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Stranger Than Fiction
Hip-Hop · 2013 · 14 tracks

Stranger Than Fiction

Gravelly street rap meets soulful, melodic vulnerability. A high-stakes major label debut that balances trap aggression with radical, late-night honesty.

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It's like a therapy session held in the back of a blacked-out SUV.

A high-stakes collision of street-level aggression and raw, late-night emotional vulnerability.

Stranger Than Fiction · vs · Kevin Gates
Vulnerable+1.0σ

Vulnerable saturates this record a touch more than the artist's norm.

Tracklist · 14 Tracks
01
4 Legs and a Biscuit
2:25
02
Get Em
3:31
03
MYB
3:41
04
White Tan
2:39
05
4:30am
2:47
06
Die Bout It
4:30
07
Strokin'
3:01
08
Thinking with My Dick
2:45
09
Tiger
3:11
10
Smiling Faces
2:26
11
Careful
2:36
12
Money Magnet
3:06
13
Don't Know What to Call It
3:35
14
Satellites (HPG remix)
3:14
Moments Worth Waiting For
The jarring shift from the aggressive street narrative of 4 Legs and a Biscuit into the melodic vulnerability of the later tracks.
The haunting, isolated vocal delivery on 4:30am that captures the specific paranoia of late-night insomnia.
The way the HPG remix of Satellites transforms a street anthem into a shimmering, radio-ready pop-rap crossover.
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