Mick Jenkins has been touring heavily these last couple of years, and this song is a testament to the ‘in transit’ hours that can truly test patience. Rather than scroll the web into a wormhole of boredom, the Chicago MC turns the purgatory into a ‘2 minute drill’ where he goes in on THEMpeople production and gets geographic inside dense bars. Don’t sleep.
-Ben Niespodziany
Twitter: @neonpajamas
–Ben Niespodziany
Twitter: @neonpajamas
–Ben Niespodziany
Twitter: @neonpajamas
It's been about three years since we heard from the NYC rapper Lakutis, but he has zoomed back like Ghostrider on the ridiculous banger "Motorcycle." Lakutis' style has always been a balance dark and aggressive, lyrically and technically impressive but also the totally absurd. And "Motorcycle" is no different.
"Motorcycle" is very minimal. The beat's mostly drums, bass, street fighter taunts and horror movie screams. The hook (which is most of the song) is really just "Motorcycle, bitch rrrroooooowwww!" He does get into a quick, and super witty verse –"Your shit fake Saucony Only," "Bitch it's over…walkie talkie" –before zipping back off into the dark night. The hilarious onomatopoeia adlibs are the real highlight of "Motorcycle" though. In the background Lakutis vrooms, glugs, beeps and even makes 8-bit punching noises all over the place. It's great to hear a new track from him, and I'm hoping this is a sign of more Lakutis tunes to come.
Kelela’s new single “LMK” is an epic song about a small moment in time. She meets someone and flirts briefly. She’s about to leave, but wonders about a potential, casual hookup. Even though the stakes are low –“it ain’t that deep either way”– the song freezes this moment in time. Kelela’s voice and her songwriting on “LMK” are as strong as ever. Late on the track she even raps a little with a flow that reminds me a bit of the bars Prince spits on the legendary “Sexy Motherfucker.”
Jam City’s beat for “LMK” is, like most of Kelela’s work, reminiscent of ’90s R&B, but deeply warped and dystopian. This is maybe a lighter song than we’ve heard from her in the past, but it is still very Kelela: mysterious, ambitious and unique. Kelela’s new album Take Me Apart is out in October.
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