Lil Mabu & Fivio Foreign, TEACH ME HOW TO DRILL | Song Review 🎵

Rappers Lil Mabu and Fivio Foreign deliver one of 2023’s most unexpected collaborations with the ‘educational’ banger, “TEACH ME HOW TO DRILL.”

“Yeah, I got a white shooter, huh / And, no, I ain’t shootin’ no schools up.” Well, that’s a relief! If you didn’t catch the reference that rappers Lil Mabu and Fivio Foreign making in the chorus of “TEACH ME HOW TO DRILL”, Mabu, who is white, is a shooter, but not the stereotypical white male mass shooting perpetrator. Of course, that’s just one moment from this colorful, unexpected collaboration between a privileged, 18-year-old white rapper and a popular black drill rapper. “TEACH ME HOW TO DRILL” shouldn’t work, but, given the personality of both rappers, it’s a success!

The personality of Mabu, who has unspoken rizz, along with acknowledging his privilege, whiteness, and not taken himself too seriously, gives him an edge in this ‘drill tutorial.’ The young’un allows Fivio Foreign to take him under his wing, into the hood and embracing the drill rap style.  The rappers trade bars, complementing one another in surprisingly successful fashion. See verse two: “He look like a singer, but white boy’ll get up on ‘em / He can’t say the word, I’ma say it for him / You not the biggest, I’m bigger / You just a broke lil’ —-.” WOO! The music video, which is even more entertaining than the song itself, amplifies the chemistry between two, unalike artists.  Also fueling the fire on this rap banger is the hard-nosed production courtesy of GRKS, 808k antares, and Swamiq. “TEACH ME HOW TO DRILL” is novel, but, it shows that (1) unexpected collaborations sometimes work and (2) Lil Mabu is creative. 

🎙 Lil Mabu & Fivio Foreign • 🎵 “TEACH ME HOW TO DRILL” • 🏷 YOUNG GENIUS ACADEMY INC. • 🗓 12.21.23

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