Danny Brown opens the song with what seems to be a simple rhyme scheme, but by the end of the verse the complexity of his lyricism really shines through. He forgoes a complex internal rhyme scheme in favor of metaphor, imagery, and relentless end-rhymes. Whether his dick’s getting played like a piccolo or he’s rolling a blunt full of vegetables, Danny Brown’s opening verse demonstrates a side of rap that we don’t see often enough these days: hip hop is fun.

As Ab-soul takes over for the second verse, ‘Really Doe’ inches away from the playfulness we got from Danny Brown. After a quick reference to Tupac, Ab-Soul launches into an exploration of his own experience with fame and how far he’s come. The whole second half of this verse left me reeling, starting with “employer tryna write me up, but now I’m a writer, with ambitions of a rider, and half the shit on my rider I don’t even want.”

Kendrick provides the hook throughout the song, but he really spreads his wings in his verse. The beat matches Kendrick’s flow here in a way that reminds me a little of Good Kid M.A.A.D. City. Kendrick’s verse clarifies a trend throughout the song: it seems like each verse gets a little heavier, meatier, and less playful than the last, a trend that continues into Earl Sweatshirt’s verse. Throughout the song, you go from Danny Brown spitting about girls wanting his piccolo, to Ab-Soul rapping about how he doesn’t even want the things on his rider (they’re just on it for girls), to Kendrick saying “I can hear you crying silence sittin’ in the dark, holdin’ crosses ‘cross your heart, sin is such a work of art,” and ending with Earl Sweatshirt’s in-your-face fighting words. Five minutes after ‘Really Doe’ starts, you find yourself wondering “will these artists collaborate again any time soon?” I don’t know for sure, but I know one thing: I wish a motherfucker would.

Written by Sam Benatovich.

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Shoulda died already. Mac Miller, one of the (most) dope rapper came out of nowhere and dropped a mixtape for the masses. Faces comes with 24 tracks with features from ScHoolboy Q, Ab-Soul, Rick Ross and a few others. Click the image above to grab the free download and let us know in the comments if you FUXWITHIT.

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