If you have been living under a rock or really hate where the most-heard music has landed recently, there is a slight chance that you haven't have heard some Migos music; they are everywhere. The group of three, all rappers, modern rappers to definition, run most the radio, Spotify, and mp3 with their, unbeatable, fresh, new, and very catchy music. Having a conventional, hard, rapper's past, these guys did lose their track mid way when they became addicts and one of them had to spend time in jail, but their main focus, or their only way out to glory, was hip hop. They started very poor, all three very close relatives to each other and with their parents dead, living in crap, hard-to-call house, or hut-type, place and started what, now, they are known for: music with a fresh flow that is blowing everybody's minds out.
I am a very new tourist, still not a citizen, of Hollywood music. My collection and preferences of music were almost entirely based of Bollywood, and some local music of Farsi, Iranian and Hazaragi. But I did listen to some English music since English was forced to be taught and learnt as an immediate, second language where we lived; some English music would help much in learning it fast, I thought. So, back in the days, were Akon, Enqrique Iglesias, Arash & Helena, Selena Gomez, Justin Bieber of course, and songs like: Stand up for the champion, the Titanic song (can't recall the name), Waka waka (the world-cup song by Shakira) and a few others, but that was it; they were also given less streaming time against the likes of Arijit's songs, the sound of Bollywood and present legend. Anyways, last year, moving to Islamabad and settling in all its modernizations over my home-town, I also moved towards modern (English songs are modern here, or completely scolded) songs. By June of 2017 I had my playlist of Best Music of 2017 (mid). About 33 songs filled that list, but Migos wasn't there. Funny thing is, I never came across such a popular song, Bad and Boujee by Migos, not that I disliked hip hop and never followed it, while I did discover, not really discovered but adopted listening to everywhere-on-streets/internet songs such as Shape of You by Ed Sheeren, XO TOUR LIF3 by Lil Uzi Vert, or Despacito Remix by Luis, Yanky and JB, of course Despacito. But later around the end of the year, Migos started to appear on my radar when listing of best music of 2017 started - Bad & Boujee was right up there, and that was where I first noticed Migos: these weird looking black guys with heavy jewelry, but a music so repulsively unique at first, and addictively familiar the latter, was what made its mark on me. Bad and Boujee was everywhere, but is USA probably; here we mostly avoid hip hop, we LOVE pop music only and Justin Bieber, that's why I said, 'of course Despacito'. Bad and Boujee lead me to, now, one of my most favorite YouTubers, Superwoman (aka Bawse) when I watched her parents react to Bad and Boujee, and it was hilarious. That, too, was probably why that song became my jam, because it stuck with me through that reaction video. It's funny isn't it? How a song you know is good, only becomes your most-played-song after you watch some videos of people reacting to that song, and Bawse's parents was just that for Bad and Boujee. (WOW! So many red-underlined words. New English y'all, New English)
But that was just the introduction, my folks. It wasn't until later that I was thinking of ordering a shirt that would say, in bold letters, 'That Way' and Quavo mentioned below that; and when I think of ordering shirt, you should know I am liking the hell out of that thing (FYI, I ordered shirts of Floki's (from Vikings) and 'Cash me outside, Howbow that?' from that meme). 'Yeah, that way' was my humming phrase of that time, and the song was very much liked by me except the Uzi's part. As Paramjeet (Superwoman's YouTube papa. Yep, you can have YouTube father too now) reacted when Uzi's part came on, "Pause. 'Hello, mental hospital? We have found your patient." I mean that was straight out garbage. His appearance was the ugliest and his words were just nonsense talking on a beat. No offense to him though, I love 'XO TOUR LIF3'! But while Uzi stood on the extreme bad on that video, standing on the extreme good was, you guessed it, Quavo. Actually, Quavo was the only familiar member of this generation's freshest family. Him and I went as back as his non-stop, consistent features by almost all artists, which I first hated like everyone else, later adored, and now, love. Quavo is the most eminent of the three, not that he is the only one, Migos is a family and will only work as one; Fifth Harmony may break, One Direction too, and produce arguably better music individually, but Migos would function better, and best, when they make music together, although they are great rappers/features on their own. So yeah, what started with Quavo, now lies on all three, Quavo, Offset and Takeoff. Sadly though, Bad and Boujee didn't make it to my top 10 of 2017, not even an honorable mention.
Motorsport (put that thing is Sports, can't stop singing it) came next, and just like the Bad and Boujee, it remained a hidden gem to me; I guess I have a way of missing on big hits that I later can't stop listening to. Migos, I dug with them (modern English), but hadn't really fallen into their music, and Motorsport didn't seem like a catchy name for the song; also, I didn't know about the Cardi B and Nicki Minaj thing too, back then. So despite its popularity, and it hitting the No.6 spot on Billboard Hot 100 and staying there for 17 weeks, I wasn't into it; you know what, I didn't even listen to it, not even for once - until I did! Then, I kept listening and listening and listening to it, all day, everyday. It was my jam for weeks, my most obsessed song of the day, next day, and the day after that. (FYI, everyday, I have a song that I keep listening to, thus the 'obsessed song'. Today. 28 Feb, it's 'Walk It Talk It' again by Migos. Guess what urged me to blog about them, this very song. And today, even made me sit down and write about it). I mean the song is perfect. It checks all the boxes: catchy flow (tick) always a tick with Migos; great lyrics (tick); punch lines (tick); the FU factor (tick); hot features (tick) actually hottest; a lengthy song and not boring (tick) really building by each minute; great verses by all (tick) Takeoff!; and Quavo's unbeatable genius, little sounds (tick) - tick, tick and tick. I love that song! While it was released as a single, which I didn't listen, it was included into their 2nd, hit, album Culture II, having a whooping set of 24 songs, boy they produced on this one. From Culture II, it became my most favorite song, and most favorite from Migos ever. Now I do love other songs from the album, Walk It Talk It (this year's Bad and Boujee) Stir Fry (which everybody else seems to love) Narcos, Notice Me, Superstars and a few more. Migos are there to stay for the rest of year with the great album they have produced, and you know what, they will definitely make to my top songs of 2018, already making it to my list of Q1 of 2018. Brr!
But what makes their music not only unique, but highly addictive, is their savvy way of making their music. Their formula is one of the best for today's music: have a catchy beat, talk about jewelry, girls, and money-success, and put their fresh elements in there that only they possess: the savvy, little sounds that you first like unknowingly, but later look for in each of their song because that's what produces the flow, the factor of humming along with it. "Most of 'em are only good at mixing," said Offset in an interview with 105.1 FM on their album debut 'Culture II', "We produce our own music and flow". And that's what they do, they do their own thing; it's original, it's meaninglessly genius, it flowy and ridiculously catchy. If anything's for sure, it's that Migos and their music are there to stay and keep on getting better. They have taken over the game. Skrr skrr!
I am a very new tourist, still not a citizen, of Hollywood music. My collection and preferences of music were almost entirely based of Bollywood, and some local music of Farsi, Iranian and Hazaragi. But I did listen to some English music since English was forced to be taught and learnt as an immediate, second language where we lived; some English music would help much in learning it fast, I thought. So, back in the days, were Akon, Enqrique Iglesias, Arash & Helena, Selena Gomez, Justin Bieber of course, and songs like: Stand up for the champion, the Titanic song (can't recall the name), Waka waka (the world-cup song by Shakira) and a few others, but that was it; they were also given less streaming time against the likes of Arijit's songs, the sound of Bollywood and present legend. Anyways, last year, moving to Islamabad and settling in all its modernizations over my home-town, I also moved towards modern (English songs are modern here, or completely scolded) songs. By June of 2017 I had my playlist of Best Music of 2017 (mid). About 33 songs filled that list, but Migos wasn't there. Funny thing is, I never came across such a popular song, Bad and Boujee by Migos, not that I disliked hip hop and never followed it, while I did discover, not really discovered but adopted listening to everywhere-on-streets/internet songs such as Shape of You by Ed Sheeren, XO TOUR LIF3 by Lil Uzi Vert, or Despacito Remix by Luis, Yanky and JB, of course Despacito. But later around the end of the year, Migos started to appear on my radar when listing of best music of 2017 started - Bad & Boujee was right up there, and that was where I first noticed Migos: these weird looking black guys with heavy jewelry, but a music so repulsively unique at first, and addictively familiar the latter, was what made its mark on me. Bad and Boujee was everywhere, but is USA probably; here we mostly avoid hip hop, we LOVE pop music only and Justin Bieber, that's why I said, 'of course Despacito'. Bad and Boujee lead me to, now, one of my most favorite YouTubers, Superwoman (aka Bawse) when I watched her parents react to Bad and Boujee, and it was hilarious. That, too, was probably why that song became my jam, because it stuck with me through that reaction video. It's funny isn't it? How a song you know is good, only becomes your most-played-song after you watch some videos of people reacting to that song, and Bawse's parents was just that for Bad and Boujee. (WOW! So many red-underlined words. New English y'all, New English)
But that was just the introduction, my folks. It wasn't until later that I was thinking of ordering a shirt that would say, in bold letters, 'That Way' and Quavo mentioned below that; and when I think of ordering shirt, you should know I am liking the hell out of that thing (FYI, I ordered shirts of Floki's (from Vikings) and 'Cash me outside, Howbow that?' from that meme). 'Yeah, that way' was my humming phrase of that time, and the song was very much liked by me except the Uzi's part. As Paramjeet (Superwoman's YouTube papa. Yep, you can have YouTube father too now) reacted when Uzi's part came on, "Pause. 'Hello, mental hospital? We have found your patient." I mean that was straight out garbage. His appearance was the ugliest and his words were just nonsense talking on a beat. No offense to him though, I love 'XO TOUR LIF3'! But while Uzi stood on the extreme bad on that video, standing on the extreme good was, you guessed it, Quavo. Actually, Quavo was the only familiar member of this generation's freshest family. Him and I went as back as his non-stop, consistent features by almost all artists, which I first hated like everyone else, later adored, and now, love. Quavo is the most eminent of the three, not that he is the only one, Migos is a family and will only work as one; Fifth Harmony may break, One Direction too, and produce arguably better music individually, but Migos would function better, and best, when they make music together, although they are great rappers/features on their own. So yeah, what started with Quavo, now lies on all three, Quavo, Offset and Takeoff. Sadly though, Bad and Boujee didn't make it to my top 10 of 2017, not even an honorable mention.
Motorsport (put that thing is Sports, can't stop singing it) came next, and just like the Bad and Boujee, it remained a hidden gem to me; I guess I have a way of missing on big hits that I later can't stop listening to. Migos, I dug with them (modern English), but hadn't really fallen into their music, and Motorsport didn't seem like a catchy name for the song; also, I didn't know about the Cardi B and Nicki Minaj thing too, back then. So despite its popularity, and it hitting the No.6 spot on Billboard Hot 100 and staying there for 17 weeks, I wasn't into it; you know what, I didn't even listen to it, not even for once - until I did! Then, I kept listening and listening and listening to it, all day, everyday. It was my jam for weeks, my most obsessed song of the day, next day, and the day after that. (FYI, everyday, I have a song that I keep listening to, thus the 'obsessed song'. Today. 28 Feb, it's 'Walk It Talk It' again by Migos. Guess what urged me to blog about them, this very song. And today, even made me sit down and write about it). I mean the song is perfect. It checks all the boxes: catchy flow (tick) always a tick with Migos; great lyrics (tick); punch lines (tick); the FU factor (tick); hot features (tick) actually hottest; a lengthy song and not boring (tick) really building by each minute; great verses by all (tick) Takeoff!; and Quavo's unbeatable genius, little sounds (tick) - tick, tick and tick. I love that song! While it was released as a single, which I didn't listen, it was included into their 2nd, hit, album Culture II, having a whooping set of 24 songs, boy they produced on this one. From Culture II, it became my most favorite song, and most favorite from Migos ever. Now I do love other songs from the album, Walk It Talk It (this year's Bad and Boujee) Stir Fry (which everybody else seems to love) Narcos, Notice Me, Superstars and a few more. Migos are there to stay for the rest of year with the great album they have produced, and you know what, they will definitely make to my top songs of 2018, already making it to my list of Q1 of 2018. Brr!
But what makes their music not only unique, but highly addictive, is their savvy way of making their music. Their formula is one of the best for today's music: have a catchy beat, talk about jewelry, girls, and money-success, and put their fresh elements in there that only they possess: the savvy, little sounds that you first like unknowingly, but later look for in each of their song because that's what produces the flow, the factor of humming along with it. "Most of 'em are only good at mixing," said Offset in an interview with 105.1 FM on their album debut 'Culture II', "We produce our own music and flow". And that's what they do, they do their own thing; it's original, it's meaninglessly genius, it flowy and ridiculously catchy. If anything's for sure, it's that Migos and their music are there to stay and keep on getting better. They have taken over the game. Skrr skrr!