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March 4th, 2022 12:55pm

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Earthgang featuring JID and J Cole “Waterboyz”

Daoud, Phoelix, and Groove’s arrangement for “Waterboyz” is slinky but off-kilter, mostly built around the contrast of a busy bass line and something that sounds like a guitar sample pitched up to the tonality of a sitar. The percussion and keyboards shift around through the piece, framing each rapper’s voice a little differently while keeping a steady verse/chorus/verse structure and consistent feel. While this is a posse cut with guest features the most memorable parts here are definitely Johnny Venus’ chorus and bridge parts – there’s a fun, playful tone to his vocal, and he plays off the producers’ syncopation rather than just flow along with it.

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