Jarren Benton “Brains”
A passive listen to “Brains” by Atlanta emcee Jarren Benton may strike up hysterics that a new Andre 3000 solo joint is on the horizon. And you would be forgiven, since Benton’s casual rap flow and sing-song bursts plus the track’s otherworldly sonic glow (courtesy of producer Black Jab) and bits of Prince influence all feel like something that could have been mined from The Love Below vault.
A space-age rap love song dedicated from Benton to his cleverly named cyborg boo “Computer Blue” (gotta love a Purple Rain shout-out), “Brains”‘s slight raunch (it’s chorus shamelessly exclaims “I wanna freak your brains out”) is offset with gobs of nerdy charm.
“I had this crush on you for so long/ A perfect match, we connect together like Voltron,” Benton raps over the track’s twinkly slow jam electro-groove, offering an innocent night of movies or just hanging out before delving into an ambitious all-night sex session set outside the planet’s atmosphere: “We waking planets when these creatures touch/ Freakin’ you in outer space, giirrrrll this is such a rush”.
Andre may have had nothing to do with this, but we get the feeling that he would no doubt be a fan.
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