Xtaci = Bola & Sunshine, though i didn't realise this until relatively recently. I thought it was one girl who just had a slightly inconsistant cadence. But i think Xtaci is the best name ever EVER. There is something so aesthetically pleasing about it, it's kind of dynamic and exotic and lean and xciting. They are wicked also, kind of Salt-N-Pepa/L'Trimm girl rap but with a really substantial hood update. They are solid crack in the shape of a giant X. Check out these few tracks -
Xtaci - If U Really Want That
This song is one of my all time favourites really, the beat is insane - i love the strata, where the beat kicks in for the opening chorus, but then kicks in again on a whole 'nother level for the first verse - absolute bass murder - and the girls are so on top of the flow. check out the second verse's opening, a rare perfect synergy of word and bang:
God DAMN, what they say when I step up in the room
Bitch, I bloom like a flower on a Sunday afternoon
(in late June)
not to mention the way "X T A C I nigga get right" hits every beat on the way down.
Xtaci - You Don't (feat. Bohagon)
The beat is crazy here, absolute southern smoke/comfort/other good thing. The bubbles of toms are so propulsive, and the melody is monstrous. swinging head music again, like Romy & Michelle.
The girls are signed to Grand Hustle - T.I.'s record label, but they ain't released an album yet. "X and The City" was what was supposed to be released, but i can't find it anywhere - but check out their myspace
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