June 24, 2015
Fetty Wap’s best-known tracks—“Trap Queen” and “My Way”—have emphasized his strange, beguiling gift for melody. But he also has plenty of bracing rap verses in his catalog: see the staccato bursts of syllables in “679.” The rising New Jersey star plays up this aspect of his artistry on his latest song, “Boomin.” Over a spare, simple beat, Fetty whoops and shouts and slurs his words with vigor. Listen below, and read what the rapper had to say about his Drake co-sign.
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