The past decade has seen an explosion in the number of YouTube channels featuring rappers bending over the mic. New York-based On the Radar Radio has emerged as one of the most popular of the bunch.
Hosted by Power 105.1 on-air personality Gabe P, On the Radar has made a name for itself by consistently delivering memorable moments from some of the hottest up-and-coming rappers in the game. The channel has become so popular that it has even attracted established acts such as Meek Mill and Drake, the latter of whom accompanied up-and-coming UK star Central Cee.
The latest MC to absolutely fire up the On the Radar mic is Decatur, Ga's own Baby Tate. Rapping over the beat “Let's Get Blown”, which the Neptunes produced for Snoop Dogg in 2004 for R&G (Rhythm & Gangsta): The Masterpiece album, Tate returns for her second freestyle and takes a few shots at her challengers, rapping, “They say I blink like Nicki, dress like Kimmy, get real freaky on a track like Missy, sassy like Rih Rih , rough like EVE, but I don't understand why n—as won't let me be me.”
Elsewhere, Tate gives props to some of her main inspirations, including her mother, singer Dionne Farris, as well as Lisa “Left Eye” Lopes, Eve, Kelis, Lauryn Hill and more, but laments that because she's a black woman, “They don't see Kendrick in me, they don't hear Ye, and they don't see R.”
But don't just read the lyrics. go see it. It goes in for the full two minutes and 10 seconds it's on screen.
Tate has been killing it since dropping 2016's “Hey Mickey!” featuring Toni Basil, which became a viral hit seven years later thanks to TikTok. Most recently, TikTok gave her another assist when her 2022 collaboration with JID and 21 Savage, “Surround Sound,” fueled what became known as the “ceiling challenge,” which saw fans place their phones on ceiling to see from above. as they danced to the song. The track, which peaked at No. 40 on the Billboard Hot 100, climbed to No. 1 on Advertising sign'small Rhythmic Airplay chart last month.
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