Some people will tell you that Saturday is the best day of the week. Others will tell you Sunday.
These people are wrong.
The best day of the week is Friday.
Over the course of the past 29 months, Tory Lanez, otherwise known as Argentina Fargo, has periodically released a song on Friday as a part of his celebrated Fargo Friday release series, thus taking his fans into the weekend in style. So even if you disagree that Friday is the best day of the week, you cannot deny that it is the Swavey-est.
In honor of Friday, we present seven of our favorite Fargo Fridays releases. Click through the gallery to relive.
"The Godfather"
Lanez is ambitious, competitive, and supremely self-confident, and he had likely had had his patience tested a million times over by the time he launched Fargo Fridays in September 2014. The series first release "The Godfather," which samples Nina Rota's indelible theme song from The Godfather, finds him kneeling at the altar and begging the Lord to just let him win. Because he'd rather die than lose.
"Acting Like"
The opening track on Cruel Intentions, Lanez's 2015 EP with collective WeDidIt, is a testament to Shlohmo's genius as a creator of textures. His synths puncture the ether and perfectly compliment Lanez's wispy vocals.
"Say It"
Lanez released the first 90 seconds of "Say It" a couple weeks before he gave the full track the proper Fargo Fridays treatment. Even from the snippet, you could tell the song was about to be absolute flames. Pop Wansel pulls out all the production stops, with convulsing synths, gospel-tinged R&B fills (s/o Brownstone), and Lanez' smooth vocals all tied up in a tightly wound yet sensual arrangement.
"B.L.O.W."
Lanez has burned plenty of bridges on his decade-long journey to greatness, and "B.L.O.W." is final message to the haters before he officially blows up. "I can't wait to blow on you," Lanez sings "I can't wait to blow on you, I can't wait to blow..."
It's true: he was really about to blow. "Say It," had come out a couple months prior, and it would become his breakout mainstream hit. One can only imagine the satisfaction he derived from its success. Lanez has the competitive drive of Kevin Garnett: lethally uncompromising. Which takes us to our to next Fargo Fridays highlight...
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"Tim Duncan"
Rappers frequently compare themselves to hoopers, and you'd expect an artist as flashy as Tory Lanez to compare himself to a guy like J.R. Smith. Which makes his tribute to The Big Fundamental, Tim Duncan, all the more unexpected and touching.
"Tim Duncan" is produced by the perennially under0heralded Chicago producer C-Sick, who also produced Lanez's intoxicating club anthem "Diamonds." Read HNHH's interview with C-Sick here.
"For Real"
"For Real" contains a dizzying flurry of references from Jeff Gordon, Betty Crocker, and Givenchy. Like Jesus turning water to wine, he brags that he could I could "fuck a fake bitch, fake ass, fake tits 'til that shit is real." Lanez out here performing miracles.
"August 19th"
Every second of "August 19th" is pure greatness, from the the clinking of the ice in his Patron cup to the magnificent (MAGNIFICENT!!!!) Jahlil Beats-produced soul sample to the shots at XXL. Straight flex music... and did I mention that the beat is magnificent?
