Lil Nas X no longer seems to have the secret sauce that allowed him to own the zeitgeist for several years, but he’s continuing to make pretty good music. He’s releasing a lot of it too. Last week LNX dropped five songs in five days — “Dreamboy,” “Big Dummy,” “Swish,” “Right There,” and “Hotbox” — all of them putting an appealing, accessible spin on radio-friendly rap and hip-hop-saturated pop. It seems like he’s flooding the zone, seeing if anything hits.
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Lil Nas X no longer seems to have the secret sauce that allowed him to own the zeitgeist for several years, but he’s continuing to make pretty good music. He’s rel... more info