{"id":1050077,"date":"2022-07-06T17:17:10","date_gmt":"2022-07-06T14:17:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1050077"},"modified":"2022-07-06T17:17:10","modified_gmt":"2022-07-06T14:17:10","slug":"listen-to-rican-da-menaces-aint-going-back-the-ones","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1050077","title":{"rendered":"Listen to Rican da Menace\u2019s \u201cAin\u2019t Going Back\u201d: The Ones"},"content":{"rendered":"
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While the current club-inspired rap wave has been mostly centered around Newark and Philly, the missing link has been Baltimore. In the early \u201990s, the city developed an offshoot of Chicago house that eventually traveled up north to Jersey where it became faster and more frenetic. Rapping on club beats is not new to Baltimore rappers: most famously, in 2015, Tate Kobang did his thing with the undeniably catchy \u201cBank Rolls,\u201d produced by genre forefather Rod Lee.<\/p>\n

On \u201cAin\u2019t Going Back,\u201d Rican da Menace keeps Baltimore tradition going. She glides over a hyperkinetic instrumental with pulsing percussion and a sputtering background vocal sample. Yet it\u2019s worth noting that the song\u2019s foundation is more closely aligned with drill. The beat is produced by Yamaica, a Dutch producer, who emerged cooking up UK drill beats, then became a go-to in Brooklyn\u2019s iteration of the style and is now incorporating elements of club into his sound. (The internet is wild!) Rican da Menace\u2019s flow similarly pulls from drill roots; she pairs a fast-moving delivery with a hoarse voice that wouldn\u2019t be out of place in the Bronx. Still, the song clicks because of the way she brushes up against her hometown sound, and maybe the next step should be bringing actual Baltimore club producers into the fold. The production\u2019s homage is nice, but I imagine the real thing will be even better.<\/p>\n

With artists releasing songs at a fast and furious pace, it\u2019s difficult for the average hip-hop head to keep track of it all\u2014no matter how tapped in they are. That\u2019s why we created The Ones, a daily post to highlight the song you need to hear.<\/em><\/p>\n

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Check out previous Ones, and listen to new rap from Rican da Menace and more on our Spotify playlist.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n

Source URL: https:\/\/pitchfork.com\/thepitch\/rican-da-menace-aint-going-back-new-song-listen\/<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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