![]() “Gummo” featuring Offset, is a remix (of the song we’ve just heard) and the Migos member adds nothing new to it, if anything he ruins the track. “Mooky” also contains another generic Trap beat. “Kooda” sports a Gummo-ish sound with recycled lines (“Niggas iffy, uh, Blicky got the stiffy, uh”) but the song contains lacklustre production, complete with claps and generic Trap snares. “93” which contains okay production (and an okay delivery here and there) is short, “Doowee” is rowdy but also short, and “Buba” is also rowdy but, you guessed it… short. Then it’s back to 6ix9ine’s trademark hardcore-esque sound for the remaining songs. ![]() Day69 begins strongly with “Billy”, a short but decent opening track that’s followed by the hit “Gummo”… With an 11-track album, when a third of the songs sound the same, it’s not a good idea, and unfortunately that’s not the only problem. If his debut release was back-to-back “Gummo” I’d have been impressed but sadly, that’s not the case (although for the most part, his first album-slash-mixtape Day69 does contain tracks that sound very much like that particular joint). Being part of a sub-genre sometimes referred to as “Scream Rap” and with a sound that’s a mixture of Lil’ John and Fredro Starr, I was slightly looking forward to him bringing something credible to a genre that is now 95% pop. I’ll acknowledge that 6ix9ine is not the greatest rapper by a long stretch but his style and sound has its place. To be fair, if you discount his appearance and his crime, some of his music teeters on credible, his single “Gummo” for instance was a decent track and with its energetic and slightly threatening style, it was for a short while a break from the overtly pop sound of Mumble Rap that’s plaguing the airwaves. And that brings me neatly to Brooklyn rapper 6ix9ine, the often lambasted artist who is dissed on the regular because of his rainbow hair and teeth, not to mention his past sexual antics with an underage girl. I guess in terms of vocal style, you could place 6ix9ine in the same category, but these days when a barked delivery is laid over a Trap beat it has more in common with noughties Crunk than nineties east coast Boom Bap. ![]() and Onyx used to shout their lyrics in an aggressive way and although their topics were generally the same, their choruses, music videos, and most importantly albums always contained enough variation to be worthy of praise. By What Went Wrong Or Right With.? on Februĭecades ago, rap groups like M.O.P.
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