Listen to CuzzosX5’s “Pop Out”: The Ones
Screenshot of CuzzosX5 in the music video for “Pop Out” directed by Tevo LaRon.
CuzzosX5: “Pop Out”
Two specific moments turned me into a head of L.A. rap group Cuzzosx5. First it was their raunchy breakout single “Goochie Mayne”—in the tradition of YN Jay and Louie Ray’s “Coochie”—and the way they skewer the dudes in their DMs: “You niggas hoes/How the fuck you get a cut and now you outside with the bros?” Then it was the opening seconds of their video for “Young Wings,” where two members, Teawhyy and Milly Mo (the other three are BB, Jasscole, and Big I-N-D-O), argue about whether DayDay or Langston is the hottest guy in the Rangers, one of the central jerkin’ crews of the late 2000s and early 2010s. Not only is it a pretty funny scene, it stamps their music as L.A. shit through and through.
Their latest song “Pop Out” keeps the train rolling as four of the five (no Teawhyy) get their punchlines and brags in over a mellow West Coast beat that would fit a BlueBucksClan tape. My favorite verses are by Milly Mo, who has jokes for days, and Jasscole, because she has the gravitational pull of a rap star. It’s not their best song yet (my pick is “I H8 Home”) but it is a solid introduction to the next blustering rap crew.
With artists releasing songs at a fast and furious pace, it’s difficult for the average hip-hop head to keep track of it all—no matter how tapped in they are. That’s why we created The Ones, a daily post to highlight the song you need to hear.
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Originally Appeared on Pitchfork
