![]() It may not be an “official” Fashion Week event, but it sure looks like a lot of fun - at least, it does for Lil Baby and Gunna.ĭrip Harder is out now via Quality Control Music/Young Stoner Life Records. As they perform their verses from the fan favorite single that’s currently tearing its way up the streaming charts, their models prepare for the poolside show, popping bottles of champagne as the rappers flaunt cash and their own, high-price designer style. Unlike many Fashion Week events, though, Lil Baby and Gunna, who just dropped their solid collaborative effort Drip Harder after a long year building their buzz on projects from the likes of Young Thug and Travis Scott, decided to be a little more inclusive in their model selection, featuring body types and skin tones that have long been missing from the catwalks of places like Paris and Milan. However, it looks like up-and-coming Atlanta trap stars Lil Baby and Gunna felt left out of the festivities, so they did what true innovators always do: They put together their own private show in the Hollywood Hills, renting out a mansion and filling it with models for their long-awaited “Drip Too Hard” video. And even if they break up over some pettiness like Rich Gang, Drip Harder will be remembered as a moment that let hip-hop know it had two new superstars draped in “designer to the floor,” which, as Gunna said, “I can barely spell.Now that it’s officially fall - in most places in the Northern Hemisphere, anyway - Fashion Week events have been cropping up in all the major cities, celebrating the work and forthcoming efforts of all sorts of high-end design houses. It’s the duo establishing themselves, knowing they have some limitations, but capitalizing on what they do well. This production is musically considered sad and danceable. Lil Baby and Gunna’s chemistry is a refreshing splash in an Atlanta hip-hop scene that has felt stagnant. The acapella for Drip Too Hard is in the key of D Minor, has a tempo of 113 bpm, and is 2 minutes and 25 seconds long. And even the bouncy Gunna solo track “Style Stealer” features Gunna comically unaware that dressing like Willy Wonka is not a flex (“Flawless choker round my throat/Icy cane like Willy Wonka”). A few of his beats blend into one another, and he’s just not versatile enough to carry a project on his back. When Turbo doesn’t have both Baby and Gunna flowing their asses off, his monotonous drums patterns grow tiresome. ![]() The shortcomings come to light every time Baby and Gunna separate. Their chemistry takes center stage on “Belly,” as Gunna passes his flow onto Baby who at this point is so confident he even celebrates his scent (“Spend thousands on fragrance she fuckin’ my odor”). ![]() On “Drip Too Hard,” Lil Baby finds his melodic sweet spot on the hook only for Gunna to attempt to upstage him with smooth vocals that manage to keep his rapid delivery intact, all while tossing in a few boasts that are probably lies, but those are the best ones (“TSA harass me, so I took a private plane”). As their idol pops in on “My Jeans,” sliding in a chorus between their two short verses and it’s like a Dad taking his two sons to the basketball court to play one-on-one.ĭrip Harder thrives when Lil Baby and Gunna are alone, in their element, battling while also making sure to fill their quota of VLONE product placement (for instance, VLONE rims?). The duo calls on Drake to go in over the Tay Keith drums he loves so much on “Never Recover” and although Drake’s borrowed flow can’t keep up with Lil Baby and Gunna, none of their guests can, except for Young Thug. This alchemy shapes Drip Harder into the rare major label collaborative mixtape that’s not on cruise control.įrom the beginning, Lil Baby and Gunna are all-in, recruiting high-profile guests like Lil Durk and Nav to follow their lead on a track definitely titled in a 2018 hip-hop name-generator, “Off White VLONE.” Gunna ushers everyone into the piano-laden world where not much matters other than if your belt buckle matches your Balenciaga runners. They revealed their world of drip earlier this year when “ Sold Out Dates” set the blueprint for Lil Baby and Gunna’s rapping style: a string-sampling instrumental from ATL mainstay Turbo, melodic Gunna hymns dedicated to his designer, and the gruffer bars of Lil Baby still acclimating to this life of showboating. Want more inspiration Browse our search results. The chemistry of Lil Baby and Gunna breeds competition as the mixtape becomes a showcase of two rappers at the top of their game attempting to out-flex the other: If Gunna just copped a new coat, Lil Baby got a superior one that cost $6,500, and if Lil Baby has a VLONE hoodie, Gunna has the same one but in every color. Inspirational designs, illustrations, and graphic elements from the worlds best designers.
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