14 Boiler Room Moments That Made Me Stop What I Was Doing: Pt. 1

Over a dozen moments from eight different Boiler Room sets.

Sep 09, 2024

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Back in May, I asked my followers a simple question:

I spent the next few weeks listening while doing an assortment of chores. In the hours I spent listening, there were a few moments so good I’d let out a little noise and stop whatever I was doing. Here are those moments:

Folamour | Boiler Room: Streaming from Isolation

The first time I heard this, I got so hyped up I ran around in little circles in my apartment.

100 gecs | Boiler Room: Los Angeles

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-3:12

Listen, do I think this is really good? No. There’s, like, three seconds in total where I’m really digging it. But I think “Are You That Somebody?” is an ambitious song to gec-ify and I believe Timbaland would respect them for this. Also, people forget that “Are You That Somebody?” was WRITTEN FOR THE 1998 EDDIE MURPHY DR. DOOLITTLE MOVIE.

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-0:34