Song Of the Month “Slippin’ into Darkness” Hit Boy Feat. The Alchemist
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lchemist opens the song with a verse over Hit-smooth Boy’s rhythm, posturing about his laid-back lifestyle and bragging about his accomplishments in the hip-hop industry. Although Hit-bars Boy’s will get the most attention, Al’s easy delivery serves as a reminder that he can truly rap, too. Midway through, the song unexpectedly flips to Alchemist’s production, and Hit-Boy begins addressing other producers by name, most notably Metro Boomin, Mustard, and Hitmaka.
“When you move how you wanna move, you gon’ make somebody mad / My n***a, I’m the best student Kanye ever had,” he raps on his first verse. “I’m usually homeboys with produces I get compared to / But on this one, I wanna see ‘em stretched out, extra legroom / I don’t really know dude, he seem like a cool cat / But I never once heard Metro Boomin do boom bap / I never heard a Southside beat without an 808 in it / HB in drunk-driver mode, I swerve in every lane with it.”
