"Bing Bong" is another kind of inevitable song built around a social media catchphrase like "Big Energy" -- in this instance, a video where a Knicks fan said "bing bong" went viral, and it became a rallying cry for the Knicks and eventually kind of broadened into part of the obnoxious New Yorker vernacular, sort of supplanting or becoming a synonym for "bada bing." Nems, a 40-something battle rapper from Coney Island of no particular distinction, latched onto it and made it into his breakout hit, although he says "STOOPID" in that annoying 6ix9ine way on the song about as much as he says "bing bong." Nems released "Bing Bong" on his album Congo last year, but this year he went all in with a 10-track collection called King Bong that is comprised entirely of different versions of "Bing Bong," including a Knicks-themed remix and a Houston remix with Paul Wall and Trae The Truth. The main remix he's pushing, though, is this one with three NYC vets. They save the Busta Rhymes verse for last and it's really disappointing, just really repetitive in that constipated voice he does sometimes, but Fat Joe's verse is solid and Styles sounds predictably great on this hard beat by D-Block/Dipset producer Vinny Idol. 

Papoose is sort of an emblem of how insular and isolated New York rap has become from the rest of the hip hop world over the last couple decades, but he still makes these little perfunctory gestures at crossing over to a wider audience like "Thought I Was Gonna Stop," which is produced by Timbaland and features Lil Wayne. It's actually a pretty good song, though and I don't think I'd know it was Papoose if I just heard it not knowing anything about it. And the original is pretty short, so adding a few guests is welcome, 2 Chainz hangs with the New Yorkers well as usual.