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Dec
3. Chance The Rapper - “Chain Smoker”
On the surface, the penultimate track off Acid Rap, a mixtape more fully formed than the majority of studio releases this year, is a mission statement type of theme song for the 20-year-old Chicago native. With an unapologetic, take-me-as-I-am approach, Chancelor Bennett spits in his instantly signature Woody Woodpecker vocals about listening to Michael Jackson on acid, his fear of death (vs. his peers’ glamorization of goin’ out “with a bang”), citing God as his dealer, and being so into his own music sometimes that he forgets “to park [his] whip.” It’s deceivingly insightful, full of double entendres, and fun as all hell. But beyond the song’s speedy, spaced-out three and a half minutes, it signifies the emergence of a bright young talent, one raised on old-school Kanye and middle-class hallucinogens, chompin’ at the bit to show the world what the new school has to offer.
“Oh oh oh, I seen the light, I lost my lighter / Bic flick, kick the habit and the bucket, f**k your supplier / Lies, Levi’s on fire / Flyer on the wall, I’m brighter / In the darkness of the night / In the sky, I get higher, higher”
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