The Whole Building Was Burning

ASAP Ferg featuring Skrillex and Crystal Caines “Hungry Ham”

It’s been gratifying to see Skrillex gradually transition from the punchline of dumb EDM jokes to high-profile producer, especially since taking himself out of the spotlight has a way of highlighting the musicality that’s been at the core of his work all along. It’s vindicating! His hyperactive sound works really well in hip-hop, or at least when it’s matched with a bold, high energy rapper like Ferg who doesn’t have to adjust at all to fit in with aggressive beats and blaring treble. “Hungry Ham” feels a bit like the Public Enemy/Bomb Squad aesthetic reimagined as trap music – the business and grime is largely stripped out or implied, but the punch of it is somehow just as hard.

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