EsDeeKid – 4 Raws

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[5.71]Katherine St. Asaph: Obviously everyone’s going to talk about the remix with EsDeeKid’s supposed doppelganger Timothée Chalamet, apparently anticipated by some. (I genuinely cannot tell whether the whole thing is organic or astroturfing, and if it’s astroturfing, on whose behalf.) You gotta hand it to EsDeeKid: he’s certainly ensured people will remember this track. But he’s also ensured no one will remember anything else.
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Nortey Dowuona: If this is Timothee Chalamet for real, you know. If not, Wraith9, you have my respect. (EsDeeKid sounds good too.)
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Claire Davidson: The speculation surrounding EsDeeKid’s identity does a disservice to how compelling a presence he actually is on the mic, laying claim to his working-class roots on “4 Raws” with a degree of potent fury that lends credulity to his descriptions of himself as a “scumbag” and a “warlord.” The more slapdash musical palette that accompanies him, though, threatens to swallow his act into caricature: the grainy, siren-like synths and curdled bass beats on this track are as much a reflection of his come-up as his lyrics, but their amateurish mastering so keenly resembles a bass-boosted edit that they make EsDeeKid’s bravado sound hyperbolic by association. That approach is at least more coherent than the song’s remix, though, which features little more than an extended verse from the artist formerly known as Lil’ Timmy Tim — EsDeeKid’s evocations of sports car and bourbon shots are far more resonant aspirations in this vein than Timothée Chalamet’s Oscar nods or billionaire girlfriend, and I did not need to hear that one of the most famous actors of his generation apparently possesses a “young and restless” dick.
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Ian Mathers: God, I wish I’d never heard the Timothée Chalamet version. Original is still pretty solid, though.
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Will Adams: Apart from the Timothée of it all, the only thing I can remember about this song after listening 3-4 times is the part where EsDeeKid says he’s from Mordor. That’s fun, I guess.
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Andrew Karpan: While admittedly skeptical of the promised “magnificent Scouse accent” and other such registers of authenticity, there is admittedly much potential in the larger sub-Alternative landscape of post-fakemink, sub-two minute runs at virality, crisp like the sound of falling Fall foliage and empty bags of chips.
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Julian Axelrod: 5 OTHER 2026 OSCAR NOMINEES WHO SHOULD REMIX “4 RAWS” AFTER TIMOTHEE CHALAMET, RANKED:

5. Teyana Taylor: Obvious but correct.
4. Ejae: I just want to hear her do a non-KPop Demon Hunters song.
3. Delroy Lindo: The world is his oyster!
2. Joachim Trier: “My fit is next year’s Fenti/My value is mental … senti”
1. Diane Warren: She needs this.
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