From the introduction of NekU$Aken with Living Like Larry 2.0 earlier this year, the alternative indie rapper and artist showcases a sharp and smart evolution of his storytelling this season, with the dark trap beats and long-form lyrical outpourings of singles like Rotisserie Funeral.
Presented with a certain realism on the mic both conceptually and in the recording style, Rotisserie Funeral is a brief but captivating progression of thoughts that intrigue with equal parts dark and observational bars.
Never one to hold back on whatever thought or feeling guides him on the mic, NekU$Aken also recently released the single Diarrhea Gonorrhea, which despite the painful title features another creative beat, a dark trap rhythm but a lighter keys riff adding something distinct to the musicality.
NekU$Aken gets playful with these bars, and whatever you might expect from the title, the lyrics within are impossible to predict, and the stream of consciousness is as unfiltered and carefree as ever.
Things then get a little more sharp and conceptual, as per the intelligent writing style akin to NekU$Aken, with a heavy vocal distortion letting Revolutionary Extinction provide a bold dose of impending doom and existential crisis that’s captivating and impressively rhythmic, well-structured, raw, but impassioned and vocally dynamic. The wordplay is unapologetic as ever, and NekU$Aken continues to build a repertoire of niche complex creativity, which is loaded with smart references and youthful fearlessness all at once.
Finally, reinforcing that depth of thought and darkness, Nucleus Motherboard is again a lustful and playful counterthought, contrasting existential contemplations with surface-level references to create a massively juxtaposed realm of literary wit and lackadaisical performative freedom.
This fourth track is barely a minute long but is perhaps one of the most intriguing of all from NekU$Aken, a burst of energy that cleverly encapsulates the struggle to showcase the smart and the charm without reverting to the sarcasm and shock factor, but actually, in truth, these opposing forces are exactly what gives NekU$Aken’s music such a distinct voice.
