by George Spencer· Published · Updated
Finesse2Tymes is a rapper from Memphis who runs with Moneybagg Yo’s Bread Gang as well as J Prince Jr.’s Mob Ties and by extension of the latter Atlantic Records. As of this writing, over a year after “Back End” was released on 22 July 2022, Finesse has yet to drop any studio album.
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Finesse2Tymes wrote this rap with the track’s producer, a hip-hop artist from Houston who’s known as DJ X.O.
The Lyrics of “Back End”
This is a braggadocious outing themed on the vocalist addressing the likes of opps, haters and those who doubted him. The clever thing about “Back End” is that it covers all of the mainstream rap basics but largely does so in a way whereas relatively speaking Finesse2Tymes doesn’t come off so much as he’s boasting as he is addressing his detractors and relatedly delineating his lifestyle.
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And of course there are lyrics dedicated to gunplay, with 2Tymes seemingly having an affinity for the Drac, as a warning to opps, while the vocalist simultaneously lambasts those who would murder for flimsy reasons, i.e. “over a b*tch”.
And again, it’s as if Finesse comes off as being humbler – for lack of a better way of putting it – than your average mainstream rapper. Or put otherwise, his approach can be deemed a bit more introspective and advisory than confrontational, even though the lyrics are imbued with plenty of criticisms.
That said, before closing out the rapper does refer to the title by asserting that he “don’t want your bottles” or “your weed” but rather prefers his “backends”. And we’re not exactly sure what the term “back end” is supposed to mean in that context.
