Impressive original rap music from Brisbane artist Lefistos! – Osaragi is a hugely creative and memorable single, from the 2025 album BURN THE WITCH!
Featuring a simple lo-fi backdrop with an upbeat drumline, Osaragi kicks into gear with a choir of voices backing up this quick-fire outpouring of a hook from Lefistos! The track captivates in an instant, the energy and originality of this set-up enthralling and excitable, and it leads perfectly well into the solo bars of the verse that follows.
The production for Osaragi is something like tripped-up or fragmented jazz-hop, in a way – a false-start from the keys, a live drum beat, a sense of simplicity that loops in a chaotic and colourful way. Meanwhile, Lefistos! injects a sharp and smart level of contemplation and clever rhyme schemes, a relentlessly fast delivery of bars, the nature of which is impossible to follow along on first listen. The effect of that, however, is that you quickly hit play again, and once more after that – a keen desire to understand and connect with these ideas and references taking precedence.
Brilliantly confident, quiet but up-tempo, unforgiving and loaded with lyrical gems. Osaragi is an insanely good modern hip hop track, and is simple in set-up but immediately distinct. Lefistos! clearly brings something fearlessly original to the scene, and his intelligent writing style and modest vocal tone unite with seamless swagger and charm.
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