Get hip to it: EquallyOpposite’s Lamar “Gordo” Gordon and Zachary “ZacMac” McMullen make “rap music for people who don’t like rap music.” The hip-hop duo recognized something in each other that comes through in their music—funny, smart, snappy lyrics, and a willingness to be goofy. “You never know what you’re gonna get,” Gordon told C-VILLE in a May 2017 feature story. “Maybe it’s a hook based off of Fred Flintstone’s ‘Yabba Dabba Doo’ or a line about being ‘a good cookie.’” Johnny Ciggs, Reppa Ton, dogfuck, Waasi, DJ Double U, Nic D, and Atreyu also perform.
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