Speaker 1: Welcome back to Crash Course pod. Everybody. This is the
Speaker 1: podcast where we dive deep into the artists who define
Speaker 1: modern music. I'm your host, ash Tone, and today we're
Speaker 1: putting on the iconic red braids and neon esthetic to
Speaker 1: crash Course the career of Miles Park McCollum, better known
Speaker 1: as Lo YACHTI that's right, it should be a great episode.
Speaker 1: I've been waiting to do this for a while now,
Speaker 1: and now we finally get to do it. From viral
Speaker 1: a sensation to genre bending provocatel Yati's journey is one
Speaker 1: of the most fascinating and arguably misunderstood in contemporary miss
Speaker 1: and contemporary hip hop. I have to double down on
Speaker 1: arguably misunderstood. I was, can I say, was one of
Speaker 1: those people that just completely misunderstood his his lane in
Speaker 1: the hip hop space, in the rap space, in the
Speaker 1: artist space. Was that a clip back in the day
Speaker 1: with him and Joe Butden and Joe Butden is like,
Speaker 1: I have to find it. I found it. You guys,
Speaker 1: here we go. Tell me what you want from hip hop?
Speaker 1: I mean, you don't think that's a question you should
Speaker 1: answer at some point? What do I want from hip hop?
Speaker 1: Or are you leaving all of this to QC to
Speaker 1: figure out. No, I mean, I'm I'm making music, bro,
Speaker 1: I'm just having fun. I'm saying my fans love it.
Speaker 1: Just having fun and fun. Like you, very aware for
Speaker 1: what's going on, and you wanted the hottest niggas on her.
Speaker 1: What do you want me to say why? I want
Speaker 1: you to be aware of your business. I want you
Speaker 1: to know whether you're in a three sixty or nine.
Speaker 1: I want you to appreciate the culture that change your life.
Speaker 1: I took you from college doring room, evening order the noodles.
Speaker 1: I want you who's well spoken and articulates himself well,
Speaker 1: my niggah. I recently saw that clip on Instagram. It
Speaker 1: was animated though, and I was just cracking up because
Speaker 1: I feel the same way, not quite the same as
Speaker 1: Joe Budden, specifically with the whole what do you want
Speaker 1: from hip hop? I just didn't take him seriously as
Speaker 1: a musician because I felt like he wasn't taking being
Speaker 1: a musician seriously. And I'm talking twenty sixteen to like
Speaker 1: twenty twenty. That was kind of my stance, so heavily
Speaker 1: misunderstood in contemporary hip hop spaces. Anyways, our crash course
Speaker 1: episode is going to start off. In twenty sixteen, Lo
Speaker 1: YACHTI exploded onto the scene with the sound he coined
Speaker 1: bubblegum trap. It was colorful, cheerful into some of the
Speaker 1: old guard utterly bewildering. He had a sing song, amateurist
Speaker 1: sounding delivery overbeats that sample Mario Bros. Charlie Brown, and
Speaker 1: GameCube startup sounds. His breakout moments the dreamy viral hit
Speaker 1: one Night which I Loved One Night Actually and his
Speaker 1: feature on DRAMs Broccoli who doesn't like broccole? Broccoli is
Speaker 1: a staple that established him as the face of a
Speaker 1: new wave, and he was even in Freshmen on the
Speaker 1: Freshman x L back then and established as the new phase.
Speaker 1: He was the new vibes. He was unapologetically youthful, valuing
Speaker 1: melody and vibe over traditional lyrical complexity, a style often
Speaker 1: grouped under the controversial term mumbo rap. That entire phase
Speaker 1: of his was a masterclass in modern celebrity, be yourself,
Speaker 1: cultivate a unique brand, and leverage internet virality. Critics scoffed
Speaker 1: as we heard Joe Budden was not feeling it back then,
Speaker 1: but Yachty was creating new rules, not following old ones,
Speaker 1: and so that I absolutely have to respect. After a
Speaker 1: few years in his lane, Yachti's career seemed to slow,
Speaker 1: but his influence didn't. In fact, I kind of feel
Speaker 1: like his influence grew. He quietly became a behind the
Speaker 1: scenes force. A key pivot was his twenty twenty one
Speaker 1: project Michigan Boy Boat, a brilliant homage to the Detroit
Speaker 1: and Flint rap scenes. He collaborated with local artists, adopting
Speaker 1: their jittery, deadpan flow, showcasing his skills as a curator
Speaker 1: and providing versatility beyond Atlanta sound. Then there's this oddity
Speaker 1: that became a massive hit, Poland. Poland, with its catchy
Speaker 1: hook and surreal alien soundscape, turned into one of his
Speaker 1: biggest solo hits. You Couldn't Go Anywhere and mentioned Yachti
Speaker 1: without them bringing up Poland. Crucially. In the same period,
Speaker 1: Yachty served as a key producer and creative collaborator on
Speaker 1: twenty one Savagest surprise collaboration album with another artists, the
Speaker 1: album We All Know Was Her Loss. This moment legitimized
Speaker 1: his status as an industry taste maker, and shall I
Speaker 1: say formidable talent, scout and producer. I'm gonna say it
Speaker 1: and that brings us to the biggest, most daring moves
Speaker 1: of his career. In January twenty twenty three, Loyati released
Speaker 1: his fifth studio album called Let's Start Here. Forget the
Speaker 1: trap drums and auto tuned sing songs, this album was
Speaker 1: a full blown psychedelic rock record, Yeah, psychedelic rock record.
Speaker 1: It featured songs like black Seminole or drive Me Crazy
Speaker 1: by the way I get your pants out and write
Speaker 1: those down Lo. Yachti cited influences like Pink Floyd, Tame Impala,
Speaker 1: and James Brown for that album, and the album is
Speaker 1: a sonic departure, featuring live instrumentation, soaring guitar passages, and
Speaker 1: his vocals stretched and reverberated into a new, soulful and
Speaker 1: ambitious register. I believe the move paid off, and Let's
Speaker 1: Start Here was met with largely positive reviews, which became
Speaker 1: his highest rated album, proving he's not just a viral
Speaker 1: sensation but a dedicated, shall I say at venturist artist.
Speaker 1: So since that psych rock pivot, now we're in the
Speaker 1: year twenty twenty four and Yachti has continued to keep
Speaker 1: us guessing. Refusing to settle back into one sound. He
Speaker 1: is relentlessly active, dropping major projects and singles that define
Speaker 1: his new era. For instance, his twenty twenty four collaboration
Speaker 1: with James Blake on the album Bad Cameo was another
Speaker 1: major left turn. The album is a dreamy, ethereal, and
Speaker 1: often melancholic body of work. I personally liked it. I
Speaker 1: will hop onto the ambitious wave and say it was
Speaker 1: a very ambitious project, but definitely cool. He moves away
Speaker 1: from the guitar driven psychedelia of Let's Start Here and
Speaker 1: instead leans heavily into James Blake's signature sound with spacey synth's,
Speaker 1: delicate piano and ambient soundscapes. Yadia's vocals were manipulated and
Speaker 1: it sounds like it was stretched, which turns his voice
Speaker 1: into another texture and Blake's and trick it world. He
Speaker 1: has an abandoned rap. He just reinvented his approach and
Speaker 1: I'd have to say well done with that. If you
Speaker 1: listen to his newest rap singles, you will notice that
Speaker 1: he's experimenting some more. So let's break it down. Get
Speaker 1: your pans out, because you're gonna want to write these
Speaker 1: songs down so with his pivot or shall I say
Speaker 1: new shift. You'll notice it with tracks like a Cold
Speaker 1: Sunday I Need Meds or the brand new silver Lining
Speaker 1: with Ssswalka, and his feature on Scrilla's Rich Centers all
Speaker 1: showcased his current precise, quote quote unquote new flow. It's
Speaker 1: often delivered with a flatter, almost monotone intensity, sometimes even
Speaker 1: stripping away the heavy autotune he used early in his career.
Speaker 1: Its concise, punchy, and highly rhythmic, emphasizing cadence over melody.
Speaker 1: You even hear the precision in his latest features, like
Speaker 1: his collaboration on the song I L y x L
Speaker 1: with Georgiana. He's showing that he can effortlessly jump back
Speaker 1: into rap, but he's bringing the lessons of production and
Speaker 1: experimentation with him, keeping his ear keenly tuned to the underground.
Speaker 1: For sure. He's definitely plugged in underground. You can tell
Speaker 1: an effect. It is an effect. I won't say efect
Speaker 1: it and flew unceas a lot of his work, which
Speaker 1: I think is crucial to remaining relevant on the musician scene.
Speaker 1: It's safe to say that YACHTI is not just experimenting
Speaker 1: with genres. He's constantly tweaking his delivery, making his current
Speaker 1: rap work sound almost postmodern in its precision and detachment.
Speaker 1: In addition to producer musician, Lil YACHTI is also a
Speaker 1: multifaceted songwriter who's made a significant impact on hip hop.
Speaker 1: So let's talk about some of those songs he's had
Speaker 1: his confirmed involvement in writing and co writing major hits
Speaker 1: like City Girls, Act Up from Her Loss. He has
Speaker 1: credits on several tracks including Jumbo Tron, Shit Poppin Major Distribution,
Speaker 1: and Back Outside Boys. Also, rumor has it that he's
Speaker 1: credited for other projects on For All the Dogs and
Speaker 1: Scary Hours three. I haven't looked into it, but my
Speaker 1: sources say he was also a co writer or involved
Speaker 1: in the writing for that too. If you were to
Speaker 1: analyze his writing style, I would say that it's prioritizing vibe, melody, hooks,
Speaker 1: and spontaneity. That's a common or critical assessment of his
Speaker 1: writing work, which I feel like it works. It gets
Speaker 1: the crowd moving. So we talked about Poland a little
Speaker 1: bit earlier, and although this is music, I do want
Speaker 1: to touch on the music video aspect. So Poland was
Speaker 1: what you would call a viral solo music video. It
Speaker 1: was a massive viral sensation that helped define Yachti's late
Speaker 1: career experimentation. It's short, quirky, and a memorable visual directed
Speaker 1: by Cole Bennett. In fact, Lyrical Lemonade a ka Col
Speaker 1: Bennett and Lo Yachty. They never missed when it comes
Speaker 1: to creating visuals his work. Yachti's work with Lyrical Lemonade
Speaker 1: is the creation of some of his most memorable and
Speaker 1: defining visuals, And personally, I feel like that's been instrumental
Speaker 1: how you get it? Instrumental and his viral success. Shall
Speaker 1: I add to that? It's also shall I forgot what
Speaker 1: I was gonna say? Oh yeah, his collabse with Cole
Speaker 1: Bennett Lyrical Limonade. It also showcases his artistic versatility that
Speaker 1: goes beyond just music and songwriting. I've always felt like
Speaker 1: Lo Yati Yachti is a strong visual guy, like very
Speaker 1: artistic and his visual delivery. So that's it, guys. He's
Speaker 1: not just a rock guy, not just a trap guy.
Speaker 1: Lo Yatis a dynamic curator of his own talent, willing
Speaker 1: to master a genre and then move on to challenge
Speaker 1: the next lo Yati ushered in a new era, but
Speaker 1: his lasting legacy would be his unpredictable evolution. And that
Speaker 1: wraps up our crash course on lo Yati. Thank you
Speaker 1: for tuning into crash Course Pod. Of course, I'm the
Speaker 1: host Ashtone and you can find the links to our
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