Wednesday, December 6, 2017

New Music of the Day, December 6:


360 f Seth Sentry and PEZ, "Coup de Grace"
Sometimes I think that I dislike rap music. Most of the current rap hits, from "Bodak Yellow" to "Bad and Boujee," sound like they're being made by mushmouthed illiterates on codeine, and even critically acclaimed young rappers like Kendrick Lamar don't do much for me.
But then I come across an Australian hip hop track like this one and I'm reminded what I love about the genre, its clever wordplay. A posse cut featuring three of Australia's best-known rappers, this one has so many great lines, it's hard to pick a favorite. Is it PEZ's "I can pad this verse out with lyrics that are 6 years old/ Cause I wrote better shit than you when I was 6 years old"? Or Seth Sentry's attempt to rhyme "Jupiter", "stupider", "cubicle," "uvula", "do better", "newsletter", and "nuclear"? Or perhaps it's 360's filthy pun, "Go and pull yourself together like a circle jerk"?


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