"Rack City" Tyga

Let's put aside for a minute the astounding amount of sexism found in Tyga's "Rack City," a breakthrough hit for the Compton rapper that recently climbed to the upper reaches of the iTunes download chart. Built atop an alluringly foreboding three-note keyboard progression, the song creates a playground of snaps, claps, chants and drum machine stutters that allows Tyga to let loose with some impressively dexterous flow. Now back to that sexism: Tyga uses the word "bitch" 48 times in under three minutes. Any self-respecting woman or friend to modern feminism probably won't be able to hear anything else by the third listen. For all the merits of its appealing production, this is one track that's impossible to enjoy in good conscience. C+