Crafted to keep things laid-back in the relationship department, WHAT I LIKE progresses in a chilled way for the most part, before injecting a brighter key change for a notably more passionate, memorable hook.
Hip Hop
Introducing a deeply introspective, experimentally ambient new project, Derry’s Qn9nety offers up the aptly titled Occupying Space – an album that digs deep into personal responsibility & self-awareness.
Tyner Lee Warren, known on the scene as Big Fella, is an artist and rapper recognised for his clear passion for and connection to the boom-bap sounds of the nineties.
The sound a little unorthodox, and this comes to be a known trait of Aveli Amun – creative freedom, concept first, expression utilising whatever’s needed to make the point and set the mood.
Great bars, clever word-play, fresh rhymes, a clear sense of identity in the lyrics & vocal tone alike, and a notably refreshing ambiance that feels decidedly free from the confines of the contemporary hip hop scene.
Versatility is clear between tracks, but so is that thread of the voice and the carefree, confident way in which Jimmy James’ crafts his releases.
Zay Gatsby pairs soulful, interesting sound-design with breathless bars and clean-cut vocals for this scene-setting, story-telling and motivational album New Reign.
Openly electing intention and integrity over a simple desire to make noise, Kokou Kah leads with thoughtful, poetic lyricism, and a delicate, reflective manner of sound-play throughout this immersive & heartfelt new single.
The very structure of the track swiftly sees things evolve from pure RnB through hip hop to the near EDM-esque bounce and immersive embrace of an instrumental hook.
A creatively impressive, engaging collection, which all at once pays tribute to the tones & styles of yesteryear, and effectively tips its hat to the rising wave of lo-fi ambiances that’s currently sweeping the online world.
Driving with equal parts emotional grit & unwavering confidence, Bad Habits is a hard-hitting album that focuses as much so on self-belief & motivation as it does personal honesty, struggle & realness.
Seven original tracks make up the synth-soaked, distorted cinematic dreamland that is before the fog covers me – the brand new album from SESPOOL.