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I think that's part of what I love about him though. He's got a lot of curveballs in there. I mean, why is a guy from Harlem who was infatuated with Dipset have music that is so deeply rooted in Southern Chopped & Screwed? I mean "1train" is probably the only song on that record that sounds like the music that was happening in NY when he was growing up. Stuff like that.
He's just a real interesting character. Like he just seems very self-aware and is able to take these influences or whatever, but process them in such a way that he's really making HIS music. Like you said, there's the obvious lyrics he could've written and he's a good enough lyricist to have pulled that off. But stuff like "Phoenix" or "I Come Apart" are borderline emo but are so so good.
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