The Ones: BA PACE’s “333 (Ragu)”
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BA PACE - “333 (Ragu)”
When the New York sun sets and the suits retreat to their enclaves, it’s time to listen to BA PACE. The Bronx rapper’s five song After-Hours EP has been the soundtrack to summer’s end, when there’s not much to do at night other than drift through the silent park or drink something sweet while rooting against the Lakers. “333 (Ragu),” the final song on the EP has that feeling, too. BA PACE roams his city, sorting through thoughts that keep churning. “I need the bread I’m here to stay/I ain’t seekin’ validation,” he delivers with his heavy voice, on a Jimmy Stubbs beat that feels as if it was made for a surreal psychedelic sequence in a ’70s exploitation movie—maybe Larry Cohen’s Black Caesar. It’s music to play when you’re sitting alone, waiting for the sun to rise.
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Originally Appeared on Pitchfork
