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Rae Sremmurd and Gucci Mane are hardly the first artists to compare themselves to the most hallowed of all rock bands - Run-DMC famously (if confusingly) declared вЂњThereвЂ™s three of us, but weвЂ™re not the BeatlesвЂќ on вЂњKing of RockвЂќ over 30 years earlier. Hot 100 Chart Moves: Rae Sremmurd Has Biggest 'Beatles' Tribute Since 1964Д«ut really, we need to zoom out and consider the importance of a song called вЂњBlack BeatlesвЂќ hitting the Top 10 of the Hot 100, over a half-century after the Fab Four first ruled the chart. Capping off a triumphant year from an artist who started it behind bars, вЂњBlack BeatlesвЂќ has become an unexpected commercial high point for Gucci, who simply did what he does best - pursuing the stranger corners of hip-hop. More importantly, however, GucciвЂ™s mere presence gives the song a different weight than an unassisted Rae Sremmurd track: he is a nimble, highly quotable veteran with the ability to lend some of his singular personality and then cede the floor. вЂњI eurostep past a hater like IвЂ™m RondoвЂќ is an all-timer вЂњBlack man, yellow LambвЂ™, real-life goalsвЂќ is oddly inspiring. Speaking of intrigue: how great would an extended Gucci Mane-Rae Sremmurd project be, based solely on вЂњBlack BeatlesвЂќ? This is GucciвЂ™s first collaboration with the duo and, sandwiched in between their verses, his tossed-off wit sounds fantastic after SwaeвЂ™s gentle croon, and beforeвЂ™s Jxmmi intense spitting. вЂњBlack BeatlesвЂќ is a celebration of wealth and fame, but Mike WiLLвЂ™s spaced-out strumming gives it a complexity that intrigues on its first, tenth and fiftieth listen. On another Rae Sremmurd song, for instance, SwaeвЂ™s line вЂњNew day, new money to be madeвЂќ would likely sound completely different here, he sings it with a tinge of sadness before puffing out his chest and rattling off his credentials as a new-school legend. The ebullient chants of Rae SremmurdвЂ™s signature hits - вЂњNo flex! Zone!,вЂќ вЂњUnlock! The swag!вЂќ - here melt into a wistful collection of observations from Swae Lee, who follows the melody on the hook and shrugs off lyrics like вЂњYoung bull living like an old geezer / Quick release the cash, watch it fall slowly.вЂќ The hint of incompletion in the chorus, with Swae ending each line on a down note and echoing his own words in singsong falsetto, is its most fascinating feature, and balances out the meme nods and money talk of the verses.

Listen closely, and youвЂ™ll find that вЂњBlack BeatlesвЂќ is closer to the Stranger Things theme than anything released this year from Drake, Future or Kanye West. Compared to more muscular 2016 trap hits, the вЂњBlack BeatlesвЂќ beat glides, with a ticking rhythm and synths that sound evil but somehow inviting. Yet вЂњBlack BeatlesвЂќ finds a way to sound even more outlandish: it pairs the duoвЂ™s main appeal, euphoric adolescence, with a psychedelic haze thatвЂ™s surreal even for their standards. Mike WiLL has concocted some downright peculiar beats for Rae SremmurdвЂ™s Swae Lee and Slim Jxmmi outside to вЂњBlack Beatles.вЂќ The sinister bleep-bloop of вЂњUnlock The SwagвЂќ and sparse, groaning вЂњNo TypeвЂќ beat helped make the duoвЂ™s 2015 debut SremmLife so compelling, while this yearвЂ™s SremmLife 2 is highlighted by bizarre piano hooks (вЂњBy ChanceвЂќ) and zonked-out synths (вЂњDo YogaвЂќ).

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Rae Sremmurd, Gucci Mane and producer Mike WiLL Made-It cooked up one of the most inspired singles of 2016, by adhering to their weirdest instincts in a fall full of pop formula, we desperately needed вЂњBlack BeatlesвЂќ disrupting the Top 10.

But the novelty of this вЂњHarlem ShakeвЂќ-esque explosion also shouldnвЂ™t overshadow the sonic risk of вЂњBlack BeatlesвЂќ: this song is brash and unabashedly strange, an idiosyncratic hip-hop summit that was swiftly conquering the Hot 100 long before the first #MannequinChallenge dropped two weeks ago. ThatвЂ™s nothing to be ashamed of, and the Sremmlets and Gucci are clearly having a blast leaning into the online trend as the song continues rising on the charts. So, yes, the biggest hit of both Rae Sremmurd and Gucci ManeвЂ™s careers is now (and likely forever) linked to the spiritual sequel of the Ice Bucket Challenge. Here Are Some of the Best #MannequinChallenge Videos, From Rae Sremmurd to Stephen Curry

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