The One I Was Waiting For

My latest article in Style Weekly was a long time coming, and one of my favorites to write

It’s been a long time. I shouldn’t have left you.

But I’ve got something good for you now, and it’s an article I’ve been preparing to write for about fifteen years. I’ve been a fan of Snow tha Product since she dropped her first album, Unorthodox, in 2011, and if you’ve ever heard any of her work, then you probably are too. Pope Innocent X ostensibly said that the only way to avoid hiring artist Gianlorenzo Bernini was not to see his work (and the pope went from hater to immediate stan when he did). And as with the fiery sculptor four hundred years before her, the only way not to be a Snow devotee is never to have heard her.

Detail of the Fountain of the Four Rivers in Piazza Navona. Gianlorenzo Bernini immediately converted his professed hater, Innocent X, to a massive stan with this design.

For Richmonders, there’s no better opportunity to watch this verbal fire-thrower in action than her show at the National tonight. While I’ve been waiting years for this LA indie goddess to tour in my neck of the woods, there’s a solid chance some of my fellow East Coasters might not know her work yet. So I wrote a primer in five tracks: Five Times Snow Tha Product Wrote a Damn Bar.

Ever seen Snow live? Tell me in the comments.