Azealia Banks - Yung Rapunxel

Not the one to hold back on words – as witnessed in recent commotions against Kreayshawn, Nicki

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Not the one to hold back on words – as witnessed in recent commotions against Kreayshawn, Nicki Minaj and The Stone RosesAzealia Banks‘ latest deliverance comes as an unapologetic teaser to her upcoming Interscope release Broke With Expensive Taste. Produced by Lil Internet, “Yung Rapunxel” starts on a hard-hitting 140 bpm tempo before plunging into tropical drum layers, while abusive samples are flung about in a deranged manner. The young Harlemnite defensively chatters slang in between a cohort of bass and snares, displaying rugged uptown attitude witnessed in the anthem “212” while stepping into grimier, polluted territories – coinciding in timely light with all the uproar the rapper is putting out at the moment.

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