Eeny Meeny

Sheff G arrived as one of the architects of Brooklyn drill's melodic turn, and "Eeny Meeny" showcases why that distinction matters. The production here samples with the particular melancholy that defines Brooklyn drill at its most characteristic — the melody carries genuine sadness, not affect, sourced from the tradition of flipping soul or classical samples into something that feels simultaneously nostalgic and threatening. Against this backdrop, Sheff's voice becomes an instrument of its own kind: pitched slightly, modulated between sung and rapped modes, carrying an emotional ambiguity that lets the listener project onto it. He sounds like he's been through something and arrived at a particular clarity, not peace exactly, but the aftermath of processing. The central image implied by the title — the childhood counting game — functions as a metaphor the track inhabits without overexplaining, the randomness of who gets chosen carrying weight that the delivery makes tangible. Culturally this sits at the moment Brooklyn drill was becoming exportable, when its specific aesthetic was being recognized as something distinct rather than derivative. The geographic specificity matters: Flatbush, Canarsie, those particular Brooklyn coordinates encoded in the track's DNA even when not explicitly named. This is late-night music, the kind you return to alone, that rewards the introspective listening session rather than the communal one. It's a song about uncertainty delivered with something approaching calm.