![]() As his popularity grew, so did the depth of his introspection, heard in the increasingly darker and textured albums When It’s Dark Out and The Beautiful & Damned. ![]() The sombre and self-assured 2014 record These Things Happen topped hip-hop charts and proved that G-Eazy was much more heady than a doo-wop-sampling novelty. That success led to several high-exposure tours-including the 2012 Vans Warped Tour and a run of shows with Hoodie Allen-and his independently released debut, Must Be Nice. Born Gerald Earl Gillum, G-Eazy didn’t so much rise to hip-hop’s top ranks as he slid in through the side door, building an organic following through a series of mixtapes before scoring a viral hit in 2011 with “Runaround Sue” (which shrewdly employs a sample of the 1961 Dion hit by the same name). But G-Eazy’s grip as an artist is in the delivery: Each syllable has purpose. As a product of the Bay Area’s cultural melting pot, the Oakland MC offers cerebral wordplay over a synth-fogged haze, nostalgic samples, or lustrous R&B. ![]() A dashing anti-hero who stormed the pop charts with moody, intricate rhymes, G-Eazy has redefined the look and sound of hip-hop’s intersection with pop music-cutting through the bland-if-stylish blend of pop-R&B that dominated ’10 charts with focused, carefully articulated verses that are often counterbalanced by ethereal female vocalists.
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