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Booty Bamboo

Mykki Blanco

2014

Booty Bamboo

Release Date:  2014

By Pitchfork

Reviewed January 8, 2014

As Mykki Blanco prepares her debut album, Michael, her latest track offers a potential peek into that album's direction. "Booty Bamboo" is a raucous free-form affair in which Blanco growls about having "No love for the squeaky types" while cutting a rug in the club. The track's sinister production, courtesy of Amnesia Scanner, sounds like the digital recreation of an 18-wheeler having ignition troubles—it's got the kind of mass that would slot it at the very bottom of the periodic table. Blanco's as animated as ever, contorting herself into hard-to-replicate poses before the track opens up and reveals its true colors as a mutant take on twerking anthems: "Dimples on that ass, let me see you smile." This may be Mykki Blanco's greatest strength: her ability to strike fear into your heart while simultaneously beckoning you to the dancefloor.

7:00 PM · Jan 8, 2014 · 2 Views