Migos have been riding high lately while on the verge of releasing their upcoming album Culture. Their hit "Bad and Boujee" went to number one, and the trio has been all over your television screens and radios in recent weeks.
But the Atlanta rappers put themselves through one final hip-hop proving ground before their album drops with an appearance on the famed Sway in the Morning show. Sway, who has seen some of the bestfreestylers of all time over the course of his long career, invited Migos to get behind the mic.
Over a variety of beats, Takeoff, Offset, and Quavo went in. Takeoff began by starting at their current success, but also looking backwards. "Pick up the phone and call Kanye," he rapped. "I used to chop out the MJs.../Now I'm taking pictures on the runway."
Quavo then took over, bragging about his appearance fees. "I tell the truth when I'm gon' speak," he started. "I do three shows, and then I come home with a quarter mil' a week."
Offset boasted about buying new cars for his mother and "sibling," before moving into basketball metaphors. "Put me in the game, I'ma get it, I'ma ball, I'ma dribble it," he said. "I don't pivot it."
There were plenty of the crew's patented non-sequiturs, as well. Takeoff spoke of being a "real player, from the Himalayas." Of course, there was a Ric Flair joke. And somehow, by the end, Takeoff was just pulling stacks of money out of his pocket while rhyming about it: "Nothing but blue cheese," he said. "No ranch on me."
Culture is out January 27.
