On 'Long as the Lord Say', he sketches familiar imagery: 'PlottinвЂ™ like always/ Marble floor hallways/ Smoked out all day/ TryinвЂ™ to get more paid.' His lyrics are like an ad from a menвЂ™s magazine targeting the 18 to 25 age demographic in real time.Д«ecause Curren$y himself is a control variable, production typically influences the quality of his output.

His song titles, often named after random, inanimate objects or people (in the past we've gotten 'Chandelier', 'Breakfast', and 'Scottie Pippen', and here we have 'Pot Jar,' 'Briefcase', 'Lemonade Mimosas') testify his ability to find something worthy of appreciation in the seemingly ordinary. On 'Froze', eccentric jester RiFF RAFF appears like the ghastly clown from Spawn to exchange swank over Harry FraudвЂ™s slow-burn production, and Curren$y keeps his cool.ДЄlthough Spitta's range is limited, itвЂ™s never been a disadvantage heвЂ™s a purveyor of lifestyle rap. 'Never displaying affection when we out in public/ 'Cause mufuckas lookin', and shit could get ugly/ So walk right past me homegirl, and donвЂ™t say nothin'' he advises a female acquaintance. The ominous 'Cargo Planes', produced by Joey Fatts, sounds like the opening of a cinematic crime saga, but in this case it's a typical Spitta infraction: the theft of someone elseвЂ™s girlfriend.

For just over two minutes, he reflects on his careerвЂ™s trajectory: 'It was right around the time/ I thought IвЂ™d have to move back with my mom/ I had to sell my first low-rider/ Halfway to the top went to sleep, woke up at the bottom.' The hopscotch path Curren$y has taken to success (from No Limit, to Cash Money, to independent juggernaut) is well-documented, but he rarely deviates from his cool-guy persona to reflect on his struggles.Д¬urren$y remains as irreverent as always, but he sounds more focusedВ on Pilot Talk III than he has in awhile. Curren$y is a bit of a cinephile, and treats each individual work like a grand production itвЂ™s evident in the titles of his projects (see his 2012 tribute, Priest Andretti), and Pilot Talk IIIВ begins with 'Opening Credits', where he strolls over an authoritative soul sample like Max Julien in The Mack.

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