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No matter how closely we all listen to new tracks and artists there's always going to be something great we'll all miss on a first pass (or second or third), and, in my case, I very well could've not heard a single bar from local MC Goody had I not combed through Fake Shore Drive's list. The site included Goody's recent "All I Know" on the list, and the tune's gossamer, 80s-pop keys and punchy, sparse percussion won me over pretty quickly. I've been playing catch-up with Goody's small catalog, which keeps expanding. A couple weeks ago he released a digital single called "Shawty Swing" with a posi B side that's captured my attention; on "The World (What If)" Goody raps about the possibilities of a Chicago free from gun violence, vibing off of a feel-good beat that sounds like it leapt out of a time capsule from 1994. He's working on a longer project called ToAnyOne (21), which is supposed to come out sometime this year—these tracks will certainly suffice until then.
Leor Galil writes about hip-hop every Wednesday.
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