One of the moment’s most exciting rapper-producer duos, They Hate Change has returned today with a new single called “1000 Horses” that features the rapper SARGE. It’s like if Big Boi teamed up with Death Grips—does that make sense? I’m not sure, but this song is great. It’s a hostile track that finds the two not holding back from letting us know where they stand. “Take it personal when I say fuck y’all, I really mean it / The ball is in our court, it ain’t no sense in playing defense,” goes one line in the opening verse.
During the chorus, the Tampa duo talk their shit while also playing around with grammar: “Speakers banging coast to coast, they gon’ see / We run them beats, them beats don’t run we.” And then, “Ride slow through your city, get gritty and unclean / We run the streets, the streets don’t run we.”
They Hate Change recently signed to Jagjaguwar and are going on tour with English post-punks Shame for their North American route. Watch the video for “1000 Horses,” directed by Xandra Robyn, below, and check out their tour dates here.
