Come on guys.
From this
To this
face it NO Label II era Migos were better.
this is a shit comparison because "Walk It Talk it" is the worst thing Migos did in the whole Culture / Culture II / Control the Streets era, it's a boring reversion to 'Versace' type doggerel
compare the No Label II tune with "T Shirt" or "Slippery" - or "Bosses Don't Speak" - or "MotorSport" "Top Down on Da NAWF" "Made Men" "Movin Too Fast"
i think the latter type of tune is way more interesting sonically and in terms of the subjectivity it presents
the first era Migos is energetic and muscular, they are working hard, on the make... fine as far as it goes, onventional in terms of a hip hop psychology (in that sense it's a bit like "Move That Dope" for Future, excitingly feral, but not as interesting as the more woozy stuff later where he feels like he's only half there)
the Culture/Culture II era, they have nothing to prove, they've won, they are basking - melting into liquid glowing pools of jouissance
there is an ecstatic, oozy quality - ethereal and (at odds with the lyrics) eerily unmanly at times, lacking in thrust and drive
all of what Barty says but particularly those Martian murmurs from the crypt - I've never heard anyone do that before, the three-tier vocals: lead rap, ad libs, and in the deep background the moaning droning wordless sighs and flutters and shivers and shudders
they (but especially Quavo) seem lost in an auto-erotic swirl, draped in a bliss seems to seep out of their bodies as a mist of Auto-Tuned droplets