by Jackson Howard
self-released
Bbymutha
"Lately" [ft. Rico Nasty]
Play Track
Via SoundCloud
The Chattanooga, Tennessee rapper Bbymutha is unbothered, in the truest sense of the word—she throws aside trifling men, hating peers, and society's expectations for a mother of four with a flip of the hair and a sardonic grin. "I been making bitches mad/Niggas want me," she muses on the chorus of "Lately," a rip-roaring standout from her Valentine's Day EP, BbyShoe. The track, which features the Maryland rapper Rico Nasty and was produced by the Texas teen beatmaker Paris Aden, is a tongue-in-cheek self-help session that lands as a stylish flex.
Aden's creeping, piano-centric beat adds weight to Bbymutha's shit-talking, allowing her to snarkily position herself as a well-intentioned moral authority. "Beefing with your mother just like beefing with yourself/I be giving bitches knowledge they just put me on the shelf." she warns. Rico Nasty follows suit, letting off a few schoolyard taunts ("She hate on my music but she still sing along"), but the track still belongs to Bbymutha. With her snappy wisdom leading the way, "Lately" succeeds as a brash and playful how-to manual for staying above the fray.