The Singles Jukebox

You skrillex-y MF…

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Iain Mew: It’s great to hear Skrillex away from Diplo and sounding so forcefully Skrillex-y, and majestic swagger and Rick Ross both turn out to be perfect matches.
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Will Rivitz: Conventional wisdom dictates I wash my hands of Skrillex’s less refined output now that he’s also mostly moved beyond the sound himself, but good God did I need this kind of blood-pumping maximalism back in my life. It’s appropriate that this one’s featured in Suicide Squad, since this sounds exactly like the trailer: glitzy, bombastic, and humongous, something which would certainly grate after two hours but which is perfect for a few-minute indulgence. Sometimes you just need a soundtrack to pushing 90 on the freeway with the boys.
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Katie Gill: This video is REALLY TRYING to make you forget the Joker’s got around ten minutes of screentime. Likewise, Rick Ross is REALLY TRYING to remember that he’s supposed to be rapping about Suicide Squad as he awkwardly inserts references like Killer Croc and Deadshot into a bog standard brag rap. The saving grace of “Purple Lamborghini” is Skrillex’s one trick pony beatwork. The verses provide a grand, bombastic sort of “don’t fuck with me” power… which is then instantly undercut by that herky-jerky drop.
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Alfred Soto: Rick Ross in 2016 and Skrillex whenever — my mind reeled. Turns out the collaboration works. The producer’s heady, vulgar sonics and Ross’s heady, vulgar rhymes produce enough of a ring to banish several years of indifferent material from both of them. 
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A.J. Cohn: As absurd and delightful as the idea of using a purple lambo as a getaway car, this track is an unexpected success, one of the few bright spots in the disaster that is Suicide Squad. The pounding production, complete with synth sirens and the monstrous churn of a classically Skrillex drop, pairs perfectly with Rick Ross’s wonderfully over-the-top performance. Ross’s verses, while on the whole more corny than convincing — riddled as they are with Suicide Squad references — are delivered with such verve that they almost stick. And anyway, “forgive me for my wrongs for I have just begun” is such a great threat that I’m prepared to be merciful about the rest of it.
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Hannah Jocelyn: We meet again, Suicide Squad. “Sucker For Pain” and “Heathens” have both grown on me since I reviewed them, but my reaction to this has been the same through multiple listens. There are certain moments where it seems like Skrillex and Rick Ross are consciously trying to replicate what “X Gonna Give It To Ya” did for Deadpool/Rick and Morty, but for all the bombast and effort put into creating a facsimile of that song, “Purple Lamborghini” becomes completely uninteresting. No matter how many synths Skrillex throws at the wall, no matter how many Genius comments say it’s “fuego,” and no matter how amusing that opening “click with Skrillex” line is.
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Thomas Inskeep: I can’t tell if it’s that Skrillex can sound so much like contemporary hip-hop, or that contemporary hip-hop sounds so much like Skrillex these days. Either way, this basically sounds like a Rick Ross track: big, bombastic, ultra-flossy. Skrillex’s input is kinda neither here nor there; you decide whether or not that’s a positive. 
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Crystal Leww: Yet again, Suicide Squad has assembled a team that is self aware enough to know exactly who their audience is. Even if Skrillex has softened his sound lately, he is, after all, the man who was blamed until the end of time for brostep and the famous “OHMYGOD” sample from that Youtube video of that kid stacking cups is back. Rick Ross sounds like someone lit a flame under his ass for the first time in a long time; the EDM trap sound suits him well. These are bros that know they are trying to appeal to bros, and this just sounds like loldoingtoomuch, but completely self-aware and thrashing into that. I heard small snippets of this several times last weekend at Electric Zoo, and it went the fuck off every time.
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Will Adams: Ever since “Wild For the Night” I’ve wanted Skrillex to collaborate with more hip hop artists. “Purple Lamborghini” demonstrates why, as he and Rick Ross feed off each other’s mounting energy, resulting in a punishing drop where they work in tandem. It’s the kind of multi-purpose song you could go nuts to in a festival crowd or at the gym (even if the tie-ins to Suicide Squad are a touch clunky).
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