Kurt Vile on his unexpected hip-hop influences and Philadelphia roots
By
Stuart Berman
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Summary
Kurt Vile discusses his unexpected choice of the Czarface/MF DOOM collab "Super What?" as a Pitchfork Perfect 10 album, revealing how his music is more aligned with hip-hop's self-referential style than classic rock. The article explores Vile's unique approach as a "drowsy rapper" whose sing-spiel delivery unfolds over zoned-out guitar instrumentals rather than traditional beats.
Key quotes
· 3 pulledKurt Vile's perfect album isn't by Neil Young or Dylan or Dinosaur Jr. or Pavement or any other similarly scraggly artist on his familiar roll call of influences.
an unexpected choice that makes perfect sense if you look at Vile less as a classic-rock torchbearer and more as the world's drowsiest rapper
Vile's songs are so self-referential, so steeped in his own peculiar POV and singular slan
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