Top Tracks 2016 Part IV 70 – 61
70. Lil Uzi Vert – Baby Are You Home ( Lil Uzi Vs. The World ) Lil Uzi Vert might be the best encounter in rap this year, even though the focus was more on Lil Yachty and his very special blend of the old and the new. Uzi Vert is as much a singing-mumbling artist, favoring the melodic and atmospheric over actually saying something, as he is able to rap a few bars and earning his keep over a harder beat. In this, I see his abilities in the lane of someone like Future or Young Thug and a welcome new player in this growing world of rappers breaching the sonic divides of hip hop music. “Baby Are You Home” might qualify as an easily digestible version of a Future track. We get Metro Boomin´s on point production as Vert carries the digital indiscernibility of the new generation with swag and ennui alike. 69. Tomorrow The Rain Will Fall Upwards – ...And I Tried So Hard ( Wreck His Days ) It is hard to describe this track in any genre type of ways, just as it is nearly ...