When you listen to Young Thug, you know something’s not right with him – or rather, you know that something about him isn’t the same as it is with you and me. Thugger’s not a human being, GQ confirmed it, so you shouldn’t buy that he is, because how can music cooked up in 15 minutes with bars about “bleeding bad like bumble bees” and “riding pussies like strollers” (his words, not mine) sound time and time again like the best music out there, like it’s all that matters right here and now? It shouldn’t be this easy for anybody, but Young Thug isn’t just anybody.
His newest mixtape Slime Season 3 is incredible, because Thug’s effortlessness shouldn’t translate into development – but he grows again here. As always, he has the easiest time in the world flowing over a herky jerky Metro Boomin era trap beat, and a listener won’t dare start fathoming the extraterrestrial creation story that explains Thug’s voice. On “Drippin’”, a standout single from a tracklist of standouts, Thug does things we haven’t heard Thug do; he screams at us while explaining all the different ways he “drips,” he harnesses rap’s trendy dancehall feel in the laziest, most Young Thug way imaginable by saying a few sentences in a horrible, hysterical Caribbean patois; his verses are noticeably more thoughtful, yet somehow he doesn’t lose any of the spontaneity that usually lets even the silliest of his one-liners slide. “Drippin’” is an example of Young Thug growing right before our eyes, taking over whatever remaining corners of hip-hop he hasn’t yet touched.
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March 30, 2016 at 4:41 am (1 year ago)I quite agree with your opinion Milki, in fact I may point out his growth from earlier mixtapes like SS2. It deserves note that Thugga hasnt released an album through a label recently, amplifying his rage against the system image.
He’s really self conscious of the importance of studio production in his albums, even then he takes ownership of the vocals in this album and spits some incredibly powerful in line rhymes and his just raw sound rhyme has the listener invariably shaking his head to this murderous beat and joining thugga in his vocal interjections that he largely uses to form rhymes and his versus like it 3 bars like an adidas stan smith n***a.
We notice a lot of growth amongst rappers known for this subgenre, notably keef. Would love your thoughts on chief keefs latest.