OH MY FUCKING GOD

212 by Azealia Banks

I think I'm in love with this song. Or in lust maybe. I'd never heard of Azealia Banks until Wednesday when I went to see Pulp with my top pop fag oracle who presented me with a wondrous mix cd. 212 was track 05 and has been glued to my ears since then on repeat. I love the way the lyrics are so dirty and she's so fixated on oral sex and double meanings. And the way the song builds on so many different layers. It's all so spikey and taunting, the dirty matter of factness of 'guess that cunt gettin' eaten'. Half way through the rapping and beats temporarily dissolve into some sort of beauteous soulful vocal electro house break that sends shivers through your body before propelling you into another explosion where AB starts shouting, well, I'm not 100% sure what she's shouting, sounds like, 'bitch the end of the line is there!' Who cares? It's fucking great. And then on the second half her rapping goes from super bouncy to a kind of high school drawl as she begs important questions such as 'what's your dick like homie? what are you into?' I love the unashamed objectification of straight men and mockery of the pantomime that is masculinity which is something I still don't feel like you hear a lot of the time these days in music. There again my music knowledge is pretty limited and I know next to fuck all about hip hop but the name 'Lil Kim' is ringing in my head right now, not cos I want to make lazy musical comparisons, I actually don't really know much Lil Kim stuff, but as another artist who gloriously objectifies straight guys and raps about sexual pleasure. Funny I can't think of many indie pop bands who do the same, 'cept for maybe 'You Think You're A Man But You're Only A Boy' by The Vaselines. Or was that a Divine cover? But it's surely not just about the boys, there's the bit where she's rapping about a girl giving her head too. Ace. Did I mention how awesome the fuzzy beats are? And the way Banks' rapping kind of bounces when she's talking about 'a-sucking and a-licking' etc? Ah well you can listen to it yourself though I feel it's best listened to cumming loud in your ears via headphones or blasting out of some enormous sound system. Hell yeah!
Oh, I did a tiny bit of research about Azealia Banks this morning and it seems she is 17, still in school and unsigned. And she's well-fixated on oral sex in pretty much all her tunes. Except the Interpol cover. Check her out here and here.