Songs of the Week: March 31st
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:
“Tip Toes” by Saweetie (Feat. Quavo)
Tip Toes, the standout track off Saweetie’s new seven-track EP “ICY,” gives us a look inside of her and Quavo’s young relationship. The way the two consistently gas each other up while sliding from one overt sexual innuendo to another is fun and empowering. The beat is lively and infectious and creates a specific mood where it’s hard for the listener not to love everything the two MCs have going on.
“Icy wifey like it rocky, so he take me out so often
All these bitches try to cop me but he know he never swap me”
“AINT GOIN BACK” by Russ
The internet’s least favorite DIY rapper is back with a motivating new track called “AINT GOIN BACK.” Russ delivers two honest verses and an echoing hook that will be stuck in your head after one listen. Throughout the song, the Atlanta MC raps about all the positive ways his life has changed since the fame. This topic is one we’ve heard from Russ before, but on this new track his boasting seems to come from a place of authenticity and comes off as far less annoying.
“Mom was applying for the food stamps
Every night studio boot camps
All I had there was a lot of free time
Cheap wine and my mind and my two hands”
“KICK THE CUP” by Fenix Flexin (Feat. Rob Vicious)
This week, 50% of Shoreline Mafia comes through on the new single “Kick the Cup.” At its core, the song is one about struggling to kick a lean addiction, but Fenix Flexin’s tone and word choice on the hook puts me under the impression that even if he thought this task obtainable, he would choose to keep sipping. His layered vocals on the hook sound larger than life and even without Ohgeesy this sounds like a classic Shoreline track.
“I really wanna kick the cup but I can’t
Everywhere I go a nigga sippin’ drank
Said he gettin’ to the fetti but he ain’t
I just pulled out 20 thousand out the bank”
Throwback song of the Week:
“Keys 2 the City” by Nipsey Hussle
Rest in peace Nipsey Hussle. Nipsey was a true legend and an absolute leader in the LA community. With all that he did to make the city a better place, he was absolutely right when he rapped that he had the key to the city. The second track off the excellent mixtape The Marathon shows every reason why we love Nipsey Hussle. From his witty wordplay, to the OG west coast instrumentals, to his unmatched love for LA, Nipsey Hussle is a true king and will be deeply missed.
“Like a broke weed head, my pistol will smoke for free
Imani ain’t gonna know the streets
Got to keep her close to me
Put that on the man that’s on the cross on my rosery
Wasn’t always banging but I speak about it openly
No shame in my game
I did my thing, on the coldest streets
Who’s the hottest on the West
All you niggas know it’s me
So tell whoever got it lock that Nipsey Hussle stole the key”
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