I consider "Against the Grain" a blackout joint, and that has a hook even if it's just repeat the name of the song.

It's one of those you know it when you hear i type things.

I think the value of the blackout verse is getting more and more lost. I mean there was a time when you had Organized Konfusion making whole albums of blackout verses (yes I realized I just broadened the scope too much). Nigga hear a beat. Don't think about hooks or being catchy, but is just got that oooohhhh imma murder that shit ethos.

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