I assume we're supposed to be voting on the studio version of Middle America that's not on YouTube, correct? It's a really good song, but I'm obviously going for my nominee, in which one of the top five emcees ever puts on perhaps the greatest rap clinic of 2018 over a sublime 9th Wonder beat. _________________ Add me on RYM
How is this even close, Black Thought by at least 2x.
Agreed. I love Pavement but everything I've heard from Stephen Malkmus after 1999 (which is admittedly very little) hasn't impressed me much. _________________ And it's hard to be a human being. And it's harder as anything else.
"As soul/soleful as orthopedics" is a terrible punchline. Besides that, 'Twofifteen' is good, but suffers from the same problem as every Black Thought song or verse: it's all extremely competent, but starved of personality, rendering it very forgettable. I've listened to this song a number of times, and yet upon pressing play this time I realised I didn't remember anything about it. It's very good, very tasteful, very noble, but ultimately very unexciting. It's BAWP-hop in the extreme.
'Middle America' is one of Malkmus' best post-Pavement songs, cute and effortlessly catchy, with some fun lyrics. Would get my vote in most matches, to be honest, and does so here. _________________ 2021 in full effect. Come drop me some recs. Y'all know what I like.
Well, the last few times he’s trended, it’s been on the strength of adoration from black Twitter. Love to use which white people like something in order to deride black music that wasn’t made for white consumption in the first place. Suburban white teens who want to feel edgy are a major audience for a lot of trap rap that you wouldn’t call BAWP-hop, but are they any less boring really? _________________ Add me on RYM
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