"We're getting nostalgia for music there was never supposed to be nostalgia for. Yesterday, UK road rap revivalist Teebofg hopped on the beat for 50 Cent's "I Get Money," which has been a time-to-switch-the-station earsore in my life for almost two decades. The other day I was listening to a bouyon mix when a shiver went down my spine: Lucky and Miimii were flipping Wiz Khalifa's "We Dem Boyz," which I remember more as the moment I realized Wiz was #washed."
"Back in the day me and my friends cracked so many jokes on the L.A. producer's rigid template, but hey, the song is pretty sick. The trembling bass mixed with faded talk-raps (somewhere between fakemink's blurry party reports and SoundCloud-era Nav's fame-hungry melodrama) feels like listening to Mustard's pop-rap formula from inside the club bathroom. Dialing up the energy are hypnotic clap-chants that sound ripped from Hip Hop Harry dance circles and an OVO "6" tag that grounds the song as some Toronto shit."
Nostalgia has emerged for music that was never meant to inspire nostalgia. UK road rap revivalist Teebofg remixed 50 Cent's "I Get Money," reframing a long-time earsore. Lucky and Miimii flipped Wiz Khalifa's "We Dem Boyz" in a bouyon mix, recalling a turning point in Wiz's trajectory. Twentythree's "Oh Wow" slots seamlessly into an early 2010s DJ Mustard playlist despite past jokes about the producer's rigid template. The song layers trembling bass, faded talk-raps, hypnotic clap-chants, and an OVO "6" tag, producing a club-bathroom intimacy and renewed acceptance for its energy and production.
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