Hide Your Toes (Or Don’t!) From Detroit Trio HiTech
The ghettotech legends-in-the-making continue their hot streak of definitive genre tracks and bananas videos.
I don’t want to say that HiTech’s “Shadowrealm” is my platonic ideal of a ghettotech song—that distinction goes to the classic “Whatulike,” by the OG and legend Mr. De’—but suffice to say it’s very close. As HiTech is wont to do, “Shadowrealm” fulfills the general tenets of the genre: ass-forward electro, chaotic energy, and, of course, the nastiest, grimiest lyrics one can conjure. The new single from the Detroit trio, who are on a mission to revitalize and preserve one of their city’s most important homegrown styles, brings along the Bruiser Brigade-affiliated rapper Zelooperz for a guttural, caffeinated, satisfyingly shouty joyride across a jitter of synths and a sparing-but-crucial sub-bass boom. If you weren’t awake before, my friends, welcome to this motherfuckin’ day.
