Break Her Heart In Fours

Kodak Black “Love and War”

Pompano Puff and J Gramm’s track for “Love and War” is focused mainly on a melodic percussion figure – a mirimba, maybe? – offset by placid guitar strums. Both parts feel gentle but I like the way the busy melody sits against those slow chord changes, like a touch of anxiety that’s soothed out by a bit of zen calm. Kodak Black’s verses play up a different contrast in expressing genuine romantic interest while still requesting nude videos and offering to send a dick pic when he’s horny. I’m not sure if this is meant to be as funny as it comes off, mainly because I think he’s just speaking plainly about the context he’s experiencing this in, the courtship rituals of his day. The emotion of the song strikes me as rather earnest to the point of being cute, and it just works well as a portrait of a kinda gross young guy who’s caught real feelings for maybe the first time ever.

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