As ever walking that fine line between rock and rap, Lab Rat returns with his latest single, “Rolling Loud.” This third single from an album to follow sees him turning the chaos of a life lead at maximum velocity into sonic creativity, an anthem for anyone living in the moment and making the most of their youth.
If life is for living, this is the soundtrack, a rock and roll groove repurposed for a more urban adventure, lyrically uncompromising and musically fusing two raw ends of the music scene into one abrasive anthem.
If nu-metal and rap had a baby, it would be Lab Rat. Sonically, he takes the six-string grooves and raucous riffs of the guitar-driven world and adds them to the beat and flow of the rap realm. He also fires off salvos of deft and dexterous lyrics, spitting tales of self-destruction and resurrection, riot and redemption, taking us along for a ride in a vehicle that seems to have no off switch.
And if this is a torch song for those who seem bulletproof in the face of a lifestyle that would break most people, it is also a sonic diary entry. They say to write about what you know; well, this is Lab Rat writing his own autobiography one single at a time. Honest, extreme, unmissable.