Your Old Droog Shares Short Madlib-Produced "Waves Crashing"

BYLavender AlexandriaPublished on September 01, 20232.3K Views

The prolific rapper and legendary producer team up for new heat.

Prolific New York rapper Your Old Droog is back with even more new material. The rapper has shared his 5th new song of 2023 and once again he's teaming up with legendary producer Madlib. Madlib produced the beat for one of his earlier singles "Pronouns" which dropped back in April. The song runs nearly 3 minutes, which is long for Droog and it's wrapped up over 200k streams on Spotify. The pair's second collaboration of the year is shorter but even smoother.

The Youtube description for Your Old Droog's new song "Waves Crashing" reads "something light" and he delivers on that. The track features a relaxed and vintage instrumental that Droog rides perfectly. Lyrically the song focuses on some familiar motifs for the rapper full of pop culture references and wordy raps about his abilities. The slick presentation of the bars and buttery smooth instrumental is a match made in heaven. Check out the brief but very memorable new track below.

Your Old Droog Delivers Something Light On New Madib Collab "Waves Crashing"

This is far from the first time Your Old Droog has dropped heat this year. In February he lead off the year with a more introspective track called "The Groundhog." In April he dazzled fans with a major highlight in another new single. "Venture Capital" became a pretty serious fan favorite as soon as it was released. That combined with his two Madlib collaborations gives Droog quite an impressive output in 2023.

Your Old Droog also had a prolific 2022. He led off with a second collaborative album with Tha God Fahim called American Dream 2. He followed that up with a series of short releases including YOD Wave, The Yodfather, and more. What do you think of Your Old Droog and Madlib's new song "Waves Crashing?" Let us know in the comment section below.

Quotable Lyrics:
It's not only a way to rake cash in
I'm around till the sound of waves crashin
I'm a slave to the passion
How you like rap and say that Droog ain't spazzin?

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Lavender Alexandria

Lavender Alexandria is a music and culture journalist based in Los Angeles, California. She’s covered dozens of musical genres and styles from the most mainstream to the most experimental and underground on her blog and accompanying YouTube channel that looks at music, pop culture, and Billboard charts since 2017: Lav’s Music Corner. Lavender has produced editorial and listicle content both in written and video form over the past far years and has also interviewed up-and-coming artists like Censored Dialogue. Her experiences covering culture have taken her from Hyperpop parties in LA to underground rap shows in Atlanta, to DIY punk shows in Charlotte. Lavender has also written for iHeartRadio, covering some of the biggest artists in Hip Hop such as Ice Spice, Drake, Doja Cat and Cardi B. She also has bylines with ScreenRant and continues to write for Ringtone magazine. Lavender is a lifelong Charlotte Hornets fan and her favorite rap artists include Clipping, Little Simz, Earl Sweatshirt, and Kendrick Lamar.