Classic hip hop production and rhythmically catchy vocals make up the memorable anthem that is WTM. Loui Lion captures attention with ease, What’s The Move? resounding like an earworm throughout a soundscape of haunting synths and trap rhythms united.
Cinematic in a subtle but effective way, WTM brings back those fragments of vocal echo and detail from the Hip Hop legends of the nineties and early noughties – hints of call and response or vocal adlib scattered throughout an otherwise easy-looping two minutes of music and performance.
Featuring the familiar employment of references both contemporary and classic, WTM depicts an artist with a clear love for freedom on the mic. The lyrics keep things light-hearted but confident, a showman at work, blending clever and quirky wordplay with a bold sense of motivational energy and presence that’s infectious as the beating heart of the track.
Noting over a thousand monthly listeners already for this engaging debut, Loui Lion’s nostalgic yet fearlessly open and entertaining manner on the mic is clearly something hip hop fans have missed. WTM is a brief track at just two minutes in length, but it does what it needs to in that time, and furthermore speaks volumes on what fans can hopefully anticipate from future releases.
