gimme a hug definitely was sped up after being recorded

Damn OP was right. Peep his IG story rn wow

nice catch, he seems to be doing this for a while, can't remember but I think they talked about in an interview or something

Polar Opposites was definitely slowed down btw

Yeah, I've heard him live. I have no clue how he's been in the pocket he's been for so long

i'm Goddamn G of course i was right

yes, I feel like I have been hearing it for a while and it sounds terrible. just record the song at the new speed

why do artists do this usually?

If they swap the beat out

bro what that song's too fast i only like the slowed version

they dont usually do that unless its a stylistic thing (which then its usually more extreme and "on the nose"), or like a dj mix etc. that type of thing.

most artists will re-record to make it sound natural and "normal".

why'd he do it? idk. my only guess logically maybe they lost or didnt have access to the og files and didnt want to re-record maybe to keep a specific energy he cant recapture. thats the only thing that makes sense to me.

salvage a record and just rework it the best you can so you can keep the feeling/energy of the original recording and/or original song - which does happen to artists in any genre although its rare

he did it cuz he was tweakin off adderall and wanted to keep up with tik tok rizz party attention span