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Sound cloud money and mansions5/2/2023 There’s no way to describe Metro Zu, it’s part of what made them so great. Everyone is influenced by them: I remember seeing a video of Lil Peep dancing to Ruben Slikk. Metro Zu played a big hand in this stuff, too, especially when Mink Rug was coming out. It’s a scene that he has impacted since he dropped his first track on the platform five years ago, and currently coming off of the release of his third studio album, Ta13oo, his influence is still felt.ĭenzel is keenly aware of the influence he has had over this generation and details it as he reflects on his trailblazing. Denzel would help to establish SoundCloud as a home for rappers and South Florida as the movement’s geographical center. These members, along with Denzel, were some of the first rappers to gain a significant audience on SoundCloud, after transitioning from sites like YouTube and the mixtape hosting platform DatPiff. The Raider Klan collective would birth underground stars like Xavier Wulf, Chris Travis, and the loosely affiliated Bones. In 2013, the early days of SoundCloud rap, Denzel was still a member of the South Florida-based Raider Klan collective helmed by polarizing rapper/producer SpaceGhostPurrp, as well as an affiliate of the erratic Metro Zu crew (Loft圓05, Ruben Slikk, Freebase, and Poshtronaut). Usually it’s hyperbole, but in the case of the now 23-year-old Denzel Curry, it’s true. “Rap shows are boring to me, and I always had fun going to rock shows and moshing and shit.”Įvery day we log on to the internet and see another rapper taking credit for pioneering the SoundCloud generation. It was apparent that Denzel was tapping into a vibe closer to punk or metal but unlike a collective like Odd Future, whose chaos always seemed playful, Denzel’s was darker than what we were used to seeing at rap shows: “I never wanted to perform like a rapper,” Denzel says over the phone. It was a moment that heralded a new era of rap star as rock star. That night, the Carol City, Florida rapper anxiously attempted to close out his show by convincing the starry-eyed teenage crowd to participate in what he called a “ Wall of Death.” After some explanation and cajoling, the crowd split in half and once the beat dropped sprinted into one another mashing themselves together, as an energetic Curry finished out his set. It was at the Studio at Webster Hall in New York City-the proving ground for up-and-comers whose ticket sales needed to match their online hype- when I saw a then-19-year-old Denzel Curry perform. In the fall of 2014 I witnessed rap’s rock star future get pushed even further.
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