Curren$y Comes Through With 4/20 Vibes For NPR Tiny Desk Concert

BYAron A.Updated on September 26, 20221.5K Views

Curren$y performs during the 2019 Rolling Loud Music Festival at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum on September 29, 2019 in Oakland, California.

Curren$y runs through live renditions of the classic cuts from the "Pilot Talk" series and more for NPR's Tiny Desk Concert.

It's every stoner's favorite holiday today, and NPR unveiled a special edition of their Tiny Desk Concert series to commemorate the occasion. This week, Spitta slid through with an intimate, smoke-filled performance of some of his classic joints that fans have grown to love over the years, largely from the Pilot Talk series.

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Since the Tiny Desk Concerts have adapted to the WFH setting, Spitta brought much of his personality to the stage design. He was leaning on a candy-painted 1965 Chevy Impala with a joint in hand as he was joined by live musicians to execute a stellar set of fan favorites. The rapper opened up with "Sixty-Seven Turbo Jet" from 2012's Cigarette Boats with Harry Fraud, before leaping into cuts from Pilot Talk 1 & 2 and "Mary" from New Jet City.

Joining Spitta on the set is Prime on guitar, Jean Laphare on bass, and Groovy Murphy on the drums. The live instrumentation emphasizes the laidback production that Curren$y gravitates towards. It's an excellent 16-and-a-half minute set to smoke out to once the clock strikes 4:20 p.m.

Surprisingly, Curren$y didn't play anything off of his recently released joint project with The Alchemist, Continuance. We recently caught up with Spitta to discuss the project, among other topics. Check that interview out right here.

Light one up and press play on Curren$y's Tiny Desk below.

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Aron A. is a features editor for HotNewHipHop. Beginning his tenure at HotNewHipHop in July 2017, he has comprehensively documented the biggest stories in the culture over the past few years. Throughout his time, Aron’s helped introduce a number of buzzing up-and-coming artists to our audience, identifying regional trends and highlighting hip-hop from across the globe. As a Canadian-based music journalist, he has also made a concerted effort to put spotlights on artists hailing from North of the border as part of Rise & Grind, the weekly interview series that he created and launched in 2021. Aron also broke a number of stories through his extensive interviews with beloved figures in the culture. These include industry vets (Quality Control co-founder Kevin "Coach K" Lee, Wayno Clark), definitive producers (DJ Paul, Hit-Boy, Zaytoven), cultural disruptors (Soulja Boy), lyrical heavyweights (Pusha T, Styles P, Danny Brown), cultural pioneers (Dapper Dan, Big Daddy Kane), and the next generation of stars (Lil Durk, Latto, Fivio Foreign, Denzel Curry). Aron also penned cover stories with the likes of Rick Ross, Central Cee, Moneybagg Yo, Vince Staples, and Bobby Shmurda.

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