"100k"

Making $100,000 in one summer is nothing to scoff at. Compared to other rappers' boasts, though, Antwon's is actually quite modest. Drake, for example, has said he makes five times that much for just one show, but he's spending all summer looking for revenge. Where's the fun in that? Antwon, confident as ever, actually sounds like he's enjoying himself throughout "100k," gliding over Lars Stalfors' production. Stalfors has worked with Chelsea Wolfe and HEALTH, which shows in the song's refined use of space and almost industrial clangs and synths.

Antwon matches the minimalism with punchlines that blend in, never sticking out like anomalous one-line haymakers. His friendly bellow sounds downright Notorious, too, even as he raps about having night terrors. "100k" is casually brilliant, becoming massive without extraneous parts or desperate pleas for more. Earning $100,000 is impressive—it shows the work of someone who can and will maximize his abilities without concern for meeting anyone's expectations but his own. Antwon takes what he needs on "100k" and does the most with it.