645AR, The Most Bizarre Rapper on the Internet
When I first heard “Flatbed Freestyle” by Playboi Carti, I was so confused. The odd, looped beat was already eyebrow-raising but then you add Carti’s infamous baby voiced raps. It took me a while to fully get on board with Flatbed Freestyle because of how strange it was. Admittedly, I was strongly opposed to it on first listen. Even though I was only 18 when it came out, I genuinely felt like an old man, yelling at others for listening to incoherent noise. However, as more time went on, I really became hypnotized by the record. Carti’s strange vocal manipulation added an insanely likable dynamic and texture to his repertoire of catchy collection of songs on Die Lit. After “Kid Cudi”, a leaked track with Carti and Atlanta based rapper Young Nudy, surfaced on the internet (for the love of god, please release it officially on DSPs), I was fully on board with the genre of weirdly likable Rugrat rap songs. With the arrival of 645AR, we have an intimidating new addition to the Playboi Carti inspired style of rap.
I have absolutely no clue if I actually LIKE 645AR or not. I think I’m more fascinated by him…
