(From Am I Blurry? single; 2025)
To paraphrase the Dag Nasty lads, there's a thin line between slap and slop. When I discover an old Mac Dre song I've never heard before, I'm always nervous on my first listen that one of Dre's goons will pop up with a verse and ruin the track. It's a similar nervousness with a new LARussell song, but instead of a goon's verse, it's LARussell's own lyrics about streaming statistics or Instagram analytics which kill a track stone dead for me. That muhf**ker nearly manages to mess up his own song here by veering dangerously close to becoming a rapping LinkedIn profile. Thankfully he reigns himself in and doesn't ruin a ClayDough production that's the sound of the trans-BART express. Very unexpected but welcome guest appearance by Snow Tha Product looking like a Juggalo burglar.
I should probably pay more attention to what ClayDough produces. He's one of the keyboard lads from The Yee Section who is behind my favourite Seiji Oda song of 2025.
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Speaking of young Seiji, unfortunately his recent Humans [in] Nature extension was a total dud. Only song I liked was Muscle Memory: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5YI6Gg2V2Ws&list=RD5YI6Gg2V2Ws&start_radio=1
I heard a couple of snippets from that on Instagram which made me feel like a Scottish Devin The Dude again: no fa me.
And speaking of Dre, best new to you song of his you found this year?
I've yet to find one 😶
In fact, the last one was the CDQ version of Do The Crew you put me onto in 2023.
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