I Could Make Moonlight

Jay Rock featuring Kendrick Lamar “Wow Freestyle”

The first two verses here are very good – it’s Kendrick on the first, Jay Rock on the second, so what would you expect? But the real draw here is the third section in which the two go back and forth on the mic while Hit-Boy’s beats subtly shift for emphasis. The track has a drowsy feeling to it, mainly due to a flute loop very similar to the one in Future and Kendrick’s “Mask Off,” but the energy level in the vocals is quite dynamic with both men approaching the groove differently every few bars. I particularly like when Jay Rock seems to lose his cool and gets aggro – “Fuck your plan, I’ma burn that castle!” – especially since it’s in strong contrast to some much more chill moments less than a minute earlier in the song.

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