Kodak Black, Sink My Ship | Rap BNGRZ 🔥

In the 30^th edition of Rap BNGRZ 🔥 (2023), we break down the banger status of “Sink My Ship,” performed by Kodak Black. 

Bring on the braggadocio, drip, sex, and kicka$$ery, WOO! You’ve entered Rap BNGRZ 🔥 territory! On Rap BNGRZ 🔥 (bangers being the proper spelling), the premise is simple. Rap BNGRZ provides background info and commentary on cocky, confident, ferocious hip-hop/rap songs. The bangers can be brand-spanking-new or certified classics. In the 30^th edition of Rap BNGRZ 🔥 (2023), we break down the banger status of 🎵 “Sink My Ship” performed by 🎙 Kodak Black.

“Fo’ red bitches fuckin’ on me ‘cause I’m lit / Fo’ red bitches jumpin’ on me like I’m crip,” 🎙 Kodak Black raps in the chorus of 🎵 “Sink My Ship”, continuing, “Leakin’ on me, shawty got that sauce, she got that drip / Niggas hatin’ on me, tryna sink a nigga ship.” Woo! It’s no secret that Black is controversial, with a history of issues. Arguably, “Sink My Ship” is controversial, given the conversation he has with his young song in the intro and during an interlude late in the track (“And what we is? / We gangsters”). Gangsters, huh? Definitely a different sort of parenting… Regardless, this eighth track from his 2022 album, 💿 Back For Everything, is a banger.  Cool, energetic production by 🎛 Scott Storch and Avedon helps to fuel the Floridian’s fire 🔥 – and flow, of course!

Essentially, in Kodak Black’s mind, these folks – N’s from his perspective – are hating on him, trying to kill his shine.  At one point, in the first verse, he asserts, “These niggas hate the way that I’m progressin’ / They hate to see me be the person that I’m destined.” Perhaps that’s true, however, when you have built a certain reputation, as the rapper has, it’s incredibly hard to change perceptions.  Furthermore, the self-admitted gangster, earlier in the same verse spits, “Streets done taught me well, I’m droppin’ knowledge on my lil’ son / If a nigga hit you, we don’t hit back, we gon’ kill something.” Charming.  Verse two also makes it a bit far-fetched to believe the rapper has progressed too much: “It’s like nothin’ don’t excite me no more / All I think about is sniping, oh Lord / All I think about is killing people / All I think about is being evil.” Woo! The next steps for Kodak Black, based on these troubling thoughts and rhymes is, how do you ensure the ship doesn’t sink, and you are showing true progression? The other side of this is, how much of  🎵 “Sink My Ship” is to make a kickass rap banger and how much is truly 💯?

🎙 Kodak Black • 💿 Back For Everything  • 🏷 Atlantic • 🗓 2022

Kodak Black, Sink My Ship: Rap BNGRZ 🔥 No. 30 (2023) [📷: Brent Faulkner/The Musical Hype; Atlantic; cottonbro studio via Pexels]