SNOOT

Front cover of SNOOT

*SNOOT* is the debut mixtape by music duo Gang Shloink. It was released on the 4th of February 2022 under Snoot Records. The album has 20 tracks, with four guest appearances, from Crispy Cumsock, Doormandingo, Impostor Angie, & Nayjaids.

## Background

*SNOOT* was first conceptualized in late October of 2021, during the finalization of their November 2021 EP, *THE BRUVEST OF MOMENTS - EP*. After it's November 5th release, the duo immediately started working on *SNOOT*. However, a few tracks from the mixtape had already been conceptualized, such as *E-16*, *YOUR MOTHA WAS A TRUCK A DRIVA*, *BOOSIN*, and *A LOVE LETTER TO QUSAY*, which had all been written at least partly in that year's summer. The recording of the album was done independently by Lil Bruh and iCue, as they were living in different cities at the time, Mumbai, India, and Vienna, Austria respectively. However, some tracks, such as *E-16,* *COGENBOL*, *A LOVE LETTER TO QUSAY, OFF-WHITE CHANCLAS, SEMI SESH,* and *GN STREAKS* were recorded in Abu Dhabi, UAE, in December 2021 through January of 2022.

*SNOOT* was secretly teased then announced in November and December of 2021 respectively to Snoot members and other close associates. The mixtape was officially announced through an Instagram story the day before the release, on the 3rd of February. However, the album and it's tracklist was discretely teased on Gang Shloink's Genius page for about a month before the release. The mixtape was originally planned to be released in early January, then due to delays it got pushed back to mid January, and then finally released in early February of 2022. However, the mixtape had some issues, with copyright issues on SoundCloud for the single *FUGYO*, and Spotify delying the release until the 7th of February. The copyright issues were soon resolved, and *FUGYO* was reinstated days after the issue.

## Singles & Cover

*SNOOT* had two lead singles, being *YOU ARE SUS*, released on the 26th of December, 2021, and *FUGYO*, released on the 1st of February, 2021.

The single *FUGYO* got chosen to be added to the Anghami editorial playlist "Hidden Gems" on the day of it's release.

The cover of the project is a collage of pictures of all of Snoot's 10 members, being (in alphabetical order): Crispy Cumsock, Doormandingo, iCue, Impostor Angie, Ines Penis, Lil Bruh, Le Blaque, Microman, Nayjaids, and Shamma Meow. The cover was photographed by all members, and possibly more people, and made by Lil Bruh over the period of August 2021 through January of 2022, as the "cover" was originally meant to be a wallpaper for Lil Bruh's personal use, with it later being turned into the cover of *SNOOT* when the mixtape was conceptualized.

## Style

With *SNOOT*, Gang Shloink took back their sound to their "usual" Hip-Hop based style, unlike their previous project, which was fully UK drill. Some of the songs from the mixtape were very reminiscent of some previous Gang Shloink songs, such as *YOU ARE SUS* and June 2021's *CUM ON MY WRIST*, *COGENBOL* and September 2020's *MY MOM DIED IN A 1TB HARD DRIVE LAST WEEK*, *and GOBBLEDYGOOK* and both May 2021's *DECAPITATION*, and August 2020's *BREAD*.

The mixtape explored a lot of different styles, using "rage" type beats on songs such as *5AM IN JBR*, *YOUR MOTHA WAS A TRUCK A DRIVA*, and *MAGIC MOMENTS*, tradiotnal "GS" type beats on songs such as *DOING THE MOST*, *PANT HAUS*, and *FUGYO*, as well brand new more chill style beats on songs such as *A LOVE LETTER TO QUSAY*, *SEMI SESH*, and *GN STREAKS*, and a unique reggaeton style beat on *OFF-WHITE CHANCLAS*.

The mixtape also debuted a new thing for Gang Shloink, being skits. The mixtape featured three skits, *THE APPOINTMENT (SKIT)*, *THE INTERVIEW (SKIT)*, and *THE LETTER SKIT (SKIT)*. All three skits were used to lead in/introduce the following track, those being *YOU ARE SUS*, *DOING THE MOST*, and *A LOVE LETTER TO QUSAY* respectively.