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Killer Mike “Go!”

Turntablism has largely vanished from rap in recent years, so it actually feels a bit jarring to hear such prominent scratching in a new track by a well-known artist. The scratching in “Go!” is particularly aggressive, and the physicality of the performance transfers over to the listener much in the same way you can often feel the movements of the drummer in a well-made recording of a band. This just amps up Killer Mike’s vocal performance, which is bold even for him – the syllables seems to blast out of him with great force, and every sound on the track seems calibrated for maximum implied physical impact.

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