![]() ![]() ![]() But under Cole’s tutelage, JID found confidence in his underdog status as Atlanta’s wordy, hyper-intelligent lyricist. Route signed with the label in 2017 off the strength of mixtapes like 2015’s DiCaprio and 2016’s Bears Like This Too Much with his Spillage Village collective. ![]() Cole and Dreamville Records had been gathering a stable of lyrically obsessed, boundary-pushing MCs, so inviting JID and his kaleidoscopic vision of rap to the Dreamville cohort was an obvious choice. His first mixtapes brought him local acclaim, and in the early 2010s, his hyperactive rhyme scheme made him a standout among the narcotic Auto-Tune of other Atlanta staples and up-and-comers. Born Destin Choice Route in 1990, JID came up with other Atlanta mainstays like EARTHGANG, 6LACK and Hollywood JB. ![]() On “151 Rum”, the pyrotechnic, lyrical master class from JID’s chameleonic 2018 release, DiCaprio 2, the Atlanta MC raps, “Don’t compare me to no other other n****s.” On its face, it’s the sort of weightless statement thrown out by rappers since rap began, but JID’s slow-building career and versatility from album to album, track to track, gives the line an urgency and power: no one in the game raps quite like him. ![]()
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