Black Beans Blogue

More rap songs should be written like soca songs. I love the interpolation of Ballgreezy’s “Shone” that RudeBoy Shug, who definitely has flows of his own, throws in the middle of his verse. I can just imagine hearing Desloc with a verse at the end of this one. 

Random mix of new-ish music to enjoy while we’re on lockdown.

This track is off of a project where Rudeboy Shug’s is sometimes off-kilter and sometimes too predictable. But he shows exciting potential on “Basic” where he somehow transitions flows from a street-gospel motivator to a patois-laced spastic rude bwoy by the end.

Soulful sample. Stick drill. Very Miami

Previously he was somewhat notable for sounding moderately similar to Kodak Black. Currently he’s popularly known for being falsely accused of killing XXXTentation

Mirror Monk on a lo-fi beat feels like a new approach and I’m digging it.

But even without the history this track just bangs and will likely be in rotation throughout the year.

(Jerk Haggis)

https://soundcloud.com/jerk-haggis/jerk-haggis-volume-3

Fun track that just feels right with a slight Caribbean tinge. 

Kidd Adamz - "R2R" (feat. Kiddo Marv) (2016) So awhile back I came across this song “La La La” from a rapper I wasn’t too familiar with so I kind of put it on the back burner. Looking back, it's a little rough but the flow stands out by being kind of different and cool. I was pretty busy with life stuff and barely posting at the time so I never got to write about it. Nowadays that rawness is actually what really stands out the most. Fast forward to this evening when Kidd Adamz's “R2R” flies across my feed and I’m immediately vibing to the sing-rap hook. I first heard of Kidd Adamz on “Str8 Lyk Dat”, a collab with CB and Reese Head from 2011, which still bangs and was incredibly underappreciated. Unfortunately, in-video interlude (???) with the cop that interrupts his verse doesn’t help Kidd Adamz immediately stand out. 5 years later there’s a shift in style that’s very Miami and not Miami at the same time. Kidd Adamz laces the first verse of “R2R” with a style that is hot right now but with content that is more aspirational than cocky as compared to other colored-haired dread head young rappers. “I want to know see it feels burning up thousands of bills. Then make it back like it’s nothing to me. I want to stunt like it’s normal to me.” Kidd Adamz and Kiddo Marv are having a lot of fun in the video for “R2R”. They ride recklessly down 7th Ave in Miami. They do the running man as they run to the racks like the hook yearns. Kidd Adamz spits in 4 different voices including the hook. This is fun music! The music being fun makes it very Miami like Uncle Look and jook music. "Strangers" is another recent Kidd Adamz track that has a distinctly Miami vibe of dark minimalism (think Kodak Black and early Ice Berg) but an aesthetic that is on trend for today’s weirdo street rappers.

Smiff dropped a solid tape, All Gas No Brakes, late this summer with some legitimately dope flows over very stick-drill Miami beats like “Tha World” and “Been Doin Dis.” Virtually every rapper has to be cocky but Mike Smiff’s commanding voice gives off a certain confidence that makes his street stories more gripping.

Vandam Bodyslam - "Careless" (2015) "We got a problem with our government. It's clear that it's trust. But our government got its own problem: It's clear that it's us."

Either way this has some ride out value so enjoy.

This is like 2 years old. Missed this somehow.

Kodak Black raps with enough depth that wouldn’t make you assume he’s only a teenager. That, in addition to his raps not being completely derivative of 90s screw/occult raps from other citites, makes it interesting to follow the kid.

Berg goes in on "Hookah."