“I been out my mind since they killed my cousin,” she reflects, and if it’s not in sorrow, it’s also not a threat. There is nothing nice in Dej Loaf: she revels in the visual quality of murder, from blood-bubbled stomachs to shredded skulls. The void through which “Try Me” floats is a physical manifestation of a moral vacancy. But most eerie is that she sounds like she isn’t anywhere. There’s some Chicago in her flow - drill with the tactility evaporated: the rounded slurring repetition of Chief Keef, say, or the dull-eyed delivery of Katie Got Bandz, as if she were only rapping by accident. Other Rust Belt rappers have evinced a taste for synthetic vibrance, but the production on “Try Me” isn’t just perpendicular to the Motor City’s post-industrial decay, it’s a million light years removed from it. Jonathan Bradley: Dej Loaf is from Detroit but she sounds like she’s floating in space. Put that against the New Age grace of the production - ever-present yet backgrounded - and it’s the feel-chill song of the fall. The matter-of-fact malevolence rubs against her craft the shiver she puts on “playin'” is a trick she’s clearly proud of. “I’m a Nazi” though? Dumb shit.īrad Shoup: I love when a artist hits the hook like it’s some long-held face, and so it is here. “Turn a bitch to some macaroni” over those spongy keyboards and delivered in Dej’s quiet second grade teacher’s voice is creepy shit. Also, the “I’m a Nazi” bar is pretty fucking bad, and only the peak among a pile of shitty bars.Īlfred Soto: Except for a moment at 1:50 when she trips over herself, this is a minor masterpiece of minimalist malevolence. Micha Cavaseno: Way too mush-mouthed to enjoy, and a lot more Ryan Hemsworth than The Invasion on the post-hyphy turning into ‘CLOUD RAP.GIF’ spectrum.
Michel: The beat glistens, and Dej Loaf’s delivery so relaxed: the way she stretches the last syllable of most of these words, bringing them to near sing-song makes it easier to miss how intimidating her words are.Īnthony Easton: I always feel dumb explaining what I love in hip hop, but I like confidence, minimal production, well-constructed beats, elegant flow, and functional metaphors, and I like when it moves on the right side of menace. “Try Me” is the quiet late-night driving song that “Studio” wanted to be this will lull you to a hum on the highway while still keeping you awake and alert.
Pharrell WilliamsĬrystal Leww: “Try Me” is just paradox abounds, with Dej Loaf sweetly, quietly melodically rapping close to a coo and the beat twinkling along while the lyrics tell a story about how Dej Loaf will fuck you up if you try her. Donnie Trumpet & the Social Experiment.I LIE HERE BURIED WITH MY RINGS AND MY DRESSES.Email (song suggestions/writer enquiries).
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