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Happy Easter, Migos.

  • Pierre M.
  • Apr 16, 2017
  • 3 min read

Happy Easter!!! It’s that time of year once again. You mean the Christian celebration of the resurrection of our lord and savior, Jesus Christ? Nope. I mean another pagan holiday where corporations exploit our kids’ imaginations for obscenely unethical financial gain! But this isn't what this piece is about.

I woke up this morning remembering that it was Easter. Then it got me to thinking about what Easter was celebrated for. And as I got to the Jesus portion of my thoughts, I thought about 3 dudes who could very well be reincarnations of Jesus’ disciples, Peter, John, and James. Except their names are now; Quavo, Offset, and Takeoff.

That’s right! This is about…Migos.

Yes, the same famed rap group from the NawfSide of Atlanta, Georgia who gave us such hits as: “Hannah Montana”, “Versace”, “Look At My Dab”, and the biggest hip hop song of late 2016-early 2017, “Bad and Boujee”. (DISCLAIMER: If you don’t know who Migos is, please Google now before continuing reading because I’m not giving you a full history on the group you should know the full history about already. *Kanye Shrug*)

Back in 2013 though, there was a widely disputed discussion in not only hip hop culture at the time, but music culture as a whole. Someone on Twitter, the social media giant known for their ridiculous trending topics that manifest themselves into long term serious conversations, decided to tweet: "Migos is better than The Beatles”.

Bruh…Twitter went mad wild. Facebook almost shut down while Zuckerberg almost lost millions. Baby Boomers crowded the streets in protest. And I…

Never agreed more! First of all, nobody puts ‘The’ in their name anymore. The only exception is The Weeknd. And when you’re single-handedly responsible for creating a new sub genre of R&B, you can do that. Only old niggas have ‘THE’ in their name. The Beatles. The Monkees. The Who. The Gap Band. Even The fucking Spinners. Using ‘The’ in your group name is played.

Facts.

Secondly, 84% of The Beatles’ songs had the most outlandish analogies and references. Don’t give me that, “The 60’s were a different time man. Recreational hallucinogenic drugs were in and if you had done them, you would’ve fully understood too man...” shit. Their lyrics were trash. I can’t connect with it at all! ”Cookin up dope with an Uzi”...Now that is relatable. Pure genius.

Oh, they gave us the Dab too! Yeah, the dance that the ENTIRE WORLD was doing in 2015, and for some people, even 2016 (***cough cough. Late ass white people. cough cough***). The same dance that would put a curse on any athlete that did it. Cam Newton, my guy, I’m still mad at you for that bro.

Look, I could sit here and spout statistics and scientific evidence substantiating my “opinion”. But it’s Easter and I ain’t got time for that. I just wanted to quickly point out that 4 years later (which is like 15 in hip hop-career years), Migos is still putting out quality hits. On top of that, hip hop has now adopted their flow and cadence as the industry standard. We have a million other mainstream rappers that sound exactly like Migos and are having similar successful careers. Similar…but far from equal.

At best, The Beatles gave your grandparents something to listen to while they got high as shit and talked about peace on Earth. At worst, they at least gave us a dope musical number in Ferris Bueller’s Day Off. Which still, isn’t bad. Just…not…great.

The Beatles are, and always were, overrated. Migos are ever growing and have timeless classics. Their catalog’s caliber is up there with Beethoven and Bach, promised to be cemented in music history and never forgotten.

Seriously think about it. 30 years from now when you're telling your grandkids about the best memories of your life, you won’t be talking about the time you were frolicking in a field of daisies humming “While My Guitar Gently Weeps”. Or the first time you saw that creepy ass excuse for a movie, Yellow Submarine. You will however, vividly remember the time you did a couple bumps at Coachella and started projectile vomiting next to Kendall Jenner, while Migos performs “Kelly Price” with Travis Scott.

Yeah, dat way.

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