XV - "The Kick"
I was sitting on the beach the first time I heard this song and it just absolutely grabbed my full attention and brought me outta my near sleep. The sample is Hans Zimmer's "Time" from Inception, which XV references in his opening line and the cinematic feel works to perfection with XV's narrative about trying to find his way in the rap game. I've only gotten halfway through XV's Popular Culture mixtape (which has the best album cover I've seen in a while) but I've replayed this song countless times. I can't see this NOT making my Best of 2012 list. Go download the mixtape and enjoy some XV. Dude has put out some of my favorite music over the past two years (and yes, I know he's got like 14 other mixtapes, but my first experience with his music was last year's Zero Heroes so I can't front and pretend I've been down with XV from the start).
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