In a match made in sensitive thug heaven, the recently freed Harlem crooner Tim Vocals, alongside frequent collaborator Nino Man, covers August Alsina's 2013 hit "I Luv This Shit." In typically disarming form, Vocals' rework flips the original's drunken flexing into an earnest celebration of gun-slinging and intimidation, activities rendered charming in his tender alto. Vocals recently released his first original track, the obliquely optimistic piano ballad "Stadium"; his NYC homecoming show has been postponed until an undisclosed date this year.
Download: Tim Vocals f. Nino Man, "We Thuggin"