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Track Spotlight: Broke Boi - Playboi Carti prod. MexikoDro (2015)

“Broke Boi” by Playboi Carti is one of the first (and arguably most iconic) Plugg tracks to grace the scene. It is a typical, powerful Dro beat that utilizes resonant, high-pitched keys with “sparkly” counter melodies and accents to create an ambient atmosphere, supported by minimal hi hats, snares, and snaps, and driven by punchy, elongated 808s. Carti flows effortlessly over the beat, asking the listener why he should ‘keep juggin’ on these broke bois.” The song sounds like an elegant flex, the richness of the beat seeming to provide a perfect parallel for Carti’s braggadocious derision of “broke bois,” whom he himself cannot be associated with. The rapper seems to celebrate his success and express a willingness to defend it, with lyrics like “keep the choppa on me my grandma watching me/fuck my Jesus piece/I might squeeze the piece.” 

Producer MexikoDro builds up to the climax of the song, culminating in an epic beat drop at about 1:36, as Carti comes back in with the lines: “Audi, Beamer, Benz with the roof up!” The track is a certified ear worm that I believe even the “Broke Bois” themselves would find hard to resist. The sound is playful and magnetic, as Carti floats on Dro’s beat to affirm his success and diss his haters.   

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Rap From Soundcloud I used to listen often, about 9 or 8 years ago

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Producer Spotlight: MexikoDro

MexikoDro is a producer from Atlanta, Georgia known for his 'Plugg' style beats, which are characterized by their dreamy and nostalgic melodies. Dro is widely recognized as one of the most influential producers who helped to pioneer and popularize the genre in the mid 2010s at the start of the modern "underground" movement initiated on Soundcloud.

Dro is the producer behind what is arguably the most widely recognized plugg track, 'Gassed Up Shawty' by Nebu Kiniza (2016). The song, featuring the iconic 'plugg' tag - also created by Dro (using the voice of rapper BeatPluggTwo) - reached numbers no other Plugg track had before, breaking into the mainstream and taking the genre to the next level.

However, the beat for 'Gassed Up Shawty' was born long before Nebu Kiniza dropped the hit song in 2016. Most Plugg fanatics will be able to recall the original song that 'Gassed Up Shawty' samples: 'Plug' by Rich the Kid ft. Playboi Carti and Kodak Black, a track which is fondly remembered by some fans, but also controversial due to the fact that Rich the Kid never compensated Dro for the beat, resulting in a falling out between the producer and the rapper. 'Gassed Up Shawty' put Plugg on the map for the mainstream, but 'Plug' remains a cult classic and staple for original fans of the genre.

Some other iconic Plugg tracks produced by MexikoDro include, but are by no means limited to: 'Broke Boi' (2015) and 'Had 2' (2017) by Playboi Carti, and 'Hella Os' (2015) by Lil Yachty.

The influence of MexikoDro in the underground/alternative hip hop scene cannot be denied, as his contributions to the plugg paved the way for artists like the dynamic rapper-producer duo of Tony Shhnow and Cashcache!, as well as producers such as Xangang who innovated on that foundation laid by original plugg producers like Dro and StoopidXool, resulting in a new and extremely popular offshoot of the genre known as "PluggnB" (a play on the words 'Plugg' and 'RnB').

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