Pitchfork author Alphonse Pierre’s rap column covers songs, mixtapes, albums, Instagram freestyles, memes, bizarre tweets, vogue developments—and anything that catches his consideration.
Sure, his identify is 2Sdxrt3all—and he’s probably the most thrilling rappers in Atlanta proper now
Let’s get this out of the way in which: As somebody who’s typically numb to the nonsense of rapper names, I have to admit that 2Sdxrt3all is on one other degree. Was it his outdated Xbox Reside gamertag? Did his cat stroll on the keyboard? Is it a Da Vinci Code-style secret message? Really, it interprets to Too Strong (a reference to his crew) Dirtball. Which, positive.
Mr. dxrt3all is a 17-year-old from South Atlanta who has taken town, and the web, by storm this summer time. His rapping fashion is just not fairly like something I’ve heard earlier than, and for those who hearken to him lengthy sufficient you would possibly begin to consider that you just’re inside his head. Sometimes he first raps a line with a good quantity of aggressiveness. However then, as an alternative of transferring onto the subsequent line, he immediately repeats the identical line (or a chunk of it) in a distorted, shouting voice that sounds prefer it’s coming from his unconscious. It’s as if the follow-up growl is attempting to take over his physique, like a Jujustu Kaisen curse.
For instance, on breakout single “Signed a Deal,” a considerably unimaginative bar that Drake might have rapped 12 years in the past turns addictive underneath the spell of his signature circulate. “Within the court docket, I dunk on niggas, LeBron James,” dxrt3all says, earlier than he completely screams “LEBRON JAMES… LEBRON JAMES.”
It begins out as a reasonably ridiculous gimmick, and I perceive in case your first response is to snicker. That’s what I did. I imply, c’mon, he’s rapping issues like, “Hit his nostril, bow, brr, booger” adopted by “UH, BOOGER” on “Slider,” and “Then he acquired ate, mmm, oatmeal” adopted by “NIGGA, OATMEAL” on “Ache Really feel.” For what purpose? I couldn’t inform you. However he sounds actual critical about it—and, when you lock in, it sounds fairly nice too.
