Wale – Cyphr
Track two off of Back to the Feature.
The beat is go-go, for sure, minus the congas perhaps. It’s the got the bubbly bassline and horn section. That said, I’m really not in love with it – it’s essentially the same two bars endlessly repeated. But the horns are sick, I will concede that.
The track features two members of rap group State Property (Beanie Siegel was famous for releasing that solo album whilst incarcerated, and Freeway is a badass) and Young Chris.
There are some truly great lines in here:
“You niggas is John Q/You don’t have the heart for it” – Wale
“Me too, I’m sayin, bringin the banger right here/I be hip-hop gamin’ dropin’ bangers all year/Freezer’ll bang that thing and end your singin’ career” – Freeway. The way the words fit around the beat here speaks way more than the lyrics themselves.
Honestly I’m not even sure how I feel about half of the other lyrics but they mold to the beat SO well. That goes for Freeway and Wale’s lines especially. Beanie Siegel’s verse is really a little awkward, not sure why, both in content and delivery. Honestly, this isn’t a track I’d really listen to more than twice, though the lines from Freeway and the “st-st-stutter” from Wale definitely make it worth that second time around.
Wale (feat. Young Chris, Freeway, & Beanie Siegel) – Cyphr [mp3]
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