REVIEW: Flatbush Zombies “Thug Waffle”  

Flatbush Zombies’ “Thug Waffle” is sort of a video essay that proudly argues all you need is a 5D, Sour Diesel, Waffles and vampire grills to make a blog friendly hip hop music video, and I’m not mad at that. 

The video starts off with the beat banging from the jump and a “Zombies” graphic that looks like it was designed by your burnout high school friend who was starting his awesome street clothing company way back when (420kingz for lyfe BRO), which I think fits for the group. I was thrown off the by the beginning of Meech’s verse the first time I watched the video but was pleasantly surprised once I stuck it out. The awkward choppy way he comes out of the gate makes it that much better once his flow sits right into the track, the fact that he looks like a black Bart Simpson doesn’t hurt his cause either. 

SPOILER: If you do not want a chorus stuck in your head for days DO NOT LISTEN. Say what you want but that shit is catchy as fuck. 

My biggest issue with this video is the second verse by Juice. I don’t know if it was the wardrobe departments fault or if all the waffles and sour diesel went to this kids head, either way please make it stop. Juice’s performance also feels really forced which made this video a big let down. I was surprised to find how much more I liked his verse when I minimized the video in my browser. 

Overall good job dudes. A weed album you can bang out to is always something to be proud of. Meech keep staying weird and doing you and Juice stay in the shadows or tone it down, because we do actually want to hear you. 

DOWNLOAD the song: http://limelinx.com/files/94a52abe409efc176d9115575293f73d