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Figgy Baby - Goodbye to Begin With feat. Made By Crooks
Growin’ up ain’t that hard until you’re grown
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Figgy Baby - Tongue Troubles
All you had to do was speak to me
In “Tongue Troubles,” the first video from his full-length debut, Figgy Baby recounts a common occurrence of being caught between languages and feeling alienated in his experience as a mixed Chicano. “I’m trying to help this lady … I can’t say shit,” he despairs, feeling the sting of her scrutiny because his last name doesn’t match with the language he speaks. A live jazz band brings extra energy to his dynamic performance, supporting his strong lyricism and flow throughout the album.
Fig told QT, “Mixed-Race Mixtape is a coming-of-age story about brown boys finding their way in a Trump world. Growing up ambiguously brown and lacking a supportive community it was hard to know how to claim myself in the face of racist public school teachers, suspicious police and an immigrant father. This album is the culmination of all those experiences.”
Hear the full album on Bandcamp.
