Hip-hop Rockstar | 3BOPS

1. DaBaby, “Rockstar”

Ft. Roddy Ricch

💿 BLAME IT ON BABY • 🏷 Interscope • 🗓 2020

“Let’s go / Brand new Lamborghini, fuck a cop car / With the pistol on my hip like I’m a cop.” Woo, 🎙 DaBaby! He continues, “Have you ever met a real nigga rock star? / This ain’t no guitar, bitch, this a Glock.” The 🏆 Grammy-nominated rapper enlists his fellow 🏆 Grammy-nominated rapper 🎙 Roddy Ricch on his dominant no. 1 hit “Rockstar” (💿 BLAME IT ON BABY).

“Rockstar” is a more melodic rap performance, adding pop and R&B sensibilities.  No worries, as 🎛 SethInTheKitchen ensures the production is anchored by trunk rattling drums.  Even with a sense of melody under his belt, DaBaby isn’t soft – he’s riskier and more reckless, if possible, as the chorus confirms. Ultimately, “Rockstar” is a crowd pleaser that’s an undeniable gem any way you look at it and definitely ranks among the best songs of 2020.

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2. Playboi Carti, “Rockstar Made”

💿 Whole Lotta Red • 🏷 AWGE / Interscope • 📅 2020

🎙 Playboi Carti has proven himself to be a ‘one of a kind’ rapper.  Is that a positive description? In some ways, yes, it is, while in other words, not necessarily.  Nonetheless, his 2020 studio album, 💿 Whole Lotta Red, has its fair share of intriguing moments including 🎵 “Rockstar Made.” 

Carti kicks off Whole Lotta Red with the wild number. His energy is unquestionable.  The same can be said regarding his sexual appetite:

“She suckin’ my dick (What?), she eat it for lunch (What? Uh)
I hit it from the back (What?), yeah, I’m beatin’ it up...”

Wow.  Just wow.  I guess it goes with the territory.  Rappers can’t rap without being open about their sexual encounters. “Rockstar Made!”

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3. Post Malone, “Rockstar”

Ft. 21 Savage

💿 beerbongs & bentleys • 🏷 Republic • 📅 2018

So, before DaBaby or Playboi Carti delivered their own rockstar-driven hip-hop records, 🏆 Grammy nominated rapper/singer 🎙 Post Malone, assisted by 🏆 Grammy winning rapper 🎙 21 Savage, did the same.  Honestly, folks have been singing about being or embodying a rock star for years, so, undoubtedly, this concept is going nowhere any time soon. 🎵 “Rockstar”, is the crowd-pleasing centerpiece of Post’s sophomore album, 💿 beerbongs & bentleys, and has ample pros.

Among the pros is the production (🎛 Louis Bell and 🎛 Tank God), sporting moody vibes from the onset.  Post continues performing in his signature pop-rap style with agile rhymes, exhibiting a respectable flow and that distinct, oft-mentioned vibrato. 21 Savage provides a nice contrast to Post’s more exuberant, emotional style. What does that mean exactly? Oh, that deadpan, low energy, yet ‘still manages to bite hard’ approach.  Of course, the centerpiece of the centerpiece of beerbongs & bentleys is the chorus.

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