"Classic Man" is such a weird, great song. An ode to dressing and acting in courtly and old-school ways, "Classic Man" rode a sample of the blippy Mustardwave beat from Iggy Azalea's "Fancy," a song that would seem to be the opposite of all of that. Its sound was so bright and sunny that you might not have noticed the crime-life allusions that Jidenna, its singer, was making until maybe the 15th listen: "Breadwinner filling up the pantry / Now my niggas sling cane like a dandy." This was a song that pretty much ruled my summer 2015; a drunken late-night backyard party where "Classic Man" was on eternal repeat is one of my favorite memories from those months. But as sticky and euphoric as the song might've been, it still had things at stake. "Gotta be ready for war," Jidenna crowed -- while, in the video, wearing a bright white suit that made him look not even remotely ready for war.
