Make Me Feel Right

XXXTENTACION “Moonlight”

The overwhelming majority of XXXTENTACION’s second proper album ? is written and produced by a young producer named John Cunningham. Cunningham’s tracks are brilliant – very of the moment in some ways, but several steps ahead of the curve in others. His tonal palette is like contrasting ice and snow with neon lights, and while he’s firmly rooting his emcee in trap and Soundcloud rap, there’s a substantial amount of rock and IDM influences in the mix. “Moonlight” leans further to the latter end of things, with Cunningham playfully bending and smearing notes in a melodic keyboard hook that frames an XXXTENTACION vocal that’s casually catchy and nakedly emotional in a way that reminds me a lot of Lil Uzi Vert’s brilliant “XO Tour Llif3” from last year. It’s the sort of thing that’s technically a rap song, but sounds more like it’s pushing into some strange and ambiguous new space.

Buy it from Amazon.