![]() I never considered myself to be a rapper, more like a hip-hop artist in general. For me writing the entire song, not just the lyrics, is the complete art form. I actually never released any material over anyone’s beats but my own until this album. Off Topic: EDK made the beat a while back and it was one I always wanted to write to, but over time I had forgotten about it. Related Sauce: Why We Like It: Ami Cheon’s “Good Good” In less capable hands, a track like “Threat” might collapse under contrived edginess, but the great combination of gripping instrumental and barbed lyricism brings with it a chilling conviction - one that you mightn’t test, lest it be more than just an act. ![]() The beat is intriguing, the synthesizers attention-grabbing, but that’s not to say there’s any trade-off. ![]() That’s a thread that carries throughout, even in the absence of lyrical allusions, with his carefully cultivated mood and a strong emphasis on lyrical sleight-of-hand steeped in the study of bars. “Leave your whole crew more tipsy than J-Kwon / and your eyes more purple than tapes from Raekwon,” says Off Topic on the second verse, bringing his threats to life with a dose of hip-hop history. “Did I stutter, son? I-I-I-I-I kick your ass,” he callously sneers, soon segueing into the central refrain: “I could give a fuck less than two fucks, the threat is real / (yeah motherfucker, shut the fuck up).” It’s a mission statement that can’t be denied. Off Topic imbues that soft synth with some serious attitude, every bar taken with the tone of some acerbic attack. It’s an influence that runs from the performance all the way down to the skittish flip at the heart of it, pulled from an anxious turn-of-the-century Radiohead classic. It might be the tenor of the voice or the aggressively enunciated threats throughout, but there’s some of Def Jux in this snarling menace. “Threat” is a modern take on an older feel a sort of timely throwback. ![]() An artist of uncommon privacy, there’s little to be gleaned about the Jersey rapper, but “Threats” does something to illuminate those dark corners - and dark they are. His new single, “Threats,” runs with its titular promise, the charismatic antagonism paired with lo-fi sounds and sharp snares. It’s turned chilly in our SubmitHub inbox, thanks to the efforts of menacing emcee Off Topic. ![]()
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