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Tyga ft. Lil Wayne – Faded

You may now go back to not caring about Tyga…


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Will Adams: “What would ‘Rack City’ sound like with some misogyny and hashtag rap mixed in?” someone asked. This is why we can’t have nice things.
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Brad Shoup: Turns out Tyga’s much more enjoyable when he’s saying rack rack city. He’s stacking groans on groans here (going all-in with Carlito/Nino/Tony, trying to pass Dan Marino off as a wide receiver, a fucking Miss Cleo reference). Even though Weezy saves all his excitement for the label shout-out, he closes strong, getting so matter-of-fact we’re spared the spelled-out punchlines.
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Anthony Easton: Azealia Banks saying “cunt” is a piece of feminist power. Tyga and Lil Wayne saying “cunt” is just creepy. 
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Iain Mew: My reaction to this makes me think of Michelle’s words about misogynist music and offensiveness considerations as ultimately secondary to how good something sounds. Though embracing these things has slightly different complications as a man, I see the sense in what she said. Invy Da Truth deported his thick bitch and no one talked about it, including me. It was a negative and I would mention it in a longer review but seemed like an incidental detail to all of the good things about the song. So while this is just as repulsive right through as “Rack City” — in fact even more so thanks to Lil Wayne’s verse, which is childishly disgusting outside of any gender related ick — it’s definitely worth stating the fact that it’s dull sounding and weak on punchlines too. Also that the production and flow this time are further enough away from monotone that it’s the marginally less grim listening experience of the two overall.
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Jer Fairall: Misogyny so vile has no business sounding so good.
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Alfred Soto: I thought we were beyond the point in hip-hop when loathing of feminine sexuality no longer included the woman just fucked. 
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Colin Small: Tyga carries the Carter-albums-era torch for the Young Money camp, but unfortunately he’s not very good at it.
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Katherine St Asaph: Tyga stitches together “Rack City” outtakes with stutters to disguise the seams, Lil Wayne reads a 4chan sex thread, and no point is found.
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