Song You Need: Peewee Longway reintroduces himself
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Peewee Longway talks about his rap career the same way true believers speak of miracles. “God sent it to us,” he said in 2017.
Something that happened to him, rather than something he made happen. Speaking with Passion of the Weiss two years later: “It’s still kinda unreal.” So when he namechecks The Bourne Identity at the top of “Who Am I,” it just makes sense.
Some people choose greatness; others, like Longway and Jason Bourne, wake up in situations and figure it out. Read Next: Stream GoldLink’s new single “Got Muscle” The call-and-response structure of “Who Am I” suggests a reintroduction, a crash course for unfamiliar onlookers a decade into Longway’s career.
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