Brooklyn Anthem (feat. 77klash & Jahdan)

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Brooklyn Anthem (feat. 77klash & Jahdan)
Daytrip feat. 77Klash, Lil Silk, Yung Burrakami - Drop it (Kingston)
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EARLY WORKS FOR ME
(First Steps, Starting Points, and Juvenilia)
Miss Bank$ - "P-U-S-S-Y"
Way back in the heady days of 2009, the year of swine flu, chillwave, and Avatar,1 back before the massive "212" and the endless internet drama events,2 Azealia Banks was just a New York City high-schooler with a MySpace page, and rap aspirations. Using the moniker Miss Bank$, she recorded the track above over a beat by skully riddem dancehall producer 77Klash, and oh my god it is so filthy.
Really, man, be super careful about playing this song. If you grandma accidentally hears this track, her poor little heart will explode and you'll feel eternally guilty for being the reason that "Raunchy Rap Lyrics" were listed under Cause of Death on her death certificate.
<Honestly, I don't think that its possible to overstate how obscene this track is. I mean, it's called "P-U-S-S-Y" and Azealia isn't exactly Will Smith. But this track gives Khia a run for her money.
ANYWAY, in hindsight, this track looks like a clear predecessor of the sort of music Azealia's made since she started using her real name, and blew the fuck up. She always had a clear predilection for rapping over dance-influenced bangers, and she already had a deft way with words. You can see the sound repetition that eventually became her trademark is already starting to crop up in lines like "I'm me from the feet to the stitchin' in the weave."
But, she still had a way to go. The rapid-fire, syllable-spewing flow that made her later tracks so distinctive is wholly absent here, as is her wild vocal shifts. Instead, she goes with a more laidback (and far less distinctive) style. While there's nothing inherently wrong with what she's doing on the mic here, it's easy to see why this wasn't the song that catapulted her into the spotlight.
Thus, as is often the case with an artist's early work, "P-U-S-S-Y" is a work that shows glimmers of what's to come, and also highlights the variables that they needed to discover before coming into their own.
If you'd like to download it, it's available here.
-TWG
1. In descending order of terribleness. (ZING! ZING! ZING! It's funny because I implied that two slightly maligned cultural artifacts were worse than and epidemic that killed more that 14,000 people! ZING-A-ZING-ZING!)
2. From her Wikipedia:
"Banks has also taken part in feuds with fellow musicians T.I., Miley Cyrus, Lady Gaga, The Stone Roses, Iggy Azalea, Kreayshawn, ASAP Rocky, Rita Ora, Shystie, Sam Sparro, Jim Jones, Lil' Kim, Nicki Minaj, Disclosure, Funkmaster Flex, Lily Allen, Dominique Young Unique, Pharrell, past managers such as Troy Carter and Dave Holmes, and novelist Amanda Brunker."
Her page also details feuds with Perez Hilton, Angel Haze, Diplo and Baauer. At this point, couldn't you believe that Azealia got into an internet fight with just about anyone? "Azealia Banks Slams Gordon Lightfoot!" "Azealia Banks Goes on Anti-Casey Affleck Rant!" "Azealia Banks Attacks Brobee From Yo Gabba Gabba on Twitter!"
YEARS LATER EDIT: Oof, that Casey Affleck joke. Time makes fools of us all. [sad, embarrassed emoticon]
Brooklyn Anthem - Team Shadetek, 77Klash &Jahdan Blakkamoore (Craziest Riddim)
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Azealia Banks - P-U-S-S-Y ft. 77Klash (machindrum production)