Rod Wave: Tiny Desk ( Home) Concert
The Tiny Desk is working from home for the foreseeable future. Introducing NPR Music s Tiny Desk (home) concerts, bringing you performances from across the country and the world. It s the same spirit strippeddown sets, an intimate setting just a different space. Mano Sundaresan, April 29, 2021 The first songRod Waveperforms in his Tiny Desk concert comes with a bit of a wink. The St. Petersburg, Fla. , rapper interpolatesDrake s Over My Dead Body, the delicate intro toTake Care. Like Drake, Rod Wave makes sad, melodic rap music. But his feels removed from the Canadian superstar s lineage. His cadences are more in step with the fullbodied crooning of Southern rap giants likeKevin Gatesand Lil Boosie. It s been said that Rod Wave could be an R B or blues singer in another era. With this Tiny Desk concert, anchored by the interplay of flute, piano, bass and drums, he seems to suggest: Why not this one Cast against a leafy, luxurious backdrop, Rod
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