{"id":603646,"date":"2024-01-05T20:46:52","date_gmt":"2024-01-05T17:46:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/6-artists-who-are-keeping-milwaukee-rap-essential\/"},"modified":"2024-01-05T20:46:52","modified_gmt":"2024-01-05T17:46:52","slug":"6-artists-who-are-keeping-milwaukee-rap-essential","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/6-artists-who-are-keeping-milwaukee-rap-essential\/","title":{"rendered":"#6 artists who are keeping Milwaukee rap essential"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_84 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a2933e669527\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a2933e669527\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/6-artists-who-are-keeping-milwaukee-rap-essential\/#Years_after_its_underground_exploded_the_Wisconsin_city_is_still_rich_with_exciting_hip-hop_artists\" >Years after its underground exploded, the Wisconsin city is still rich with exciting hip-hop artists.<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-5' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-5'><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-5' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-5'><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-5' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-5'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/6-artists-who-are-keeping-milwaukee-rap-essential\/#AyooLii_Maz_G\" >AyooLii &amp; Maz G<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-5'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/6-artists-who-are-keeping-milwaukee-rap-essential\/#Lonni_Monae\" >Lonni Monae<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-5'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/6-artists-who-are-keeping-milwaukee-rap-essential\/#Mariboy_Mula_Mar\" >Mariboy Mula Mar<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-5'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/6-artists-who-are-keeping-milwaukee-rap-essential\/#MarijuanaXO\" >MarijuanaXO<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-5'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-6\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/6-artists-who-are-keeping-milwaukee-rap-essential\/#SME_Taxfree\" >SME Taxfree<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h2 class=\"deck\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Years_after_its_underground_exploded_the_Wisconsin_city_is_still_rich_with_exciting_hip-hop_artists\"><\/span>Years after its underground exploded, the Wisconsin city is still rich with exciting hip-hop artists.<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"content_blocks\">\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-258691\" class=\"content_block breaker triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left image\">\n<div class=\"media_wrapper\">\n<p>    <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"\"><\/p>\n<p>  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_1440,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/MixCollage-05-Jan-2024-12-22-PM-9049_nqqxwb\/5-rappers-who-are-keeping-milwaukee-rap-essential.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_220,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/MixCollage-05-Jan-2024-12-22-PM-9049_nqqxwb\/5-rappers-who-are-keeping-milwaukee-rap-essential.jpg 220w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_300,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/MixCollage-05-Jan-2024-12-22-PM-9049_nqqxwb\/5-rappers-who-are-keeping-milwaukee-rap-essential.jpg 300w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_400,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/MixCollage-05-Jan-2024-12-22-PM-9049_nqqxwb\/5-rappers-who-are-keeping-milwaukee-rap-essential.jpg 400w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_600,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/MixCollage-05-Jan-2024-12-22-PM-9049_nqqxwb\/5-rappers-who-are-keeping-milwaukee-rap-essential.jpg 600w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_750,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/MixCollage-05-Jan-2024-12-22-PM-9049_nqqxwb\/5-rappers-who-are-keeping-milwaukee-rap-essential.jpg 750w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_840,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/MixCollage-05-Jan-2024-12-22-PM-9049_nqqxwb\/5-rappers-who-are-keeping-milwaukee-rap-essential.jpg 840w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_960,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/MixCollage-05-Jan-2024-12-22-PM-9049_nqqxwb\/5-rappers-who-are-keeping-milwaukee-rap-essential.jpg 960w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_1260,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/MixCollage-05-Jan-2024-12-22-PM-9049_nqqxwb\/5-rappers-who-are-keeping-milwaukee-rap-essential.jpg 1260w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_1800,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/MixCollage-05-Jan-2024-12-22-PM-9049_nqqxwb\/5-rappers-who-are-keeping-milwaukee-rap-essential.jpg 1800w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_2400,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/MixCollage-05-Jan-2024-12-22-PM-9049_nqqxwb\/5-rappers-who-are-keeping-milwaukee-rap-essential.jpg 2400w,\" sizes=\"100vw\" alt=\"6 artists who are keeping Milwaukee rap essential\"><\/a><\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-258681\" class=\"content_block paragraph text triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left center_align\">\n<div class=\"content_inner_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"paragraph_wrapper center_align\">\n<p>            So often, when regional rap scenes blow up nationally, they\u2019re treated too much as a passing novelty: a city has its moment in the sun, and then it\u2019s on to the next one. Just as frequently, the popularity of regionally-specific sounds doesn\u2019t actually benefit artists from those areas very much. The influence of the old school Memphis underground has been inescapable in the last decade of rap, but so many of the artists who made their name on that haunted sound \u2014 from $uicideboy$ to Russian phonk producers \u2014 aren\u2019t Memphians. Jersey and Baltimore style club beats are all over modern pop, but most superstars aren\u2019t giving back to the places that actually created that music. Even as the popularity of a style fades in the mainstream consciousness, the people who forged that style continue to exist; it\u2019s important to not just treat local scenes as sonic fads, but to recognize them as living cultures rooted in a sense of place.<\/p>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"padding-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 20px; text-align: left;\">\n<\/div>\n<p>            Milwaukee hasn\u2019t been a stronghold for hip-hop until recently, once a distant constellation in the shadow of Midwestern rap metropolises like Chicago and Detroit. But sometimes being overlooked is a powerful motivator \u2014 over the last few years, the largest city in Wisconsin has <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/pitchfork.com\/features\/article\/milwaukee-rap-scene\/\">given rise to one of the most inventive and hyper-active rap scenes in the country<\/a>. There are familiar strains of influence to the Milwaukee style: it brings together the relentless speed of Michigan rap, the autotuned psychedelia of Atlanta, and the plunderphonic middle-finger of sample drill. When you hear that super-charged non-stop clap, the defining attribute of the bass-rattling \u201c<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.jsonline.com\/story\/entertainment\/music\/2023\/05\/16\/milwaukees-lowend-rap-scene-certified-trapper-ayoolii-jp\/70146209007\/\">lowend<\/a>\u201d sound, you know it couldn\u2019t come from anywhere but Milwaukee. <\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"content_block paragraph triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left\">\n<div class=\"content_inner_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"\" style=\"padding-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 20px; text-align: left;\">\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-258682\" class=\"content_block paragraph text triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left center_align\">\n<div class=\"content_inner_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"paragraph_wrapper center_align\">\n<p>            Milwaukee rap can often be euphoric and electric, made for trunk speakers and club sound systems, offering a certain escapism from the harsh realities faced by many of the city\u2019s Black residents. Due to a long history of redlining and racial discrimination in housing, Milwaukee is <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.jsonline.com\/story\/news\/special-reports\/milwaukee-violence\/2019\/07\/10\/milwaukee-segregation-how-we-measure-and-define\/1523075001\/\">still considered one of the most segregated cities in America<\/a>, so its r<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>ers and producers have had to work that much harder for recognition. The scene has been riddled with its share of tragedies too; Milwaukee founding father Jigg <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.jsonline.com\/story\/news\/crime\/2023\/12\/19\/milwaukee-rappers-jigg-and-celly-cell-killed-in-double-shooting\/71968365007\/\">tragically passed away in a shooting<\/a> this past December. Jigg and Chicken P\u2019s \u201cFast Cash Babies\u201d from 2019 is regularly cited as a formative origin point for the modern Milwaukee scene: the beat is menacing, with an ornate piano line over pounding 808s, mirrored by the elastic sensitivity of the duo\u2019s autotuned wails. Milwaukee flows might be fast, but they don\u2019t conform to one technique, the edges of syllables blurred with autotune and the speed constantly varying, effortlessly alternating between falsetto croons and tight bars. In a word, Milwaukee rappers aren\u2019t afraid to get weird. <\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-258683\" class=\"content_block breaker triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left video\">\n<div class=\"media_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"video_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"fluid-width-video-wrapper\" style=\"padding-top: 56.25%;\">\n<p>    <iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Chicken P &amp; Jigg - Fast Cash Babies [Prod. Melo &amp; Richy Slims]\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/5VGYlmeg0QI?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><script>\n \/\/trackYouTubeVideo('258683');\n<\/script><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"content_block paragraph triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left\">\n<div class=\"content_inner_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"\" style=\"padding-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 20px; text-align: left;\">\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-258684\" class=\"content_block paragraph text triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left center_align\">\n<div class=\"content_inner_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"paragraph_wrapper center_align\">\n<p>            The world has finally started to listen to Milwaukee, thanks to the national success of artists like <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/pitchfork.com\/thepitch\/welcome-to-the-bizarre-confusing-and-fun-as-hell-world-of-milwaukee-rapper-certified-trapper\/\">Certified Trapper<\/a>, a bonafide rap gonzo with the sardonic wit of BabyTron and the frenetic work rate of RXK Nephew \u2014 Quality Control recruit <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/oT2lZVPGvXs?si=5iZrA3KMq004cGi2\">Lakeyah<\/a> also became the first ever Milwaukee rapper to make XXL\u2019s Freshman list in 2021. In many ways, the increased profile of Milwaukee rap over the last several years is a testament to the continued value of rap journalism. The jaw-dropping output of most Milwaukee rappers almost necessitates the curatory skills of dedicated critics, with the patience and persistence to sit through the mammoth amount of mixtapes that drop every month \u2014 <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/junkiesRpeople\/status\/1741874844407374290?s=20\">at least 75 projects from Milwaukee rappers were released in December 2023<\/a> alone. Milwaukee rap is on my radar more than ever before thanks to the DIY gonzo criticism of blogs like <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/nobells.blog\/premiere-ayoolii-and-tombo-hex\/\">No Bells<\/a>, as well as the immersive on-the-ground reporting of writers like Pitchfork\u2019s <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/pitchfork.com\/staff\/alphonse-pierre\/\">Alphonse Pierre<\/a>. Over the last year, as so many pundits engaged in a self-flagellating existential crisis about the cultural status of the genre, Milwaukee proved that hip-hop \u2014 as well as writing about hip-hop \u2014 can still take us to new places. <\/p>\n<p>            Here\u2019s a survey of 6 of the most creative new voices breaking out of Milwaukee and what they\u2019ve been up to recently.<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"content_block paragraph triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left\">\n<div class=\"content_inner_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"\" style=\"padding-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 20px; text-align: left;\">\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-258685\" class=\"content_block breaker triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left video\">\n<div class=\"media_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"video_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"fluid-width-video-wrapper\" style=\"padding-top: 56.25%;\">\n<p>    <iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Certified Trapper - Trapper Of The Year (Official Video)\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Lx5Ei8xT4PU?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><script>\n \/\/trackYouTubeVideo('258685');\n<\/script><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-258686\" class=\"content_block breaker triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left video\">\n<h5 class=\"headline\" style=\"margin-bottom: 30px;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"AyooLii_Maz_G\"><\/span>\n        AyooLii &amp; Maz G<br \/>\n      <span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h5>\n<div class=\"media_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"video_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"fluid-width-video-wrapper\" style=\"padding-top: 56.25%;\">\n<p>    <iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"AyooLii - What Are They Talking Bout Ft. Maz G (Official Music Video)\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/6HZHAotqAtc?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><script>\n \/\/trackYouTubeVideo('258686');\n<\/script><\/p>\n<div class=\"paragraph_wrapper\" style=\"margin-top: 20px;\">\n<p>In their own words, brothers AyooLii and Maz G are the Hardy Boyz of the Milwaukee rap, an effortless tag team of real-life brothers that are preternaturally on the same wavelength in how they push the stylistic envelope, combining lowend thumps with unpredictable samples and emo rap guitars. Most of the pair\u2019s songs \u2014 whether together or individually \u2014 hardly clock in at two minutes, but a few bars contain more creativity than many rappers express in entire mixtapes. As video <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/game\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"7\" title=\"Game\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">game<\/a> synthesizers blast like colorful lasers, the boys slide in and out of silly, almost cutesy, voices; sometimes Ayoolii\u2019s flow is woozy and slurred on songs like the Xaviersobased-featuring \u201cPop Trunk,\u201d but in other moments he\u2019s the amped-up hypeman of a party from the future, like on the groovy disco bassline of \u201c<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/kfX76ugIb9Q?si=dmIdiNJmP_MHAZ_P\">Soul Train<\/a>\u201d or the anthemic and stadium-ready \u201c<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/2e8s-8X_XII?si=GY8mFieL1vB98iJ1\">Shmackin Town<\/a>.\u201d <\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-258687\" class=\"content_block breaker triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left video\">\n<h5 class=\"headline\" style=\"margin-bottom: 30px;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Lonni_Monae\"><\/span>\n        Lonni Monae<br \/>\n      <span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h5>\n<div class=\"media_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"video_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"fluid-width-video-wrapper\" style=\"padding-top: 56.25%;\">\n<p>    <iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Lonni Monae - Do Yo Shi ( Official Music Video )\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/QkbVzXqL_74?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><script>\n \/\/trackYouTubeVideo('258687');\n<\/script><\/p>\n<div class=\"paragraph_wrapper\" style=\"margin-top: 20px;\">\n<p>Like so many regional rap scenes, Milwaukee can have its boys\u2019 club tendencies, but female MCs in the city are proving their worth and fighting for their rightful place. Lonni Monae\u2019s 2023 project <i>Classroom Hero<\/i> announced her position at the head of the class, with a flow as sharp as her acrylics. Over a distorted guitar loop and taunting flute on \u201c<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/4EYvDFrQJMw?si=MMsjATpjuNQgDbdE\">Step Yo Game Up<\/a>,\u201d she lays down bars with a limerick-like playfulness but isn\u2019t messing around: \u201cI don\u2019t act funny, bitch \/ I act accordingly.\u201d The pitch-shifted sample selections, like the stirring strings on \u201c<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/TD9EAIIl424?si=L6OrFrgqwCo1TiFq\">The Build Up<\/a>,\u201d make for something like chipmunk lowend, retrofitting warm soul music into a tough armor.<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"content_block paragraph triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left\">\n<div class=\"content_inner_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"\" style=\"padding-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 20px; text-align: left;\">\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-258688\" class=\"content_block breaker triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left video\">\n<h5 class=\"headline\" style=\"margin-bottom: 30px;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Mariboy_Mula_Mar\"><\/span>\n        Mariboy Mula Mar<br \/>\n      <span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h5>\n<div class=\"media_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"video_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"fluid-width-video-wrapper\" style=\"padding-top: 56.25%;\">\n<p>    <iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Mula Mar &quot;Striker&quot; (Official Music Video) Prod.by Richiewitdahitz Shot by @phatphatproductions\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/iHBkF7InSjc?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><script>\n \/\/trackYouTubeVideo('258688');\n<\/script><\/p>\n<div class=\"paragraph_wrapper\" style=\"margin-top: 20px;\">\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/pitchfork.com\/thepitch\/the-auto-tune-is-out-of-control-in-milwaukees-rap-scene\/\">Alphonse Pierre once described<\/a> Mariboy Mula Mar as \u201cMilwaukee\u2019s version of Young Thug,\u201d and it\u2019s an apt comparison \u2014 Mul Mar\u2019s warbling wail comes from somewhere otherworldly, keeping up with the fast lowend clap without ever letting it dictate how he raps. When Mula Mar partners with more cut-throat and direct rappers like Chicken P, he can go bar for bar, but his voice is restless, constantly exploring new pitches and breaking into unexpected directions. Even within the space of a single bar, his delivery mutates, like on \u201c<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/8Fo2wGHTIxM?si=Sn2lDBs-I_f_jE6t\">G.O.Y.A.<\/a>,\u201d where he switches into a quick falsetto for the last word of every line, stretching words out until they\u2019re loose and limber.<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-258689\" class=\"content_block breaker triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left video\">\n<h5 class=\"headline\" style=\"margin-bottom: 30px;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"MarijuanaXO\"><\/span>\n        MarijuanaXO<br \/>\n      <span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h5>\n<div class=\"media_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"video_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"fluid-width-video-wrapper\" style=\"padding-top: 56.25%;\">\n<p>    <iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"MarijuanaXO x Joe Pablo - No Looker (Official Video)\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/8SK9uT1ODS0?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><script>\n \/\/trackYouTubeVideo('258689');\n<\/script><\/p>\n<div class=\"paragraph_wrapper\" style=\"margin-top: 20px;\">\n<p>The gravelly register of MarijuanaXO might be more straightforward compared to some of Milwaukee\u2019s most extensively autotuned oddballs, but there\u2019s a gleeful humor and high energy to his voice that keeps the atmosphere breezy. MarijuanaXO and regular sidekick Joe Pablo established themselves as something like the Rio Da Yung OG and RMC Mike of Milwaukee with 2021\u2019s <i>Window Service<\/i>, swapping punchlines like a relay race. As much as the nonstop bars of Detroit rap, MarijuanaXO recalls the late Drakeo the Ruler, not just in the intricacy of his delivery, but in how casually hilarious he is, tossing out off-the-cuff absurdities before you can even process them. It\u2019s not all jokes, though; MarijuanaXO and Joe Pablo\u2019s latest collaboration, last year\u2019s <i>30 Mil No Deal<\/i>, radiates a triumphant spirit that makes it an ideal soundtrack for world domination.<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-258690\" class=\"content_block breaker triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left video\">\n<h5 class=\"headline\" style=\"margin-bottom: 30px;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"SME_Taxfree\"><\/span>\n        SME Taxfree<br \/>\n      <span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h5>\n<div class=\"media_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"video_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"fluid-width-video-wrapper\" style=\"padding-top: 56.25%;\">\n<p>    <iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"SME TaxFree - Lean Diet [Shot By DH]\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/PaqkIVVt230?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><script>\n \/\/trackYouTubeVideo('258690');\n<\/script><\/p>\n<div class=\"paragraph_wrapper\" style=\"margin-top: 20px;\">\n<p>The lowend beat might be pure Milwaukee, but sometimes you can hear the influence of Southern pain music on the bluesy flows of the city\u2019s rappers. On \u201c<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/0BJuhmJeI-o?si=BP2Ma2O3lo4xUuo7\">Rod Wave Wit Me<\/a>,\u201d from his New Year\u2019s Day release <i>Cali Plug<\/i>, SME Taxfree shouts out the Florida vocalist and reigning king of heartbreak. While the up-tempo beats keep everything in motion, there\u2019s a cloudy lining to SME Taxfree\u2019s gritty delivery, like he\u2019s trying to outrun the demons by rapping so fast. <i>Cali Plug<\/i> may not contain straight-up guitar ballads, but SME Taxfree shares a similarly fluid relationship to the beat as a rapper like Rod Wave, toying with the beat instead of following it strictly.<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"content_block paragraph triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left\">\n<div class=\"content_inner_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"\" style=\"padding-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 20px; text-align: left;\">\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-258693\" class=\"content_block paragraph text triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left center_align\">\n<div class=\"content_inner_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"paragraph_wrapper center_align\">\n<p>            <i>Rap Column is a column about rap music by Vivian Medithi and Nadine Smith for The FADER.<\/i><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-258692\" class=\"content_block paragraph text triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left center_align\">\n<div class=\"content_inner_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"paragraph_wrapper center_align\">\n<p>            <iframe loading=\"lazy\" frameborder=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/playlist.megaphone.fm?p=TFI7834680816&amp;light=true\" width=\"100%\" height=\"482\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"padding-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 20px; text-align: left;\">\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"author\">\n    <span><br \/>\n      By <span class=\"credit_name\">Nadine Smith<\/span><br \/>\n  <\/span><\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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