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Happy Brick Squad Day!

It's 10/17, so it's time to celebrate the genius of Gucci Mane, Waka Flocka and company.

Today is October 17th, aka 10/17. If you're a fan of modern rap music, you probably realize that this is one of the most important musical pretend-holidays of the year. That's right, it's Brick Squad Day! Today, we celebrate the mindless aggression, musical genius, oddball creativity and sheer existence of Gucci Mane, Waka Flocka, OJ Da Juiceman, YG Hootie, Frenchie, Wooh Da Kid, Ice Burgundy, and probably ten other dudes that have at some point operated under the Brick Squad moniker. The Atlanta-based rap crew is something of a genre unto themselves—their beats tend to favor bouncy synths and rattling, synthetic hi-hats punctuated by chaotic stabs of sustained bass, and then yelling. They seem to suffer from the inability to not put out songs even if they're borderline terrible, but within their tendency for hip-hop logorrhea lies a wealth of truly inspired music that sounds like nothing else out there. If you need proof, check Salute Me Or Shoot Me 4: Banned From America, Waka Flocka's new mixtape that was very good but did not get him actually banned from America. Gucci Mane is also aware that it is Brick Squad Day, and will be dropping his new tape Trap God at exactly 10:17 tonight, because duh. If I had a baseball team, I would start a dude from Brick Squad at pretty much every position. Gucci Mane would be the pitcher because he has this brilliant ability to slip words through your ears without you realizing how smart and hilarious they are. Waka Flocka would bat cleanup because he is very big and probably could hit the shit out of a baseball if he tried. Frenchie looks like a miniature version of Waka Flocka, so he would catch because he is small. Wooh Da Kid is Waka Flocka's brother, so he'd probably up playing first base, because that seems relatively easy as long as you're big and don't mind standing in one place. According to various interviews that Gucci has given, OJ Da Juiceman doesn't really care about rapping because he still sells drugs, so he would be the guy in the dugout who never plays but spits chewing tobacco a lot. That guy is really important for a baseball team to have, but nobody exactly knows why. Anyways, before this metaphor completely breaks down, RIP to Slim Dunkin and here are some of the best songs by Brick Squad and its affiliates have ever released. Listen to them throughout your day, and then be sure to come to our showcase tonight. Please note that I am completely insane about Brick Squad (especially Gucci and Waka), and knocked this list down from about 60 to 21.

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