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Denzel Curry “Diet_ – A Colors Show”

Denzel Curry is blessed with a perfect voice for rap – commanding in tone, wildly expressive, convincingly aggressive, crisp diction. He’s very aware of this and knows how to use it well, pulling together tricks accrued from 40 years of rap history, but mainly focused on the 90s. He’s not as overtly retro as a Joey Bada$$ or focused in mimicking one specific rapper like Action Bronson, but he does sound like you could drop him into a lot of classic rap records from the 90s and seamlessly blend in. “Diet_” highlights the most aggro side of his style, with his voice shifting into a full-on holler as he gets worked up through the verses. Kenny Beats’ raw production style seems to egg him on, nudging him towards increased theatricality. The odds are good that Curry is just starting to hit his stride, but if he’s actually reached a peak on his new EP and last year’s Zuu, it’s a higher pinnacle than most ever achieve.

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