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Exporter strikes with venomous swagger on new single “Southern Kingsnake”
Striking with a bravado that hisses with confidence, Exporter offers up “Southern Kingsnake,” the smoking new single that’s a snapshot of their new EP, New Rubber Girlfriend. On this track, Exporter issues a sound so intoxicating that it’s dangerous. “Southern Kingsnake” envelops the listener from the jump in a musical comforter covered in blues-soaked riffs, drenched with the sort of raw, unfiltered energy it feels like should have a few drops of sweat, blood, and bourbon lighting up the stage of a backroad dive bar, instead of emanating from a late night drive through the desert.
The guitars are a growling, pulsating gnashing of teeth that gives the chain-rattling vocals enough room to lead the charge and rip whatever fabric formed from dust and distortion. And the hypnotic rhythm of the track slithers forward like the snake. It’s slick and deliberate, though it’s never quite clear when it will strike. On “Southern Kingsnake,” Exporter harvests the archetypal elements of transformation and temptation, building lyrics that parallel the duality of the kingsnake, seductive and perilous all at once. There is a real feeling of evolution in every beat as if there is this sense that the band is peeling off an old layer and showing the world the sharper, bolder, and more confident one that lies beneath. What sets “Southern Kingsnake” apart is its perfect ratio of desert swagger and garage grit.
Though the band may straddle classic blues rock and modern alternative, Exporter masterfully connects the two with their own unique style of sound production. It’s a track that requires full attention, whether you’re barreling down some desolate highway alone or preoccupied with the pulse of a late-night jam session. Ahead of New Rubber Girlfriend, “Southern Kingsnake” sees Exporter as a band that is not afraid to grow and experiment. This single is a clear signal of purpose. Exporter have found their venom and are not scared to let it bite. “Southern Kingsnake” is out now, and listeners are baptized into Exporter’s world, where transformation broods in the gloaming and temptation croons in the moonbeam.
Celebrity
recent leak of Kanye West and Jay-Z’s “Living So Italian” brings back the legendary Watch the Throne mystery.
One of the most longed unreleased tracks from the album era is Watch the Throne, and 15 years after Kanye West and Jay-Z dropped it, it has reappeared online. Another fleeting peek of a long untouchable song: a new nine-second clip of “Living So Italian” is rumored to have leaked.
Beyond the officially released material, Watch The Throne is also long linked to unreleased songs that have become highly sought-after among fans. “Living So Italian” is one of those songs that has had bits and pieces emerge online over the years, but never the full song.
Even in that short clip, the snippet adds another piece to the long-running mystery around the track. The production has a lavish European feel, which suits the song’s title and the material associated with West during the Watch The Throne era.
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The possibility of hearing Jay-Z alongside West on the full production has also added to the track’s appeal. The two artists have since fallen out, and a collaboration between them is unlikely. Their official collaboration “Jail” has been described as possibly their last, adding another layer of suspense to older material from their collaborative period.
The new snippet also raises a bigger question of what unreleased material from the Watch The Throne era could still be out there. “Living So Italian” is one of many unreleased songs from that period, and many of those recordings may never be heard.
But for now, fans have another nine seconds to wait instead of the whole track. Yet the emergence of a new snippet after years of leaks and rumors shows that the Watch The Throne vault still has material that can garner attention long after the album’s original release.
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DJ Khaled’s Top 5 Rappers List Causes Controversy After Leaving Out Drake
DJ Khaled sparked conversation amongst hip hop fans when he excluded Drake from a recent list of his favorite rappers. Given the pair’s increasingly weakened relationship, it was bound to be a talking point.
Khaled was in view of fans over the weekend, and they asked him on camera to name his top five rappers. Khaled didn’t name Drake, who would have been his first choice in the past , instead he named Jay-Z, The Notorious B.I.G., Tupac, Nas, Kendrick Lamar, and Rick Ross.
The list actually had six artists, not five, but Drake’s absence was the main talking point.
The situation gets more interesting because Khaled and Drake reportedly haven’t been on the best of terms in recent years. Khaled was once going to have two Drake features on an album that was supposed to drop a couple of years ago. But comments made during the Drake and Kendrick Lamar beef contributed to the icy relationship between Khaled and Drake.
Drake later made a pointed comment suggesting he won’t appear on Khaled’s upcoming album. Khaled has not publicly responded, and two years later the project still hasn’t materialized.
But there is an alternative explanation. Khaled may have just been listing six artists he thinks are some of his favorite rappers. The moment itself doesn’t confirm that anything on the list was meant as a message to Drake. But reactions on social media suggest many fans are reading more into the omission. Given Khaled’s previous connection to Drake and the long history of his delayed album, the rapper’s absence has understandably become a major topic of discussion.
It’s unclear if Khaled and Drake will ever get past their differences. Drake’s relationships with the artists from the 2024 battle also remain a topic of conversation, with Future allegedly the only artist from that feud he seems to be on good terms with again. For Khaled, the bigger question might be when his long-delayed album will finally drop. For now, his surprise top-rappers list has given fans another reason to think about their relationship with Drake.
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