Please Don’t Bother Me - BLOODLIN3. (Rap) The reason I chose to review this track is because—and excuse me for revealing that I’m an old head—I can understand the lyrics, which is a rare thing to say about a lot of rap these days. This rhyme has quite the throwback vibe—maybe like a Nate Dogg song? Or Marshall Mathers LP from Eminem? I could definitely hear them on a remix of this. I also really like how BLOODLIN3 varies the vocal delivery—we’ve got our “in your face” section and then a raspy layered whisper later in the song to switch things up. It certainly keeps you engaged throughout the entire the song, because too much of the same thing can put an itchy trigger finger on the “next” button. This song belies that, carrying you all the way through to the end. And finally, we’ve got an incredibly catchy layered hook incorporating some dissonant ear candy, accompanied by a fun piano counterpoint that seems to taunt the listener right alongside our artist. The whole track screams “try me” and after hearing it…I wouldn’t.
Best Lyric: “My own mama thinks I need a brain scan…and I think I might too.”