Xiuhtezcatl, Careful | Bangerz N Bopz 🔥

In the 2nd edition of Bangerz N Bopz 🔥 (2025), we highlight “Careful” performed by activist and hip-hop artist, Xiuhtezcatl. 

Bring on the bold, fierce songs! Bangerz N Bopz 🔥 serves up background info and insight into songs of various styles, especially songs that raise eyebrows and stir the pot.  Featured records can be classic or brand new. In the 2^nd edition of Bangerz N Bopz 🔥 (2025), we break down “Careful” performed by Xiuhtezcatl.

“Are you community-made? Are you claimed by who you claim? / If you ain’t from or for the land / See what that says about you.” Word. Xiuhtezcatl (Xiuhtezcatl Martinez) is incredibly unique (“Yo no soy artista común”). The activist and hip-hop musician delivered an awesome song with “Careful”. Xiuhtezcatl composed “Careful” with producers Adrian Quesada (of Black Pumas fame) and Sweetsound.  The musical accompaniment is colorful, with the organ, an anchoring, banging beat, and marvelous guitar chords.

Xiuhtezcatl, who is bilingual, excels in English and Spanish throughout “Careful.”  He showcases his Spanish in the first verse: “Mis primas, mi pueblo, mi pelo sin liga / Flow Popocatepetl / Nimitztlamachtia / Yo no soy artista común.” He ‘bites’ in a later verse, asserting, in English, “Cast a fake to the sidelines, playing activist for the timeline / Are you really down for the cause that you claim / Clout got you like a moth to a flame.” Woo!  The tuneful, sung chorus, is the centerpiece:

“I’ve been under pressure

Hechándo le ganas hustle on what I was sent for

Barely working hard enough for y’all to say I’m special

The water high, baby, be careful.”

The handsome and talented Xiuhtezcatl delivers a surefire, must-hear banger with “Careful”.  This is a gem from 2024 that deserves to be brought into 2025 and beyond.

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