The latest Friday Five has landed.
Every Friday, EW’s music team runs down the five best songs of the week.
This is the sort of nasty escapist hip-hop fantasy that towers well above the competition.
CupcakKe, Vic Mensa, UNIIQU3, Giveon, and Deerhoof.Credit: Brian Ziff Photo; CupCakke/YouTube; Joyful Noise Recordings; UNIIQU3, Courtesy of Vic Mensa
“We could light up the night, like it’s the Fourth of July.”
“Rollin' up something good, smokin' on hay.”
Rodriguez and fellow guitarist John Dietrich flip the original riff by injecting it with a thrashing hair-metal tone.
It’s every day at once!
Behold my house of light!
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On “Unavailable,” UNIIQU3 is your worst nightmare.
“You don’t wanna pick up the phone,” she sings, lamenting a lost connection.
“Addicted, I can’t leave you alone.”
