The Euphoria Teens' Taste in Rap Is Ridiculous


https://pitchfork.com/thepitch/euphoria-music-rap-soundtrack/


"First there’s a scene where Rue is in the back of a car, zooted out of her mind, rapping Tupac’s “Hit ’Em Up” word for word, like she also feels that Biggie and Junior M.A.F.I.A. were some “mark-ass bitches.” Later she arrives at a house party where the dancefloor is packed with kids grooving to Biggie’s “Hypnotize.” At the same party, Rue does more drugs, this time with a new character played by human algorithm Dominic Fike, while Juvenile’s “Back That Azz Up” rings off in the background. Then Lil Meech, the son of real-life mafia kingpin Big Meech and star of 50 Cent’s Starz show about that kingpin, BMF, grinds with Maddie to DMX’s “Party Up (Up in Here).” I know these are all major rap songs that have stood the test of time, but how do you explain the flashback scene of drug dealer Fezco counting money to the mid-’90s Sonny Skillz deep cut “What Time Is It”? You can’t. Stay tuned for next week, when Rue snorts coke off her collection of vintage The Source magazines."


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"This is the streets, and I am the trap." � Jay Bilas
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