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<blockquote data-quote="UPROXX" data-source="post: 48936" data-attributes="member: 81">Over the past few months, four-man hip-hop band Coast Contra has slowly but surely seen its profile rise thanks to a string of viral freestyle videos that see the quartet sitting around a table in their studio trading bars to underground rap faves like Mobb Deep’s “<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MM6nrwOP-7M" target="_blank">Give Up The Goods</a>,” Nas’ “<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AWzy7-Z8FE8" target="_blank">Speechless</a>,” and JID’s “<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IdNxeepSpuk" target="_blank">Never</a>.” Their increased notoriety landed them a performance slot on <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_HIrPv3-73k" target="_blank">The Tonight Show</a> last month, their debut television performance, and today, they’ve received what might be their biggest look yet as pop-R&amp;B icon Ciara recruits them to appear on her new single “Jump.”One of the group’s claims to fame is the raucous, upbeat energy of their back-and-forth rhymes, which harkens back to the unified flows of groups like The Furious Five, Jurassic 5, and more recently, Brockhampton. Their synchronization evokes the lock-step tightness of Ciara’s backup dancers performing the intricate choreography of hits like “<a href="https://uproxx.com/pop/ciara-goodies-britney-spears/" target="_blank">Goodies</a>,” “<a href="https://uproxx.com/music/ciara-dose-video/" target="_blank">Dose</a>,” or “<a href="https://uproxx.com/music/lupita-nyongo-city-girls-ciara-melanin/" target="_blank">Melanin</a>.” And while “Jump” isn’t the best showcase for Coast Contra’s sometimes dizzying lyricism, it does showcase their tight-knight chemistry and gives a whole new audience a taste of their unique style — perhaps enough to inspire some more listening and convert a whole new fanbase.Watch Ciara’s “Jump” video above.<a href="https://uproxx.com/music/ciara-coast-contra-jump-video/" target="_blank">Continue reading...</a></blockquote>

[QUOTE="UPROXX, post: 48936, member: 81"] Over the past few months, four-man hip-hop band Coast Contra has slowly but surely seen its profile rise thanks to a string of viral freestyle videos that see the quartet sitting around a table in their studio trading bars to underground rap faves like Mobb Deep’s “[URL='https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MM6nrwOP-7M']Give Up The Goods[/URL],” Nas’ “[URL='https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AWzy7-Z8FE8']Speechless[/URL],” and JID’s “[URL='https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IdNxeepSpuk']Never[/URL].” Their increased notoriety landed them a performance slot on [URL='https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_HIrPv3-73k'][I]The Tonight Show[/I][/URL] last month, their debut television performance, and today, they’ve received what might be their biggest look yet as pop-R&B icon Ciara recruits them to appear on her new single “Jump.” One of the group’s claims to fame is the raucous, upbeat energy of their back-and-forth rhymes, which harkens back to the unified flows of groups like The Furious Five, Jurassic 5, and more recently, Brockhampton. Their synchronization evokes the lock-step tightness of Ciara’s backup dancers performing the intricate choreography of hits like “[URL='https://uproxx.com/pop/ciara-goodies-britney-spears/']Goodies[/URL],” “[URL='https://uproxx.com/music/ciara-dose-video/']Dose[/URL],” or “[URL='https://uproxx.com/music/lupita-nyongo-city-girls-ciara-melanin/']Melanin[/URL].” And while “Jump” isn’t the best showcase for Coast Contra’s sometimes dizzying lyricism, it does showcase their tight-knight chemistry and gives a whole new audience a taste of their unique style — perhaps enough to inspire some more listening and convert a whole new fanbase. Watch Ciara’s “Jump” video above. [url="https://uproxx.com/music/ciara-coast-contra-jump-video/"]Continue reading...[/url] [/QUOTE]

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