【搬运】【译】滚石杂志Rolling Stone评 Lil Nas X 2019年EP专辑《7》
搬运自：微信公众号【评论搬一堆】（在原文基础上添加了英语原文与排版调整）
翻译：Winnie-Hess
审译：Lynn Liu
排版：Ryan-Chopin
When a new artist is coming off a massive Number One breakout hit, the burning question is always whether or not they can shake that multi-platinum devil off their back and prove they have something more to say that can keep our attention. With Lil Nas X that’s an especially big problem: of the hundreds of millions of people who’ve fallen in love with “Old Town Road,” virtually none of them had previously heard of the Atlanta-born memelord-turned-artist behind his borderline-gimmicky country-rap smash. For being an EP whipped together quickly in an effort to beat the one-hit wonder clock, Lil Nas X’s 7 is, above everything, a solid, promising start. Still it leaves more questions than answers about what and who Lil Nas X wants to be.
当一位新艺人的歌曲大卖且红极一时的时候，他们面临最迫切的问题就是自己的后续发展，他们能否摆脱这种只红一阵的噩梦，以及证明自己有更多才华来持续吸引大众的关注。
对Lil Nas X来说，他面临着一个很大的问题——在他那充满噱头的乡村饶舌大受欢迎的背后，在众多喜欢“Old Town Road（老城小路）”的人之中，有没有人听说过这位出生在亚特兰大、从网络红人转型的艺术家呢？作为一张迅速制作的EP, Lil Nas X 的《7》是一个坚实且充满希望的开始。然而，关于Lil Nas X想走什么样的路线，仍然有很多问题。
With 7, instead of blurring the country and rap lines further, he takes the well-trod path to the rock and rap border. Like country-rap, rap-rock is a genre we’ve endured for a long time, maybe too long. Lil Nas X’s version is much more nuanced, if a tad straight-laced. He interpolates Nirvana’s “In Bloom” on the anti-hater, pro-sandwich anthem “Panini,” calls up Travis Barker of Blink 182 for the punk-ish “F9mily” and enlists Ryan Tedder for the 2009 Coachella-core “Bring U Down.” Even the non-rock star co-signed tracks have a hint of guitar-and-drum driven heaviness, especially the twisted, brooding Mariachi tones of the Cardi B-assisted, surefire hit “Rodeo.” Above all, the mid-Aughts pop-rock sound of the EP feels reminiscent of early, Kid Cudi’s collaboration with MGMT in its carefully balanced earnestness and playfulness.
在《7》中，他不是进一步模糊乡村音乐和说唱的界限，而是走了一条通往摇滚和说唱界的坦途。像乡村说唱一样，说唱摇滚是一种我们忍受了很长时间的音乐类型，或许我们忍太久了。Lil Nas X的版本更加微妙，却可能还是有点生硬古板。他在反喷子颂歌“Panini”中插入了Nirvana乐队的“In Bloom（盛开）”；让Blink 182的Travis Barker参与装作了这首朋克风格的“F9mily”；还让曾在2009年写出在Coachella音乐节上大火歌曲的Ryan Tedder参加制作了单曲“Bring U Down”。即使是与非摇滚明星共同演绎的歌曲中，也有吉他和鼓点的沉重感，尤其是与卡迪B合作的热门单曲“Rodeo（牛仔竞技）”中那扭曲、忧郁的墨西哥流浪乐队(Mariachi)音调。最重要的是，这张EP中的流行摇滚音乐让人想起了Kid Cudi早期与MGMT的合作。
The EP is of course bookended by the two main versions of “Old Town Road,” this year’s boundary-breaking behemoth. It cracked the code for the type of song that can make listeners question an entire industry’s systemic racism while also being incredibly joyful to listen to. Where would — and could — he go next in a culture that values and encourages the fast pace of its content? With his history of social media fam, Lil Nas X may know better than most what exactly is at stake.
这张EP当然是以“Old Town Road（老城小路）”两个主要版本作为开篇和结局，要知道“Old Town Road（老城小路）”在今年可是打破边界的一个巨作，它创造出一种新的音乐类型，这让听众质疑整个音乐行业的流派歧视，同时这些曲子也让人觉得听起来很欢快。在一个重视并鼓励内容快节奏的文化中，他将何去何从？凭借着Lil Nas X的社交经验，他可能比大多数人都更清楚这些利害关系。
