Jane is so ahead of the curve manā¦ this is the future of music right here. Hyperpop rap for the winnnnn. Iāve always been a maximalist. #JRJRJR
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If future generations wonder why hip-hop became what it became, they should look no further than Xaviersobased, the 21 year old native of the Upper West Side. Xavier dropped two albums in 2024 to much acclaim and fanfare ā including a Best New Music at Pitchfork ā and became a sui generis rapper of Gen Z. Theyāll be talk about Nettspend being the future: Xavier, however, has been able to develop a signature style that is indebted to previous generations and still utterly modern and fresh.
Itās not just the hyperpop, the jerk, the trap, crashing into the cloud rap with Xavier, itās the vignette songwriting on āPediatricianā, where he recalls a time where he was watching noggin in the waiting room while looking at his spongebop wallet. āI had bands on me back then, I have bands on me right nowā, he says, singing with a boyish nasal. On āYou See Meā, he floats, over a Rainbow Road-like beat, saying āI didnāt speed down that strip.ā Somehow, itās both laconic and intense, perfect for the kids of Gen Z, who are growing up with worse resources but more knowledge of self than ever before.
The kid is laconic and understands stardom ā I saw him do two songs at a warehouse in Soho and was shocked at how sober and focused he was. In 2025, Xavier will be leading the way.
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The breakout star of todayās hyper-online, borderline avant-garde underground rap scene, 17-year-old Gunner Shepardsonābetter known as Nettspendāis, depending on who you ask, a visionary, a harbinger of hip hopās end, moderately interesting, or maybe just the most swagged-out teenager on the planet. Your opinion likely hinges on the year you graduated high schoolāor where you were on the night of December 18, 2023, when a mob of skaters and balaclava-clad SoundCloud rap devotees descended upon an industrial metal detector outside the Mercury Lounge after waiting four hours for Nettspend, xaviersobased, Yhapojj, and Phreshboyswag to make an appearance. For me, the answer somewhere lies in the reuploaded video for Nothing Like Uuu: a mesmerizing hyperpop-rap hybrid that somehow distills the essence of a month at Market Hotel into just two minutes.Ā Itās a whirlwind of gratuitous fog machine smoke, mumbled Chief-Keef-Jr-isms about wanting to "get geeked all night," swirling synths straight out of a Doss DJ set, and, at the center of it all, Nettspendāthe inexplicable teenager with black Xās on their hands, completely at home in the chaos.Ā
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