9.15.2020
Video: Germ – “Walked In”
The ATL Rapper Shows Us How He Lives in the Latest Video from The Hijinx Tape
Critical Praise:
“For a time, Germ was your favorite SoundCloud rapper’s favorite SoundCloud rapper. Before established himself with solo releases, he was racking up hundreds of thousands of streams providing a jolt of off-the-wall energy on tracks by $UICIDEBOY$, Fat Nick, and Pouya. When he began to branch out on his own, with the mixtape Bad Shit (Bootleg) and the $UICIDEBOY$ collaboration DIRTYNASTY$UICIDE, he established himself as a raucous spark plug with a nasally flow and rhyme schemes that recalled a certain Academy Award-winning Memphis rap crew” – Complex
“The Haitian rapper is soaring to new heights with a debut album under his belt called Germ Has A Deathwish.” – Interview
“The latest signee to the $uicideboy$ label is an Atlanta skater-turned-rapper with a voice that’s as aggressive as it is gleeful. His new tape isn’t that serious, but his rapping is.” – Pitchfork
The Video:
Delivering his rhymes a piercing voice and a fiery intensity, Atlanta’s Germ is a natural born spitter. Walking us through an action-packed day in his life, Germ shares “Walked In,” his latest video. Produced by Budd Dwyer (aka Scrim from $uicideboy$), “Walked In” finds Germ weaving his way between single-note piano creeps and thumping 808s at lightning speed, as he artfully explains how he’s had the sauce since birth: “Ever since I could remember, I was yea tall, pushing babies over/Gucci baby stroller, Haiti baby poet, smooth talker since a toddler/Why bother f*cking with me, I was born already done with college/I’m a f*cking scholar and a f*cking doctor.” In the video, Germ wakes up, brushes his teeth, hops in his Rolls Royce with some G59 associates, and heads to a weed growing facility to have his pick of the region’s finest bud. “Walked In” follows Germ’s recent videos for “7 Hunna Horses” and “Cookies,” which boasts an official video and a thrilling animé visualizer (over 600k combined views).
“Walked In” is the opening track from The Hijinx Tape, Germ’s recently release project. Praised by Pitchfork for its gleeful and aggressive rhymes, album is an outrageously confident catalog of Germ’s favorite things, as he rhymes about his ounces of Cookies weed, his garage full of Dodge SRT Hellcats, and having more jewels than your local Zales. The Hijinx Tape is the ideal soundtrack for crashing a whip just to have an excuse to buy another one – in fact, the album artwork is a photo of Germ’s actual car crash in 2019. Featuring an appearance from G59’s Shakewell, The Hijinx Tape is available now via G59 Records.
Watch “Walked In”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i4-2dt7rK2g
Buy/Stream The Hijinx Tape: https://germ.lnk.to/hijinx
The Hijinx Tape tracklist:
- “Walked In” (Prod. by Budd Dwyer)
- “6 God Freestyle” (Prod. by YAYGO)
- “Cookies” (Prod. by Grove$ide)
- “7 Hunna Horses” (Prod. by Kevin Rolly)
- “Dolo” (Prod. by BeatsByAzura)
- “We Outside” (Prod. by M4orty)
- “Plead The 5th” (Prod. by Budd Dwyer)
- “Runnin Thru Plastic” (Prod. by ProdByOra)
- “Brand New Rollie” (Prod. by H3 & Ace Taylor)
- “AR Pistols” (Prod. by Kevin Rolly)
- “Hellcat” ft. Shakewell (Prod. by Budd Dwyer)
- “Green Light” (Prod. by Rxland)
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The Background:
Atlanta-native and G59 signee Germ dropped his debut album and first project with the label (helmed by his co-conspirators $uicideboy$) titled Germ Has A Deathwish in 2019. The 11-track LP proves to be his breakout; a versatile and progressive body of work showcasing the elevation of his rap career, from his early upbringing and Haitian roots to his days cutting his teeth as a skater on the streets of ATL. Germ recently supported $uicideboy$ on Grey Day Tour and proved he could infuse energy into crowds numbering into the thousands. Germ’s sophomore album The Hinjinx Tape is slated for a July 31st release date.
Links:
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“Walked In”: http://germ.lnk.to/walkedin / https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i4-2dt7rK2g
“Cookies”: https://youtu.be/ot4vbjDN3Ak
“7 Hunna Horses”: https://germ.lnk.to/7HunnaHPR
Germ Has A Death Wish: https://germ.lnk.to/germhasadeathwish