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Charlotte Forever - King Carter (feat. S-Dub, Revenue, Royal-Tee)

This has been sitting in my drafts for nearly a year, and the only reason was because it is about my hometown of Charlotte, NC. But, the shocking fact about the song was someone told me this song wasn’t too bad, and apparently that person was me, as the only note I have on this video was: “King Carter is not too bad”, which isn’t entirely untrue but the rest of the song would not get such kind words.

Honestly, I have suppressed ”Forever” from my memory, as it was an unwanted sequel to “Swagga Like Us”, which was an awful mash-up of ego and a cheesy way-too-of-the-moment sample from M.I.A.’s “Paper Planes. So, when I played the video for the first time in a year; the instrumental brought back all of those painful memories of lines about sprained ankles and one of Drake’s most lifeless hooks. Thankfully, Drake isn’t found on “Charlotte Forever”, but that’s the only positive I could say about this song. The hook is handled by someone that shouldn’t be singing in an elementary school choir and even more so with the auto-tune. Despite the number of rappers on the track, all of them delivered the type of generic street rap verses that stopped registering with me a while ago. I will note that I wasn’t all wrong in saying King Carter was not too bad, as his verse is by far the best, but even giving him that credit doesn’t mean it or the song crossed over into the realm of good.