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Jersey Producer Subjxct 5 Sees the Whole Map Original

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One of my nerdiest hip-hop fan instincts is trying to catch the subtle ways production tricks and flows migrate from one city to the next, like an invasive species. How did 42 Dugg-core Detroit drums end up as the backbone of Florida street rap? How did the ghostly choir samples of Philly drill pop up in Stockton goon music? Why are there currently rappers from Orlando and Virginia assimilating mid-2000s NYC litefeet grooves into their sound? Sometimes the answer is simple: the internet.
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RealYungPhil : until something changes

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In the last few years, RealYungPhil’s raps have taken on the effect of that friend who always has a life-affirming conversation with you on the porch outside of a house party. I’m talking the kind of heart-to-heart where you only hear faded murmurs of the music coming from inside whenever the door swings open, and when you go back into the crib, somehow so much time has passed that nearly everyone is gone.
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Fenix Flexin : “Rubberz”

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In high school, Fenix Flexin and OhGeesy became cool through a life of tagging, skating, and hitting up L.A. area EDM clubs. They later went onto form the rap crew Shoreline Mafia, who in the late 2010s had a couple summers on lock with a few songs that I consider to be essential in the West Coast party rap canon.
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