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BigXthaPlug “Lost the Love”

BigXthaPlug is one of those guys blessed with a perfect voice for rapping. This can go a few different ways, but in his case, he’s got that Biggie Smalls/Tupac/Killer Mike type of BOOMING voice that signals grit and authority. There’s a sorrow in his voice too, some wounds you can hear through the bravado. “Lost the Love” is essentially a list of grievances – people who have wronged him, people he’s judging, people who’ve disappointed him, people who aren’t showing him enough love. Sometimes this sort of thing is all a big flex, a way to position your greatness, but BigX sounds bitter and frustrated. Sure, there’s some parts where he sounds grateful or humble, but the last line is a matter-of-fact bottom line for the whole song: “Rapping my pain, this is the shit y’all wanted.”

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