Just as I have a special place in my heart for rap that can effectively utilize a string instrument, I have a special place in my heart for G-Side. ST 2 Lettaz and Yung Clova have been on my radar for a while, and this is a rap group that you're going to be sorry you didn't know before. Think of them as Alabama's answer to Swollen Members. They give their rhymes a good southern flavor, but there's something hauntingly beautiful about "Came Up." It's a little melancholy with the violin yawning in the background, but we should all know by now that melancholy rap is my kind of rap. The violin half-makes "Came Up," but the rest is all on the boys from Alabama, with a little help from a rapper called S.L.A.S.H. They never overdo it; everything is just as it should be, and that's what gives the song its beauty. Yes, people, rap can be beautiful, and this is your biggest piece of evidence.
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