As the mercury hits the roofs and rooftops light up, Bailey Straughn himself has returned- but this time he is bringing an entire block party along with him. The newly released lead single of the upcoming collaboration project FREE:BASE, titled Rooftop Party is not really a song, as much as it is an open call. A charge, bass-driven RSVP to release as much stress as possible, heat your sneakers, and two-step until the sun comes out.
In collaboration with Baltimore native DJ/producer unrulers Cadeem LaMarr and Jayswann, Straughn has put together an atom bomb of a sound that switches the table on the present rap scene. It is not your cool lo-fi SoundCloud loop, this is the hardcore audio riot composed on the basis of Miami bass, ghetto tech, Baltimore club, booty bass, and undeclined rap vibe.
The song does not dole out its beats, but it drills the door down with uptempo percussions, staccato burst of synth, and vocals that make you move. It is music that is made to be sweaty and speaker flows. The mission is familiar to you, should you have ever danced in the kitchen of a person you never knew very well, at 3AM, shoulder to shoulder with people you had just met. And have you not? Your initiation is the “Rooftop Party”.
The rhythm challenges you to pace it down. Bailey Straughn? He floats just above that, with cool nonchalance well-near cocky, which makes an ideal master of ceremony of a genre-bending rooftop riot.
It is not a song you listen to but a song you feel upon your knees after 2 hours of dancing on concrete.
