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Cédric Le Merrer: Nekfeu is the latest poster boy for French hip hop gentrification anxieties. He’s praised all around, he’s the run-out star of his crew, he’s technical, he name drops great white male literature. And he’s self conscious enough to address being a babtou. Yes, things may have been easier for him. He still can turn a better rhyme than most. His real sin on his album Feu is not the heavy handed respectability attempts, though, or the blandness of what he has to say. It’s the beats, which let him shine okay, but wouldn’t keep your yuppie neighbour bothered enough to call the cops on your house party.
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Thomas Inskeep: A head-nodder: very mid-’90s NYC beat, with a soupçon more bass. Nekfeu is a decent rapper, but nothing exceptional. Same with the song.
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Brad Shoup: He’s got a name like Redditor martial arts. Shame Maxwell already trademarked “Drakk,” because it would attach real well to the distracted, laconic piano melody and his twerpy/serious delivery.
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Will Adams: Nekfeu maintains enough energy throughout, but that awful piano preset threatens to derail the whole proceedings.
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Alfred Soto: The beat’s not bad and Nekfeu in moments sounds like RZA at his stentorian best.
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Micha Cavaseno: Drake Retreads in any language, framed around any sort of novel, will still end up being generic Drake Retreads. What’s crazy is the only person who has improved on this formula is Tyga, and that will go unheard for many a good reason.
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