21-year-old Twitch creator Plaqueboymax isn’t above this kind of charm, but his particularly introjected flair has led him to book views of underground rap livestreams. The latest installment of his Song Wars series (think SoundCloud set American Idol) included rappers Bay Swag, 1900Rugrat, and Summrs. Previous iterations have featured everyone from maajins and Molly Santana to YhapoJJ and Rroxket. Beyond the overlap with my personal tastes, these streams feel like raw snapshots of up-and-coming artists, less filtered if not more raw.
Some Song Wars are an opportunity for artists to debut their best unreleased songs, while others are done bracket-style, where pairs of rappers are given an hour and a randomly selected Complete the song to the beat of the type. The former is particularly suitable for early career artists like prettifun. prettifun left the judging panel with a lot of hype, but it was confused with “Old Heads Play This” a few weeks ago. The latter, on the other hand, can yield surprisingly compatible results, like a Don Toliver-type Wildkarduno. beat. Additionally, Plaqueboymax’s In The Booth series features artists recording new songs entirely streamed. Previous editions were more frustrating, and Max’s skills as a studio engineer have come a long way since nine months ago. But even if different wrappers are careful to hide their plugins, any insight into how different wrappers approach the process is enlightening.
Here, in no particular order, are the four best songs that debuted on Plaqueboymax’s streams this year.
