

And the latter sees Wheezy and Millie (and Gunna for that matter) in top-form, joining forces to create an undeniably catchy tune ready-made for the pop charts. The former is 808-heavy and catches a unique rhythm, but is purposefully sparse in melody, allowing Millie the chance to create the textures with her performance. Her two songs with Wheezy – her second official single, “Ride With U”, and the leaked “Candy” featuring Gunna – are both promising experiments that showcase Wheezy’s versatility as much as they do Millie’s vocal capabilities. Since that fateful creative spark, she’s quickly developed a chemistry with the YSL camp, teasing future collaborations while carefully developing her talent behind the scenes. “Medicine”, her demo of “Family Don’t Matter” over Wheezy’s spacey instrumental, is the inspiration behind Thug’s BTG intro. Millie Go Lightly made her dazzling debut on Young Thug’s 2017 album Beautiful Thugger Girls. Drake, in particular, seems to be drawn to Wheezy’s atypical beats, and it wouldn’t be surprising to see them continue to work together in the future. Drake)”, and the newest Meek Mill and Drake collab, “Going Bad” (which recently debuted at #6). He also landed multiple songs on the Billboard Hot 100, including his first #1 with Lil Baby’s “Yes Indeed (ft. This past year has been Wheezy’s most deliberate chapter to date: He laced Lil Baby & Gunna’s Drip Harder, did a lot of heavy-lifting on Future & Juice WRLD’s WRLD On Drugs, assisted Metro Boomin on his album, Not All Heroes Wear Capes, and set up for his own forthcoming debut album, Tsunami Drive. From their early tracks, such as “Amazing,” “Would Wood,” “She Notice,” to Jeffery, which he executive produced with TM88 – Wheezy’s canvases have always drawn a purposeful performance from Thug.Īfter his appearances on last year’s Beautiful Thugger Girls, Super Slimey, Wins and Losses, and Gunna’s viral EP, Drip or Drown, Wheezy set himself up for a helluva breakout year in 2018. Thug has also historically taken pride in shirking convention – when the mainstream goes left, he goes right, when they go up, he goes down – and no matter where he lands, Wheezy is there with a batch of new inspirations for our favorite abstractionist. Since 2015’s Barter 6 Wheezy has become a staple of the Young Thug cannon, crafting lush compositions that freely blend influences from a handful of seemingly divergent genres. Long time fans of Young Thug need no introduction to Wheezy.
