Today's Song of the Day, as chosen by Kevin Cole, host of Drive Time on KEXP, is "Paper Route (feat. Sir Mix‐A‐Lot)" by Grynch, from the 2022 self-released album Born in '86.
Nearly fifteen years after dropping his debut full-length, My Second Wind, Grynch is back with his first solo record since 2014 titled Born in ‘86. While it may be a solo record, that doesn’t mean the Seattle-born-and-bred rapper isn’t still open to sharing the mic. The deeply collaborative artist invited artists like Boom Bap Project, Blake Lewis, Prometheus Brown, and Daz Dillinger to help add color to the nostalgia-hued record.
But there’s no collaboration more deeply Seattle than our Song of the Day. “Paper Route” sees none other than the big-booty-loving Sir Mix a Lot join Grynch for a song that recognizes the resilience it takes to continue on the winding and fickle journey of being a longstanding musician. “I could never do a thing that I aint about,” Grynch spits on the chorus, “Suckers out here running miles /Chasing clout /But when it’s all said and done and they faded out /I’m gonna still be getting mine on my paper route.”
Grynch has stopped by the KEXP studios a number of times over the course of his career. Below, watch his in-studio performance of fan-favorite “My Volvo” from all the way back in 2010.
