Anybody heard of this guy? I was looking at pitchfork and the album sounds good.

"Almost midway into Pilot Talk, there's a line that gets right to the heart of Curren$y's appeal: "Xbox web browser/ Download a updated NBA roster/ Play a 82-game season/ Condo full of snacks, Spitta not leaving." Not too many rappers could get away with bragging about sitting in their apartments all day playing NBA Live and eating Doritos, and even fewer would try. But Curren$y has hit a certain level of mixtape-level cult stardom in part because he's perfected his amiable everydude stoner persona, and that comes across vividly in that line even though he never mentions weed. He doesn't have to; it's implied. The other thing about that line is its specificity. Curren$y's not just a guy who plays NBA Live all day; he's also one who makes sure he does it right, getting the updated roster. It might harsh his buzz if new Bull Carlos Boozer suddenly turned up in his old Utah Jazz uniform. He appreciates the smaller things.

Curren$y's also had a weird, bounced-around career. The New Orleans rapper got his start in Master P's then-waning No Limit empire, then jumped to Cash Money, playing foil and second banana to Lil Wayne during Wayne's historic mixtape run a few years back. But he left the label just as Wayne was becoming the most popular rapper in the world. And he presumably did it so he could clear his own path, rapping about the stuff he actually cared about. Over a few years' worth of heavy mixtape-circuit work, he's become a great rapper with his own aesthetic-- he's a nimble, affectless drawler who favors airy, spaced-out beats. Like friend and frequent collaborator Wiz Khalifa, he's become one of the dominant voices in the rap underground by making a form of unassuming stoner-rap that owes virtually nothing to J Dilla. And with Pilot Talk, he gets his moment."

Worth checking out? Any mixtapes to start with?

yeah he's got a lot of good mixtapes. was not expecting a bnm thing from it but its one of my favorite hip hop albums of the year. probably second. its smooth

i'm morbidly curious about your #1.

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