It's weird how this stuff works. In early April of last year there was a little song released by a couple of largely unknown artists from Atlanta about money and having a lot of it (you know, regular rap music by today's standards). This song was "Racks" and the hook had both artists saying "racks on racks on racks" a ridiculous number of times. It blew up and became the anthem for both uneducated and sophisticated goons in the 18-30 demographic, thrusting both featured rappers into the national spotlight. A year later, one of these artists has built a career off of it (sorry Yung Chris, we wish you the best in all your future endeavors).
Since the success of "Racks", rapper Future has managed to capture the hearts and minds of overindulgent club-goers and rap music connoisseurs around the country with critically-acclaimed hits like "Tony Montana" and "At the Same Damn Time" (we use the term "critically-acclaimed" pretty loosely over here, but still, these are big tracks). What we dig about Future, aside from his spectacular songs of course, is his sense of style.
He may not be "stylish" in the conventional sense, but dude's clearly not biting anyone else and is wearing the shit that he digs—there's something to be said for individuality. This is not to say that it always works out. Check out the "edgy" double-rider leather jacket he wore to BET's 106 & Park in the seventh slide ("edgy" as in it was covered in what looks like sharp pieces of broken glass). He has confidence and it's apparent, and sometimes, sometimes, that can make even the worst gear look good—voila, magic. I mean, this is the very same guy who openly boasts about wearing Gucci and Bally's, and "at the same damn time" no less. Scroll through the gallery and you'll see exactly what we mean. If we were forced use "swag" unironically anywhere on Four-Pins, it would be here.
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