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Chief Keef: Skeletor

Pitchfork·Dylan Green·2 months ago
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As other pioneers of drill’s first wave, like G Herbo , have expanded their sounds and become chart fixtures, Chief Keef doesn’t shy away from putting unexpected and even flat-out weird flourishes on his hometown sound. A romance album with Afrobeats touches and a song where he assures his main squeeze he loves her over his side piece? Sure. Dalliances into 2000s mixtape culture soundtracked by maudlin Zaytoven pianos and Mike WiLL Made-It ’s blown-out minimalist trap? Tight. What about Almighty So 2 , which brought the gothic influences creeping on the edges since at least Back From the Dead to the fore with soul samples and candy-colored electronics bordering on PC Music-core ? A day that ends in “y” for Mr. 3Hunna. His 2024 run of the Mike WiLL-produced Dirty Nachos and Almighty So 2 in particular was a cogent one-two punch; Keef embracing the Trapaholics sound of his blog-era forebears before re-re-defining the sound he helped popularize in operatic fashion.…

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