{"id":799519,"date":"2019-09-16T15:55:39","date_gmt":"2019-09-16T21:55:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/?p=885553"},"modified":"2019-09-16T15:55:39","modified_gmt":"2019-09-16T21:55:39","slug":"young-thugs-goat-the-animal-not-the-acronym-is-a-star","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/music-news\/young-thugs-goat-the-animal-not-the-acronym-is-a-star\/","title":{"rendered":"Young Thug\u2019s Goat (the Animal, Not the Acronym) is a Star"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/youngthug-1.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/t\/young-thug\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Young Thug<\/a> is generally a snake guy. The animal appears in most Thug and Thug-adjacent media (photos, music videos, album art, emoji usage). In the music video for \u201cJust How It Is,\u201d Thug is covered in a heap of serpents, but it\u2019s another animal that truly steals the show.<\/p>\n<p>A quarter of the way through \u201cJust How It Is\u201d \u2014 which Thug co-directed with Leff \u2014 a majestic black goat with large white spot appears. For a moment, Young Thug pauses and looks at the peaceful creature like, \u201cWhoa that\u2019s a goat,\u201d before giving the animal a nod of approval. Now, your average goat wouldn\u2019t know how to handle such a situation. It\u2019s generally known that goats are vain clout chasers, but not the unnamed kid in \u201cJust How It is.\u201d The goat confidently stands with poise, basking in the recognition from Thug. Then as soon as the gorgeous creature appears, she vanishes. The only thing the goat leaves in her wake is a star-turning performance that could compete with the best of 2019.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cJust How It Is\u201d appears on Young Thug\u2019s latest album, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-album-reviews\/young-thug-so-much-fun-874550\/\"><em>So Much Fun<\/em><\/a>, though the rapper is already prepping his follow-up, <em>Punk<\/em>. In an August interview with <em>Rolling Stone<\/em>, Thug discussed what separates <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-features\/young-thug-so-much-fun-interview-874933\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>So Much Fun<\/em>, from <em>Punk<\/em><\/a>, saying, \u201cI would like to say <em>Punk<\/em> is [my best album], even though it\u2019s not out\u2026 [I]t\u2019s more like real life. It\u2019s more like Tupac. Tupac could be one of the biggest rappers in the world, because he rapped what he rapped about. I had conversations with Jay-Z and he told me, \u2018We gotta learn how to continue what Pac had going. Pac was a teacher. Pac teaches.\u2019 This album <em>Punk<\/em> that I\u2019m going to put out soon is probably going to be the best album, because it really teaches you, gives you life situations, it\u2019s teaching I\u2019m human.\u201d<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-news\/young-thug-goat-just-how-it-is-video-885553\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">via:: Rolling Stone<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Young Thug is generally a snake guy. The animal appears in most Thug and Thug-adjacent media (photos, music videos, album art, emoji usage). In the music video for \u201cJust How It Is,\u201d Thug is covered in a heap of serpents, but it\u2019s another animal that truly steals the show. 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