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It’s an understatement to say that hip-hop has missed Xanman in the six months he’s been behind bars; over the last year the Maryland rapper has become the genre’s premier punchline server. Three days ago Xan returned and already he’s back with a new song and video,“Pink,” and it includes bars that address the undisclosed reasons for his imprisonment: “Hold up Xan what did you go to jail for?/Niggas snitching that I took the L for.” Though what’s important is that Xan is free and shows no signs of rust, still delivering his pop-culture referencing threats mixed in with bars that allude to his last several months: “Went to jail when I first seen my granny cry.” Since the rise of Xanman, rap has been flooded with imitators attempting to mimic his punched-in flow, but “Pink” proves that even after his hiatus nobody can wield the delivery like Xan.
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