The ominous 'Cargo Planes', produced by Joey Fatts, sounds like the opening of a cinematic crime saga, but in this case it's a typical Spitta infraction: the theft of someone else’s girlfriend. For just over two minutes, he reflects on his career’s trajectory: 'It was right around the time/ I thought I’d have to move back with my mom/ I had to sell my first low-rider/ Halfway to the top went to sleep, woke up at the bottom.' The hopscotch path Curren$y has taken to success (from No Limit, to Cash Money, to independent juggernaut) is well-documented, but he rarely deviates from his cool-guy persona to reflect on his struggles.Ĭurren$y remains as irreverent as always, but he sounds more focused on Pilot Talk III than he has in awhile. Curren$y is a bit of a cinephile, and treats each individual work like a grand production it’s evident in the titles of his projects (see his 2012 tribute, Priest Andretti), and Pilot Talk III begins with 'Opening Credits', where he strolls over an authoritative soul sample like Max Julien in The Mack.

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