<p>Elmo Kennedy O&#8217;Connor was in pre-school when he became obsessed with the the Southern artists of No Limit and Cash Money. Later in life, he would adopt the rap moniker Bones and amass a significant cult following. His gothic lyrical style, allergy to songs longer than two and a half minutes, and lo-fi visual aesthetic have convinced a quarter million people to subscribe to the SoundCloud page of his rap collective, TeamSESH.</p>
<p>Bones has released about 50 projects since 2010. Click through the gallery to listen to a few of his most popular tracks.</p><br><h2>&#8220;Dirt&#8221;</h2><figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><img decoding="async" src="https://editor.urbanlinx.net/wp-content/uploads/gallery/25/74/1486687425_72b38cf375abf0c5f1b3c673f7c4916a.jpg" alt="10 Essential Bones Tracks"></figure><p></p><p>Bones gained a lot of new fans when A$AP Rocky sampled &#8220;Dirt,&#8221; on his 2015 single <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kf_fcj--Zxw" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">“Canal St.”</a> While Rocky uses the beat&#8217;s spare piano to tell a particularly vivid tale of rags to riches, his inclusion of Bones&#8217; original hook preserves the song&#8217;s original flavor: <em>You say you’ve got them guns, but I’ve never seen you bang/ You say you’ve got them drugs, but I’ve never seen you slang.</em></p>
<p><iframe loading="lazy" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/0IYght7FGdg" width="615" height="350" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe></p><h2>&#8220;HeartgramAdios&#8221;</h2><figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><img decoding="async" src="https://editor.urbanlinx.net/wp-content/uploads/gallery/60/93/1486689360_5aad48876706f61abaf1f315041ba5ad.jpg" alt="10 Essential Bones Tracks"></figure><p></p><p><span style="font-weight: 400;">&#8220;HeartgramAdios&#8221; contains a subversive sample of </span><strong><span style="font-weight: 400;">ATC&#8217;s starry-eyed &#8220;All Around The World.&#8221; Bones </span></strong>menaces the opposition with his trusty blade. He&#8217;s not afraid to kill, and he&#8217;s not afraid to die.</p>
<p><iframe loading="lazy" src="https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=https%3A//api.soundcloud.com/tracks/153494742&amp;color=ff5500&amp;auto_play=false&amp;hide_related=false&amp;show_comments=true&amp;show_user=true&amp;show_reposts=false" width="100%" height="166" frameborder="no" scrolling="no"></iframe></p><h2>&#8220;Corduroy&#8221;</h2><figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><img decoding="async" src="https://editor.urbanlinx.net/wp-content/uploads/gallery/89/75/1486687589_83e64cf9ba83d94c45515d3bb5d4baaf.jpg" alt="10 Essential Bones Tracks"></figure><p></p><p><em>And when he feels that snow, he knows it&#8217;s the only way to get out the cold</em>, Bones raps on &#8220;Corduroy.&#8221;</p>
<p>He currently resides in the San Fernando Valley and misses the brutal winters of suburban Detroit, where he grew up. <strong><span style="font-weight: 400;">I’m definitely going to be here for a while, but I eventually want to get to where there’s snow,&#8221; he told <a href="http://www.trapstyle.com/2013/10/27/exclusive-bones-kennedy-interview/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">TrapStyle</a> in 2013. &#8220;I miss snow. I love sledding.&#8221;</span></strong></p>
<p><iframe loading="lazy" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/KesAaLs7NvQ" width="615" height="350" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe></p><h2>&#8220;Wi-Fi&#8221;</h2><figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><img decoding="async" src="https://editor.urbanlinx.net/wp-content/uploads/gallery/70/87/1486688770_ce73d14e7364456f13643caf26f67253.jpg" alt="10 Essential Bones Tracks"></figure><p></p><p>Bones is always rapping about the internet. On AOL-sampling &#8220;Wi-FI&#8221;:<em> It&#8217;s the wi-fi pimp, modems hanging from my wrists, passwords on my blunts, got to log in to get it</em>.</p>
<p><iframe loading="lazy" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/x5HjZcz_GC8" width="615" height="350" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe></p><h2>&#8220;MasterBedroom&#8221;</h2><figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><img decoding="async" src="https://editor.urbanlinx.net/wp-content/uploads/gallery/34/94/1486689434_c47316ebde39cff394ffd433c55d76c7.jpg" alt="10 Essential Bones Tracks"></figure><p></p><p>&#8220;MasterBedroom is the opening track on Bones&#8217; <em>1MillionBlunts</em>, which he released in 2012 back when he rapped under the nom de plume &#8216;Th@ Kid.&#8217; He posted the album on Christmas Day, violating his own policy of not releasing music on holidays: &#8220;<strong><span style="font-weight: 400;">I think dropping shit on seasonal celebrations is really lame,&#8221; he told <a href="http://www.trapstyle.com/2013/10/27/exclusive-bones-kennedy-interview/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">TrapStyle</a>. &#8220;People dropping shit on Halloween are fucking stupid as fuck. That’s like something ICP would do.&#8221;</span></strong></p>
<p><iframe loading="lazy" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/6vxQrK2YALQ" width="615" height="350" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe></p><h2>&#8220;Sixteen&#8221;</h2><figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><img decoding="async" src="https://editor.urbanlinx.net/wp-content/uploads/gallery/76/74/1486687476_542f380097c8cc8c112cac383e6e6b21.jpg" alt="10 Essential Bones Tracks"></figure><p></p><p>&#8220;I don’t know man, I just love dark shit,&#8221; Bones told TrapStyle. &#8220;I love spooky shit, but not lame spooky, like kids talking about like 666 and shit like that. [I] like Blair Witch and school shootings. The real shit; shit that’s actually fucked up.&#8221;</p>
<p><iframe loading="lazy" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/mbpkuLJPy9c" width="615" height="350" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe></p><h2>&#8220;JonathanTaylorThomas&#8221;</h2><figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><img decoding="async" src="https://editor.urbanlinx.net/wp-content/uploads/gallery/10/94/1486689410_a3690eae1ef768882b1dc95ac86bed5b.jpg" alt="10 Essential Bones Tracks"></figure><p></p><p>Bones is known for his distaste for the music industry and everything it represents, but &#8220;JonathanTaylorThomas&#8221; demonstrates that he is a capable hooksman who could make radio hits if he really wanted to. <em>Young Jonathan Taylor Thomas, riding in a hummer&#8230;</em></p>
<p><iframe loading="lazy" src="https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=https%3A//api.soundcloud.com/tracks/266022588&amp;color=ff5500&amp;auto_play=false&amp;hide_related=false&amp;show_comments=true&amp;show_user=true&amp;show_reposts=false" width="100%" height="166" frameborder="no" scrolling="no"></iframe></p><h2>&#8220;HDMI&#8221;</h2><figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><img decoding="async" src="https://editor.urbanlinx.net/wp-content/uploads/gallery/77/83/1486688377_7d4f51d3200bca340822af8d8860e336.jpg" alt="10 Essential Bones Tracks"></figure><p></p><p>Clocking in at over 10 million plays, &#8220;HDMI&#8221; is Bones&#8217; most-watched YouTube video. Fans presumably return over and over to experience the song&#8217;s earth-shattering bass. </p>
<p><iframe loading="lazy" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/5souw4K5UQc" width="615" height="350" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe></p><h2>&#8220;Weatherman&#8221; w/ Xavier Wulf</h2><figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><img decoding="async" src="https://editor.urbanlinx.net/wp-content/uploads/gallery/40/80/1486688040_0380631e10c86afe68572f39a029f55e.jpg" alt="10 Essential Bones Tracks"></figure><p></p><p>In &#8220;Weatherman,&#8221; Bones shows off his meteorologist skills alongside Memphis rapper and former Raider Klan member Xavier Wulf. Today&#8217;s forecast: hazy&#8230;</p>
<p><iframe loading="lazy" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/-n25Jvp0zK8" width="615" height="350" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe></p><h2>&#8220;Return of the Pimp&#8221;</h2><figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><img decoding="async" src="https://editor.urbanlinx.net/wp-content/uploads/gallery/67/79/1486687967_4b54a324135a3b1b45cac3561c933f03.jpg" alt="10 Essential Bones Tracks"></figure><p></p><p>Bones conceived &#8220;Return of the Pimp&#8221; in a similar spirit to that of Mark Morrison&#8217;s 1996 masterpiece &#8220;Return of the Mack.&#8221; While Morrison shrugs, &#8220;Well, I tried to tell you so,&#8221; Bones reminds the listener that they should never underestimate the &#8220;skinny white pimp with the black blade.&#8221;</p>
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