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Riff: Jay Rock – “Traffic Jam (Easy Bake Remix)”

Dec 1, 2015

Ghetto commodore singing/Tours for my whores swinging/On my heart swore I pour plenty more semen/Or explore cunnilingus/Dummy tore through that boy for pointing fingers

from Traffic Jam (Easy Bake Remix) lyrics by Jay Rock

A stealthy rework of an already fresh anthem, one that adds a little more lyrical bounce to the step. There’s a throwback soul element underscoring the whole song, which conjures up memories of the neo-soul movement, and King Kendrick couldn’t help but dip his pen in the ink. It’s a little more lax than other songs, but no less fresh. A killer example of nimble, light-footed wordplay.

Riff by Jeff Min

Jeff Min is a Chicago-based writer at SONGLYRICS. His work has appeared in the Chicago Sun-Times, Hi-Fructose, Wax Poetics, SLAM, and HOOP.

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