Proclaimed as, “the Beatles of this generation,’ by Golden Globe winner Donald Glover, the rap trio Migos released their sophomore album, Culture on January 27th and it has already climbed to the number one spot on the Billboard 200.
The Atlanta group, consisting of Quavo, Takeoff, and Offset, first came onto the scene when they released their hit single, ”Versace,” back in 2013, and made it to the Billboard Hot 100 at number 99.
The album features other Atlanta-born rappers, like Gucci Mane and 2 Chainz, but also has songs with Lil Uzi Vert, Dj Khaled and Travis Scott. iTunes categorizes the album as Hip-Hop, but the authentic sound brings a new type of wave that would be foreign to a person that’s not from the ATL.
The most known song on this head-bobbing album happens to be “Bad and Boujee,” which is currently number one on the Billboard Hot 100 list, and has been for three weeks now. According to HipHopDX, the trio’s song featuring Lil Uzi Vert has been certified Platinum by the RIAA. Their “rain drop, drop top” melodious flow has people around the country hopping onto the bandwagon.
According to HotNewHipHop, Culture has already blown the group’s first album sales (which only sold 15,000 units) by a big margin:
“This marks the Atlanta trio’s first #1 album to date, with their previous album, Yung Rich Nation peaking at #17… The album (Culture) totaled at 131,000 in sales.”
Many would ask, why Migos? Why should we believe that they aren’t just another recycled artists with catchy ad-libs and an array of weird but soothing sounds in their songs? An interview with Naomi Zeichner from The Fader, Quavo explains how one can fall in love with one’s accomplishment and believe they made it, when in reality you have to keep having the desire to want more:
“The rap game is only as long as you want to make it. You can’t get too excited about the accomplishments that’s coming. I played quarterback when I was young and my coach always told me: ‘Take it one day at a time. Take it one play at a time.’ Whenever you achieve something — like if you make a touchdown — you still gotta score, you still gotta drive. Still gotta keep going.”
Their accolades cannot be taken away from them, just like how their catchy ad-libs and lyrics cannot be unsaid when played at clubs, on the radio, on your playlist, and maybe even on your parents’ phone. The sky is the limit for this group that started creating music when they were only in seventh grade, and Culture is only the beginning.
