500, Stoner Pimpson, Papo2oo4, and Subjxct 5: “Windy City Gyros”I’m ready to call Subjxct 5 one of the hottest producers on the East Coast right now. Have you heard the new generation Swizz Beatz joint he made for Papo2oo4’s “Space Jam”? It sounds like it should be the loading screen music for a new Def Jam: Fight for NY. What about the way the Jersey producer seamlessly laced those soul-stirring gospel vocals into Wiki and Navy Blue’s “One More Chance”? Sorry to be blasphemous, but it gave me shades of Kanye behind the boards on Common’s “Faithful” (a hilariously batshit Common verse, by the way). Now it’s the beat he made for the new posse cut “Windy City Gyros.” As Chicago’s 500 and Stoner Pimpson and Jersey’s Papo get to work, Subjxct’s backdrop is unfussy, with only galvanizing strings and a drip-drop of percussion that sounds like a slow leak from your ceiling. If it was 2005, Styles P would be on this saying he’s a hustler in 15 different ways, but the three rappers here do a good job of holding things down—even if they should have gone on longer so the beat didn’t have to stop.With artists releasing songs at a fast and furious pace, it’s difficult for the average hip-hop head to keep track of it all—no matter how tapped in they are. That’s why we created The Ones, a daily post to highlight the song you need to hear.Check out previous Ones, and listen to new rap from Subjxct 5 and more on our Spotify playlist.
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