If you're a fan of sample-driven beats, Atlanta-via-New Jersey rapper Russ may have just what you're looking for. On Wednesday, he took to Twitter to preview a new track he's working on.
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Rap Twitter reacted as only it could. Harshly. Some compared the beat to EA Sports' NBA Street Vol. 2 menu music. Another twitter user said the production reminded them of "the transition music from MTV Cribs."
Unfortunately for Childish Major, his advice wasn't exactly received in good spirits.
\u201cProducers who are talking shit in my mentions, post the sales of your beats and what they\u2019ve accomplished. Just curious lol\n\nIf you didn\u2019t talk shit in the past 24 hours, this doesn\u2019t apply to you\u201d
\u201cY\u2019all really takin me postin a quick chop for the gram hella serious lol glad y\u2019all gettin your jokes off. Hope any of y\u2019all artists or producers talkin shit own your music tho otherwise in times like these, jokes on you lol\u201d
This period of shelter-at-home orders and self-isolation has given Russ more time to cook up tracks all on his own.
Russ made headlines back in 2017 after insulting the state of production in hip-hop. In an interview with VladTV, he blamed producers for the "state of hip-hop."
"People think that you blame the rappers for the state of hip-hop," he told Vlad. "Rappers are not making the music. You gotta blame the producers. If all I do is rap, I'm a vocalist. If a producer sends me a pack of 20 beats, and they're all wack and all sound the same, I'm just fucked. I gotta pick the best of the worst."
Many producers, most notably Metro Boomin, took offense to the comments. It now appears that Russ is taking matters into his own hands.
