designed so as to fill the room with a perfect fusion of lightness and contemplation, Essence captures precisely the implications of its title and lyrics with everything from the piano-led ambiance to the passionate and focused bars of the verses.
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“Wonder has returned and I am here to stay. WELCOME TO WONDERLAND.”
Bars for miles but not that sheer confident and quirky kind, more the profoundly thoughtful, fearlessly gritty, scornful and painfully relatable. giveuppulp is onto something impressive with this approach to modern rap.
Heavy yet ambient production instantly blends contemporary weight and conceptual intention, as Greendizerl unites heartfelt inspiration with clarity and style.
Old School Hip Hop promising as nostalgic a sound as its artwork implies – Duvee Davis engages and inspires, with Gone.
In celebration of fifty years of Hip Hop, Doc STRANGE delivers a nostalgic ode to the Southern Boom Bap and Bay Area sounds of a simpler era, with his latest album Ya’ll Still Can’t Rhyme Like This.
“As a kid, many times I would have friends tell me horrible things about Mexicans and I would be like … whoa… I’m Mexican, and they would say that’s okay you look white. That really bothered me and my self esteem.”
“I’d say I make music for humans. Like, you can’t put me in a box. I just feel it’s unrealistic for someone to be in the same mood all the time.”
“This project was inspired by our perspective of the ‘American dream’ – the reason why I am here today and the reason why I keep on going.”
“I pay attention to the mainstream, I even listen to underground. I pay attention to all kinds of genres of music for I am an avid listener and learner of the game.”
Baltimore rapper and artist Big Beanie loads up on nostalgia and contemporary images, noting a handful of projects to his name and a smoothly rising reputation.
Award-winning Big O is far from a stranger to the game. With each new project, his ability to intertwine talent, professionalism and heart reaches greater plains still.