With Artist 2.0 perched atop Billboard’s Rap Albums Chart, A Boogie Wit da Hoodie took a victory lap on Fallon Friday night time with a efficiency of “Me and My Guitar”. He introduced alongside a particular visitor, and the titular guitar was wielded in a fiery exhibition by H.E.R.
Immediately, it sounded completely different from nearly every part in A Boogie’s discography. The Bronx MC has achieved streaming dominance by devoting himself wholeheartedly to a specific musical aesthetic, with auto-tuned toplines, and mixes as chilly, crystalline, and strong as a glacier. However the calls for of stay devices pushed him outdoors of that consolation zone.
There’s heat in vibrating strings, even on an electrical guitar, and final night time that heat was amplified with turntable scratching and a stay drum equipment changing his frigid 808s. When H.E.R. stepped ahead to thrash out a basic rock solo, the transformation was full. This model of the music introduced extra rock, extra jazzy bounce, much less radio-friendliness and extra that felt compellingly unusual. It was just like the designer hoodie A Boogie selected for Fallon, stitched collectively out of competing patterns, however properly-made and worn with confidence. Try “Me and My Guitar” with H.E.R. under.
A Boogie Wit da Hoodie is at present on tour, with upcoming performances at Sunfest, Wi-fi, Rolling Loud Portugal, and extra. Tickets can be found right here.
As for H.E.R., final month she premiered her new single “Generally” on the Grammys, the place she was up for a number of awards. This competition season she’ll make appearances at New Orleans Jazz and Heritage, One thing within the Water, and Governors Ball. Tickets to all of H.E.R.’s reveals may be discovered h.e.r.e.