Young Thug – “Elton” (Feat. Wyclef)

Young Thug – “Elton” (Feat. Wyclef)

Look, there’s no reason why this should work. Wyclef is a relic of another rap era; he should be looking at Young Thug like he’s an alien, not sliding in and making great songs with him. And yet that’s exactly what he’s done with the breezy, miasmic “Elton,” coexisting beautifully with rap’s weirdest young star and sounding like he comes from the same planet. The secret, it turns out, is that Thug and Wyclef both sing-rap with unusually high levels of emotion and absolutely zero commitment to pitch. And it works. Somehow, it works. Listen to it below.

Young Thug’s new album/mixtape/whatever Jeffrey is coming soon, at some indeterminate time on some indeterminate day.

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