As always he is lyrically deft, with dexterous and fast flows setting the scene and a delivery so shotgun fast that you can barely see daylight between the words. But the real standout part of the vocals is the production. Techniques that are often used to hide the lack of ability of a singer are instead used to enhance and create a new vocal concept creating an ultra-modern, effortlessly hip new rap sound.
Musically the track below is spacious enough to allow the vocals to have room to breath and land more powerfully but intriguing enough to draw the listener in, a blend of skittering trap-infused percussion led beats and ambient R&B electronica.
This is cutting edge stuff, familiar enough to be able to draw a line back through what has gone before, from 70’s street corner rappers to the genres 90’s golden age through to the resurgence of commercial R&B and the more pop infused sounds of the modern age. In short, it is music that knows where it comes from but which is much more interested in creating the future than talking about the past.
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