Bobby Woody - Roland (Telegraph Ave Remix)

Hey Trekkies, and Nerds! I'm feeling bad because I realized that I didn't put on my signature introduction. I've really been out of it, so I'm going to revamp it for this one. Ayo, it's me: Bill Nye's 2nd cousin aka the ORIGINAL black nerd aka the REAL Carlton Banks aka the Blacker Hacker aka Big Ghost's Prodigy aka the 3rd realest nigga in the game aka Game of Spades, but you may just know me by fake name on the streets: Waverly Spades. Today I have with me, a friend of mine, Bobby Woody's latest track. I haven't put him on here since his "Rollin In Da Deep." (hahah been a while, dude.) While Bobby is a great rapper, I've always felt that he was producer first, and this one is his latest beat. (This is an instrumental remix of Telegraph Ave from Childish Gambino's new album "Because The Internet.") His rapping is fast paced, all over the place, and confident in his insecurities and his beats are a reflection of that. When it starts, you have no idea where it's going to go, but then, you hear that "Chicks Love Bobby Woody." It's a lot of the little things that make this track. The piano lines are easily a standout. That weird percussive synth thing that plays around with the hats. This dude even sings for a bit (or at least I think that's him. I didn't hear that part in the orignal. lol.) Overall, this is a great track. I was listening to the original nonstop before I heard this. Good ass job.

5 Nerd Contemplations out of 5
Nerd Approved

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Bobby Woody - Rollin in da Deep [Song Review]

Hello my fellow Trekkies and Transporters. You may know me by many a monikers, such as the Blacker Hacker, the Real Black Nerd, Bill Nye's 2nd cousin, but my real name (well not really), is Waverly Spades. Here this week, I have Bobby Woody's latest single "Rollin in da Deep." Might I add, I'm a month late and continuing my streak of tardiness with these posts! (Sorry, guys!) This joint dropped around Valentine's day as an attempt to continue his tradition in making friend zone songs or some shit like that. Well, I finally listened to the track, and man, this is HIGHLY slept on. That first line alone "You think I'm like those other guys, you're crazy" just sets the tone. I didn't understand at first that it was somewhat a reference to the first line of Gambino's Rolling In The Deep remix where he said "You think that I keep fucking other girls. You know I'm not." Haha I got that as soon as I actually read his description of the video. One thing about this song (which is also one thing I like about Bobby) is that it's packed with reference after reference to keep the feel/story going. Like BAM! Blue October reference. BAM! Wake Me Up When September Ends reference. BAM! Chowder reference. In this all in like a matter of 4 lines, it's ridiculous! AND BAM AGAIN! Drake reference. There's even a reference to Childish Gambino and Jamie xx's remix of this song, and on top of all that, some crazy wordplay. My favorite line is probably "Small nigga, but tall enough to have gone swimming. Shallow bitches, but some deep enough to call women" (Drake reference) The whole song is crazy and underrated to me. That last line is a perfect finisher. "If you come to my house, then please bring me lotion because I'd rather do me than do you and your emotions." Bobby really just spills on this shit. At times it sounds like he's hating all women ever, but then others, it sounds like he's really going at one specific person. I feel sorry for that person hahaha. But this song gets mad props. 4.7 Nerd Contemplations out of 5.
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Kilo Kish - K+ [Mixtape Review]

Sup dawg, it's Bill Nye's 2nd cousin aka Proffessor MPC, aka Big Ghost's prodigy, but you may know me as a nerd that goes on the internet by Waverly Spades. A few weeks ago, I stumbled upon this artist, Kilo Kish, while watching Red Bull's Hashtag$ series. (I'm definitely going to write a post about the series soon.) I wanted to listen to some of the artists featured on the show, so I downloaded her latest mixtape, K+. Honestly, I thought it would suck because she was classified in this genre called "Tumblrwave." I'm already not too fond of tumblr, and in the comments, I read that they only featured the weird Tumblr artists. I know Tumblr gets reeeally weird (and some of the artists featured in that episode were seemingly weird), so I slept on this for a while, but today, while I was washing laundry and scrolling through my Zune for a song, I was tired of seeing it just waste space, so I decided I'd figure if I really liked it or not.

Intro - In my downloaded copy, this track was titled "K+," so I expected some title song. After watching the promo video for this mixtape, I assume she's talking with some person about the place she had the launch party for the tape. Immediately, the pure conversation reminds me of Wiz Khalifa's Taylor Allderdice. That made me a bit sad because I really didn't like that mixtape and all the interviews seemed so generic. My expectations for this tape are very low at this point.

Goldmine (feat. Jesse Boykins III) [prod. by Star Slinger] - Ahhhh.. So the music comes in and look at that--- it isn't as bad as I expected! This track actually caught me a little offguard, but I'm glad it did. Throughout the song, Kish talks of some guy she likes that ignores her and doesn't know. It's so simplistic and elegant, but throws me off. Now I'm wondering what else this tape holds..
4.5/5

Ghost (feat. Childish Gambino) [prod. by Matt Martians & SBTRKT] - In the interview before this song, the male voice asks if she did a voice with someone named "Donald." Of course I presumed it was just some random nigga I've never heard of until DONALD FUCKING GLOVER comes in like "ghost!" This song is crazy. The beginning of the beat reminds me of Trinidad Jame$', All Gold Everything. It's a song that I didn't think I would like, but this is probably one of my favorite tracks on the whole thing. The beat is great too. Now I'm curious. How did this girl I never hear of before this get a feature from Childish Gambino? It's crazy. I'm also questioning what is she doing? Would you call that rapping or just talking? Why did she pull in Childish Gambino for a feature, but only get him to do a Rumor Has It Part 2 remix? hmm
"He mean with the text that says 'I like you.' Smiley face. one with Heartsy eyes. Ooh, you smiling?"
5/5

Trappin (feat. Vince Staples) [prod. by Earl Sweatshirt] - Now I'm really wondering, how am I just finding this girl? Like how did she get a beat from Earl Sweatshirt? Where'd she get a feature from Vince Staples?  Just gimme a minute to take a minute to take in the fact that she's sorta famous.. I thought they picked up random people on Tumblr for that episode of Hashtag$. This song isn't anything about Trappin'. It should be called "Pimpin'." Vince's verse sounds so lazy. This track is like the Hip Hop version of ethereal.
3.4/5

IOU [prod. by Matt Martians] - Now it's starting to annoy me that Kilo's voice is consistently monotonic. This is something I've never heard in female rappers, but it's new. At first, the whole song is sort of annoying, but I'm really in love with the chorus. Again, she's whining about some boy, but she does it so classily.
3.7/5

Turquouise (feat. Jesse Boykins III) [prod. by PROF CALC] - This track amazes me, but it annoys me that I can't always hear her vocals over the beat. The outro is so interesting to me.. Dream in turquoise.. Is this some female cry of the blues. So many interpretations, right here..
"First you find me crazy, but then you find out I was right"
4.8/5

Scones (feat. Childish Gambino) [prod. by Childish Gambino] - Is she talking to Childish Gambino on the phone? WHAT? I WANT TO TALK TO CHILDISH GAMBINO ON THE PHONE. (no homo.) It seems like at this point of the mixtape, she's no longer a cute girl hoping a boy would notice her. Now Kish wants that boy who noticed her to pay attention to her. Interesting change in tone.
"I know we say it, but we never do."
3.5/5

Love2K (feat. A$AP Ferg & Smash Simmons) [prod. by Very Rare] - Ferg did his typical Ferg shit. At one point he talks about being a baby's father. I doubt he's about that life. And then he sings.... and it's ethereal and reverbed out, so it's cool, but still.. that pitch... Kilo shows us that she's not like any other black girl who you might want to hit. It's a weird, but nice perspective to hear in female hip hop. You don't hear a lot of women rapping like "I'm my own woman, and not glorifying sex, just those little dashes of love I think I have." She's like a teenager. It's funny, but heartwarming.
"Give a fuck about a Fendi Prada if a nigga tryna holla"
3.8/5

Better (feat. Andrea Balency) [produced by Patrick Paige of The Internet] - This is probably the most touching song on the album. I'm pretty sure Kilo talks about what every girl feels at one point  or  another with guys. I guess I can't for know for sure, but girls tend to get really jealous of eachother for the simplest reasons. The bubbly pads really let you feel what Kish is feeling. This is a great song and really shows how conscious Kish can get.
"Tomorrow, she'll be Barbie and I'll be kicked out."
5.1/5

Creepwave (feat. Flatbush Zombies) [prod. by Cronos] - This is a very angry ending. Sad songs turn into mad songs. The tsundere, male protagonist turned antagonist is officially labeled a typical jerk. The beat is dark. The zombies go crazy. I feel I could say so much about this, but it speaks wonders for itself.
4.5/5

I honestly had a negative denotation of this tape before listening to it. I was reading an article on Complex a few days ago that said most Tumblr rap was bad, so I thought this might prove that for me. That guy was wrong though. Kilo Kish is some weird mix of Tumblrwave and Cloud rap. Half the time, I can't tell if she's rapping, that's her actually talking voice, or if she is singing very short notes. She's the most monotonic female rapper I've ever heard. And I hate categorizing her as a female rapper because rappers should just be rappers, not rappers and female rappers, but she is the most openly conscious female rapper I've ever heard.  Are all females that aren't Barbz, actually the female versions of betamales? I don't even want to call her a rapper. She's really just an artist.. Well she's much more than an artist. This mixtape was the journey of a girl who loved, got hurt, and got mad. It's a very Taylor Swift approach. She was asking for the guy in Goldmine, but by Ghost, she complained about how he teased her. I feel like if I was a girl, I'd be able to relate to this tape more, but being the douchebag betamale she raps about, I guess I can somewhat relate. (I swear CG's verse in Ghost was me talking.) Musically, the beats are so well put together in simplicity. Themes don't tend to confuse, but rather intrigue and lead you on. The parts where she's talking to her engineer (or whoever that random guy is), it's more authentic than I originally expected it to be. K+ was (don't call me cliche for saying this) a new musical experience for me. Check it out and leave your thoughts in the comments.
85.1% - B

This review was brought to you by Waverly Spades and now I'm off to not smoke. Happy 4/20!

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BKnitts - Won't Stop [Remix]

So what's up? It's me: Waverly Spades,  the black nerd; aka Bill Nye's 2nd cousin; aka the de facto Carlton Banks and today, I have one of BKnitts' new tracks, Won't Stop. It's a remix of the Childish Gambino joint. I believed Brad has dropped about 3 or 4 new songs this week (that I will post soon) and this one is probably my favorite.
.At first, I didn't realize that it was remix because I heard the "Hi Bobby" tag. lol. The original is dope. I really like what Bobby did with the beat, mainly the piano chords at the end.
Brad killed the song. You can hear the emotion in his voice. Throughout the song, he also speaks of dealing with his friend who just died. I would like to take a moment to say Rest In Peace Jon Bauer.
"My mom asked me if I have ever contemplated. Contemplated what, mom? Take a minute, stop and say it."
That line right there made me cringe inside a bit.
I like this right here. It's stupendous. Keep doing it, Brad.
5/5 - Nerd Approved

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