can feel the crushing bass deep in your chest. The openness leaves perfect pockets for some really cool sound effects making this beat a vibe in itself. Gunna is the perfect artist for this dope instrumental as he hits his signature flow making this song impossible to not like.
“You got my backend, I bend it off top, ain’t no playin’
Every other day is a backend, people relate to what I’m sayin’ ”
“Wouldn’t Be Nothing” by Yung Pinch
The Beach Boy is back with a wavy track that is more intriguing than anything off of 4EVERFRIDAY SZN TWO. On “Wouldn’t be Nothing” Yung Pinch addresses all the naysayers of his past while at the same time wrestling with an apathy for fame. The reoccurring bit before the hook is a beautiful build up that climaxes into a mesmerizing chorus. Yung Pinch is gearing up for his major label debut, it’ll be interesting to hear how Columbia will transform his beachy sound we all fell in love with.
“I hope you all feel stupid
I was right, just face it
Hope it feels good to be losin’
You was starting up college, I was starting up a movement
And everybody started changing, soon as everything started moving”
Throwback Songs of the Week:
“Survival Tactics” by Joey Bada$$ (Feat. Capital STEEZ)
The forth track on Joey’s classic 1999 mixtape is potentially the most iconic cut to come out of the beast coast movement. It’s made up of two absolutely vicious verses, the first coming from Joey and the second the late Capital STEEZ. Both New York MCs lock into the boom bap instrumental and tap into their own god flow. Bar for bar, it’s difficult to find a song to match this timeless 2012 track. Joey recalls recording this bop in his bedroom with at least 12 of his friends going crazy at every punchline. That explains how the two rappers packed so much energy into the epic three minute song. Every rap fan should be required to know this track.
“‘Cause when niggas start equippin’, and throw the clip in
Your blood drippin’, and got you slippin’
Another victim, don’t know what’s hit them—through his spinal
Just another man who defeated by survival”
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