By Anthony Trocchi

Brockhampton is a newer hip hop groups that interestingly met each other through an online fan forum of kanye west. Although they’ve only been around for a few years, they’ve been making big moves and have quickly found their place in the rap scene. This is probably due to the diversity of the group, having more than 10 members which makes every song feel like a collaboration of various different minds.  One of my favourite tracks “Tokyo” is a perfect representation of this. The song begins with an opening verse by Joba, whose raps in a high pitch voice with quick flows that contrasts the slow bas, but seems to intrigue the listener. Throughout the song each rapper basically uses a completely different flow which is typical of brockhampton but what compliments this so nice is the beat. The beat goes through various changes on the song, but with one consistency being a use of distorted horns and synth leads that are lots of fun to listen to. Brockhampton has lots of different sounds and usually the lyrical tone reflects whatever sound they’re producing. On sadder more melancholy songs the band will usually talk about lost love or tragedies they’ve faced, but on an upbeat banger like Tokyo the band keeps it simple and fun, basically just talking about how cool they are and how hard they party. Without a doubt however, my favourite part of the song is the chorus where I basically feel the need to dance everytime I hear it. Kevin Abstract distorts his voice to a higher pitch where he sings one of the catchiest hooks I’ve ever hear “What got you shook on this saturdays” again and again, which not only is perfect contrast to the more subtle lyrical verses of the song but also just makes the song very memorable.