Soul Glo. Photo via Epitaph.
Soul Glo have been a regular staple on our monthly Best Rock Songs list thanks to their frenetic, untouchable mixture of hardcore and rap. Ahead of the release of Diaspora Problems, their debut album releasing March 25 on the seminal metal label Epitaph, Soul Glo have shared a new song called "Driponomics" with an assist from Philly M.C. Mother Maryrose.
An ode to the hustle simmering with righteous rage, "Driponomics" sends freewheeling bars about flipping luxury fashion over a punishing beat where feedback is the main source of melody. For her part, Mother Maryrose is content to bask in the spoils of the resale market, delivering her bands in a Flo Milli flow while Soul Glo's lead vocalist Pierce Jordan urges "bands on every politician's head."
“Driponomics is for everyone doing what they have to do to get by and to get fly," Soul Glo said in a statement. "Oftentimes lower-income and working class people are criticized for how they survive out here, especially in times of crisis. People are getting more desperate but simultaneously more creative with their income options, and this song is a salute to that. Love to Mother Maryrose whose verse on this song is one of the best moments on our album.”
