A little over a year after dropping "Look At Me!" he had the attention he'd asked for. Aiding its rise in popularity was a belief that Drake had used his flow for his own 2016 track, "KMT." Between 20, X was a little-known alternative rapper resting below the surface of South Florida's SoundCloud revolution. ![]() It's not his most commercially successful song, but it's the one that put him on the path to stardom. He combines that panicky, anxiety-laden delivery with lyrics that manage to be nearly as funny as they are gruesome-at one point, X compares himself to High School Musical star Corbin Bleu. ![]() The Ronny J and Jimmy Duval-produced song, which was released at the end of 2015, finds X spitting a pulsating verse with spastic vocal inflections that mirror the blown-out instrumental he's rapping over. ![]() With its haunting Mala sample, warped bass and some twitchy rapping, XXXTentacion's breakout single "Look At Me!" demands you to follow its instructional title. Check out the full spectrum of X releases for yourself below. Today, one day before the originally intended release of the ? album deluxe edition, XXL takes a look at all of X's many styles to rank his 30 best songs. On the other hand, there's the emo-leaning, teen pop tune "Sad!," which lets X weave in numbness in a song that's essentially about suicide and broken love. The lack of hard percussion or a pulsating beat gives space for his words to sink in and his voice to linger. For a song like "Save Me," X tackles sparse guitar as he belts out a desperate cry for help. Through that versatility, X was able to channel feelings like rage, depression and more in whatever musical medium works best for the occasion. Meanwhile, the acoustic "Revenge" sounds more like a Modest Mouse deep cut than a new single from a South Florida SoundCloud rapper. On "Look At Me!," he attacks a spastic beat and renders lo-fi trap in all of its unpolished glory. X flaunted his genre-fluid stylings across several EPs, two albums and a few compilation projects. "I feel like for us, the only time genre comes up is talking about good and bad. You may have to select a menu option or click a button."People still use the term 'rapper' when they're talking about X, and I just think that's outdated 'cause obviously he's so much more than that," X's producer John Cunningham told XXLwhen speaking about the making of X's ? album last year. Follow the instructions for disabling the ad blocker on the site you’re viewing.You may have more than one ad-blocker installed. You’ll usually find this icon in the upper right-hand corner of your screen. Click the icon of the ad-blocker extension installed on your browser.When it turns gray, click the refresh icon that has appeared next to it or click the button below to continue.Click on the large blue power icon at the top.Click the UBlock Origin icon in the browser extension area in the upper right-hand corner.It will turn gray and the text above will go from “ON” to “ OFF”. Click on the “ Ad-Blocking” button at the bottom.Click the Ghostery icon in the browser extension area in the upper right-hand corner.Switch off the toggle to turn it from “ Enabled on this site” to “ Disabled on this site”.Click the AdBlocker Ultimate icon in the browser extension area in the upper right-hand corner.“ Block ads on – This website” switch off the toggle to turn it from blue to gray.Click the AdBlock Plus icon in the browser extension area in the upper right-hand corner.Refresh the page or click the button below to continue.Under “ Pause on this site” click “ Always”.Click the AdBlock icon in the browser extension area in the upper right-hand corner. ![]() Adblock Adblock Plus Adblocker Ultimate Ghostery uBlock Origin Others
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