Rae Sremmurd Swang (2016)
It turns out there is a secret sauce to writing a catchy song as well as a formula for making a number 1 hit. Seriously, just look it up—there’s even a refund if it doesn’t work. Still, there does remain a distinction between what is trendy and what is a classic. Time will always tell which music enters the history books and lives with people for generations and which simply sells millions of records and then disappears. Anyhow, it’s all music and we’re not here to judge; we are here to enjoy.
Pop music demands a particular structure that has been quite consistent for some time. And at the center of all those verses, all those melodies is what every songwriter hopes is an unforgettable hook, a chorus that will imprint itself on the listener’s memory, course through their veins and have them wanting more of it, to want to sing it and hear it time and time again. It’s magic, and those esteemed chroniclers of the human condition we call songwriters are healers, dealers and sorcerers.
As a duo, the brothers, Slim Jxmmi and Swae Lee, known as Rae Sremmurd, that’s ear drummers reversed, have been ear drumming, strumming, sanging and swanging since their first official release. From “No Flex Zone” to “No Type” and “Black Beetles”, they get it, and their sound is wildly seductive. One half of the duo, Swae Lee, has built a fine record as a solo artist with his dulcet tones on several massive hits, with him on the hook of course. The tempered swagger of “Swang” has him and his brother on a trap-lite instrumental rapping, singing and ad-libbing with such refreshing melodies, it’s so fun.
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