The Spanish word ‘mequetrefe’, which roughly translates as ‘good-for-nothing’, can be applied equally to a lousy person or a shoddy product and carries other connotations, of nosiness, boisterousness, a sort of persistent yet flippant meddling, cheapness, shallowness or silliness, it can label outsiders, stragglers, wayfarers, and bums. While the word is mostly used as a pejorative, more ambivalently it can signify unruliness even in the celebratory aspects of the term, revelry, short-termism, it can indicate a wanker or masturbator or the substance of cum. Keep that in mind then as you listen to this next selection, with standouts from Arca, Lil Durk, Bob Dylan, Megan Thee Stallion, Moses Sumney, Charles Tolliver, NoCap, MIKE, and Haim.
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A Boogie Wit Da Hoodie – ‘Secrets’
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Arca – ‘Mequetrefe’
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Lil Durk – ‘3 Headed Goat’ (feat. Lil Baby & Polo G)
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Megan Thee Stallion – ‘Girls in the Hood’
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Burna Boy – ‘Wonderful’
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NoCap – ‘Suge Night’
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Kahlil blu – ‘runway talk’ (feat. MAVI)
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Keaton Henson – ‘Ontario’
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Kelly Lee Owens – ‘On’
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Kllo – ‘Somehow’
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Ice Dolo – ‘Rell Home’
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Young Dolph – ‘Blue Diamonds’
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DaBaby – ‘Rockstar’ (feat. Roddy Ricch)
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IDK & Denzel Curry & Maxo Kream – ‘BULLETPROOF’
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CupcakKe – ‘Disounts’
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Lil Gotit – ‘What It Was’ (feat. Future)
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Aminé – ‘Riri’
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Justine Skye – ‘Million Days’
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Shannon Lay & Steve Gunn – ‘Clay Pigeons’
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Lizzo x Queer Eye – ‘Soulmate’
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Buddy & Kent Jamz – ‘Bad Boyz’
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City Girls – ‘That Old Man’
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Bfb Da Packman x Sada Baby – ‘Free Joe Exotic’
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HOOK – ‘gNaT’
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Girl Friday – ‘This Is Not the Indie Rock I Signed Up For’
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Patricia – ‘Julia Set’
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Moses Sumney – ‘Lucky Me’
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Jess Williamson – ‘Pictures of Flowers’ (feat. Hand Habits)
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Black Kray aka SICKBOYRARI – ‘MOON’
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Charles Tolliver – ‘Blue Soul’
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JPEGMAFIA – ‘THE BENDS!’
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Doja Cat – ‘Like That’ (feat. Gucci Mane)
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Jack Harlow – ‘WHATS POPPIN’ (feat. DaBaby, Tory Lanez, and Lil Wayne)
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Special Interest – ‘Street Pulse Beat’
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Guapdad 4000 – ‘Lil Scammer That Could’ (feat. Denzel Curry)
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Arca – ‘KLK’ (feat. ROSALÍA)
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Bob Dylan – ‘False Prophet’
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Sofie – ‘Guest’
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Roy Woods – ‘What We Did’
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Lucki – ‘Prada Tune’
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Azealia Banks – ‘Black Madonna’ (feat. Lex Luger)
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MIKE – ‘what’s home?’
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Haim – ‘Los Angeles’
