Last Friday, the rap culture was presented with a gift made into an album. Migos released their sophomore album entitled, The Culture and people have not stopped listening to it since.
Migos have been in the limelight for a while now but they have gotten even bigger.
You’ve got Quavo the hook master, Takeoff the silent verse stealer and Offset is the Ad-lib genius. In 2011,
Migos went main stream when they released their first single “Versace” and it became a big especially when Drake appeared on the remix.
The rap group became famous pretty quickly and the song Versace soon became a trend. Out of nowhere people were rocking Versace merchandise everywhere you went. As time progressed, the “Migos flow” faded out but they kept on making music and grinding.
They had a couple of good records with “Versace” and “Fight Night,” but never had a single hit higher than No. 69 on the Billboard Hot 100. Only one song reached the top 15 of the Billboard Rap Songs chart. They continued releasing mixtapes, but their debut album, Yung Rich Nation, in 2015, was a disappointment commercially, selling just 14,000 in its first week of release.
In 2016, the Atlanta duo finally moved on up into superstardom with “Bad and Boujee,” the first single off their sophomore album, Culture. The song was released in October of last year, but the song didn’t really get big until the end of December and going into January 2017.
With a little help from Twitter memes and a shout-out from Donald Glover aka Childish Gambino during the 2017 Golden Globe Awards, the song immediately hit No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100. Another single was soon released off of the album, “T-Shirt” with all three members bouncing off each other in the song.
Migos also released a video along with the song that had people talking as well. In the video the duo was somewhere in the cold wearing a lot of fur and jewelry and of course they had beautiful women by their sides.
On some social media outlets, like Twitter people stated that the trio were giving Leonardo DiCaprio from the movie The Revenant vibes. The song was basically about dealing dope and rap success, all over a fantastic beat from XL and Nard & B.
The album just doesn’t have fast pace bangers, the album slows down and makes a transition significantly. “What the Price,” “Out Yo Way” and with a Travis Scott feature “Kelly Price” Migos use more of a melodic sound to create more ballad-esque songs.The album did not have that many guests but the album is still a good listen. Lil Uzi Vert on “Bad and Boujee” is the only time a guest feature really gets an extended verse on the album. DJ Khaled appears briefly on “Culture” to do his usual motivational speeches that he does in all other songs and Gucci Mane on “Slippery”.
Well known magazine “XXL” talked about Migos and their new album in a recent article Migos’ Evolution Is Undeniable on ‘Culture’ by Chris Gibbons and he stated “Culture is a tour de force of all that makes Migos great while showcasing all of the group’s strengths — the gift for catchy hooks and melodies, unique flows, incredible group chemistry and phenomenal one-liners.
After over a dozen releases since 2011, Migos have ascended higher than ever before on Culture. They’re not looking back down any time soon.” Looking at all the reviews, Migos made a big comeback with this album and people are looking forward to hearing more from them.
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Migos: Do it for the culture
February 7, 2017
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