Key Glock, The Grinch | Song Review

Memphis rapper Key Glock ‘stands on business’ on the brief but potent and unapologetic banger, “The Grinch.”

“Ibeen runnin’ wild since a jit / Grandma never raised a bitch / Jumped off the porch, picked up a stick / Fourteen, turned into the Grinch.” Woo! Memphis rapper Key Glock (Markeyvius LaShun Cathey) brings the heat on “The Grinch”, a single from his 2025 album, Glockaveli (May 2, 2025). Brief, running two-and-a-quarter minutes long, “The Grinch” is potent. Oh Ross, RamyOnTheBeat, Lobeats, and Broadday produced it. Thanks to a percussive groove, organ, horns, and banging drum programming, the instrumental shines.  The sound exemplifies southern rap, giving Key Glock a kick-ass canvas to paint on. His rhymes are confident and unapologetic.  His cadence and flow are ‘on point,’ no cap! “Ayy, heard you talkin’ pillow, get your bitch-ass back / Lil’ bro ride around with a big-ass MAC,” he spits in the verse.  Keeping it 100, he adds, “I don’t squash no beef, and I don’t make up (The fuck?) / Yeah, bitch, I’m him, what I’ma hate for?” The chorus, excerpted at the top, is the section to beat. He concludes the chorus with a bang: “Pussy-ass nigga better play with his clit (Pussy) / I don’t know what you though, but that ain’t this.” Oh, snap! Ultimately, Key Glock ‘stands on business’ in “The Grinch”.  No, it’s not an innovative rap banger. It is an enjoyable, well-rounded rap banger, however. 

Key Glock // Glockaveli // Paper Route Empire, LLC / Republic // 5.2.25

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