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Unleashing a Sonic Odyssey: ‘Man on a Mission’ by ZeusABNS

Posted on 28 June 2023

From the very first notes, ZeusABNS grabs your attention with the hypnotic and glitchy sounds that lay the foundation of the track. The pulsating rhythms and intricate layers of electronic textures create an otherworldly atmosphere that draws you in, setting the stage for what’s to come.

As the song progresses, you might initially expect an instrumental piece, but ZeusABNS surprises us with captivating vocals. The half-sung vocal style adds an intriguing dynamic, blending seamlessly with the atmospheric backdrop. The lyrics of “Man on a Mission” exude a sense of determination and purpose, inviting listeners to embark on a sonic odyssey alongside the artist.

ZeusABNS showcases their versatility as both a producer and a vocalist, skillfully crafting a balance between the ethereal instrumentation and the compelling vocal performance. The seamless fusion of these elements results in a track that is both captivating and dance-worthy.

To delve deeper into the world of ZeusABNS, their social media platforms provide a wealth of additional content. On Instagram (@zeusabns), fans can stay updated with the artist’s latest releases, behind-the-scenes glimpses, and artistic inspirations. Facebook (facebook.com/Zeusabns) offers a community space where fans can connect, share their thoughts, and join discussions about ZeusABNS’ music.

For an immersive visual experience, ZeusABNS’ YouTube channel (@zeusabns) offers a platform to explore their music videos and visual collaborations, providing a deeper understanding of their creative vision. Additionally, on TikTok (@zeusabns), fans can catch snippets of their creative process and enjoy bite-sized musical moments.

This track invites listeners to embark on a mesmerizing journey through its pulsating rhythms and dancy lyrics. With ZeusABNS’ social media presence, fans can further engage with the artist’s music and gain insights into their creative world. Follow them on Instagram, Facebook, YouTube, and TikTok to stay connected and be a part of their evolving musical endeavours.

Chicago hip-hop duo, It’s a Cool Day, extrapolated ‘The Butterfly Effect’ in their debut

Posted on 27 June 2023

The Chicago duo, It’s a Cool Day put the trip in trip-hop by unveiling their elevated debut single, The Butterfly Effect, which fuses lush RnB melodies and harmonies with smooth rap verses and a pseudo-trap beat that becomes the centre of sonic gravity in the wavy, gravitas-packed single.

Craig Lowe and Derion Scroggins ripped up the urban rulebook and scattered the confetti through the vibe-steady hit, which spills a smorgasbord of soul as it mellowly progresses around the poetically ardent wordplay. Cathartic and convictive in its sense of passion, The Butterfly Effect is all the evidence you need that romance isn’t dead and that It’s a Cool Day has exactly what it takes to reign supreme in the Chicago scene and beyond.

The Butterfly Effect is now available to stream on Spotify and Apple Music via this link.

Review by Amelia Vandergast

Enrichment put his name on the New Jersey hip-hop map with Play to Win ft Termanology & Chris Rivers

Posted on 26 June 2023
Different by Enrichment

For his latest single, Play to Win, the New Jersey flow king and producer, Enrichment, collaborated with the two trailblazers, Termanology and Chris Rivers, to create the grittiest hip-hop drop of the summer.

Enrichment’s killer cadence flows over the Eastern rhythms in the production that punches with East Coast flavour. Any fans of Blackalicious’ innovative take on contemporary hip hop will want to make a playlist staple of the lyrically sharp hit. The complex and multisyllabic rhymes will leave you on the rap hooks which sink their teeth so that the introspection in this no-mercy exposition of what it takes to strive for greatness is mainlined into your veins.

When Enrichment isn’t crafting his own tracks, he’s in the studio working with Kuniva (D12), Omar Ray, and Nino Man. Competition may be tough in the dog eat dog industry in 2023, but clearly, he’s got the strongest bite.

Play to Win was officially released on June 9th; stream it on Bandcamp.

Review by Amelia Vandergast

Join Black Prez & Shaun Reynolds on cloud nine with the high-vibe hip-hop staple, Feel Good

Posted on 24 June 2023

With the million streams mark way behind him in the rearview mirror, few contemporary hip-hop artists share the success of the Berlin-born, LA-based, songwriter and actor, Black Prez.

After playing shows with everyone from Big Sean to G-Unit, getting sync deals with Netflix & HBO and his hits featuring on Fast & Furious, Call of Duty and Tony Hawk’s Pro Skaker, he stepped into the studio with Shaun Reynolds to collaborate on the hot summer single, Feel Good.

Showing the sunniest sides of their cheeky devil-may-care dispositions, Feel Good is an infectious serotonin-spilling celebration of positivity. While the lyrics show you how to compartmentalise negative energy, the pop-instilled keys and horns tabs paint blissfully euphoric melodies to implant you on cloud nine alongside Prez and Reynolds. Who said perfection can’t exist in music?

Get Feel Good into rotation by heading over to Spotify.

Review by Amelia Vandergast

Didn’t Care: David Johnson Kim tells us how the game chose him on Journey Begins

Posted on 24 June 2023

Taken off the brand new 18-track album called The Butterfly Island, David Johnson Kim tries to defeat the demons and rise from the underground no matter the challenges that await his every move on Journey Begins.

David Johnson Kim is a Los Angeles, California-based indie hip-hop artist and music producer who helps us all find a real place to be in this seemingly complicated world.

”I draw from my own personal journey and influences of my upbringing/culture with my faith being the center of the heart behind this album. It explores styles of music that I grew up with while connecting it to topics of nature, adventure, nostalgia, and a deeper longing for an eternal purpose in life.” ~ David Johnson Kim

Reminding us of a classic Beastie Boys sound, David Johnson Kim ushes in a new era of an old-school sound which will surely never die. This is tremendous stuff and shall rocket delightfully enhanced energy to make everything better again.

Journey Begins from the Los Angeles, California-based indie hip-hop artist and music producer David Johnson Kim is an ear-healing kind of memorable experience to dust off the hard knocks forever. Pouncing like a ravenous cat who is eager for a snack, we find a purring song to turn on no matter the mood of the world.

Surging through with so much venomous energy, this is a delicious single for all those who love proper lyrics and a flow to munch on happily.

Listen up further on Spotify.

See more vibes on IG.

Reviewed by Llewelyn Screen

Nice and Juicy: FLIPPIN’ GOTHIC FABP munches on that appetising fruit with, HOW I EAT A MANGO

Posted on 22 June 2023

Taking another bite and loving each second no matter who is watching, FLIPPIN’ GOTHIC FABP knows that its definitely time to taste each fibre of one of the most mouthwatering treats in the entire world on the hugely enjoyable lesson for us all on how to appreciate a treat, HOW I EAT A MANGO.

FLIPPIN’ GOTHIC FABP (formally known as Fabp aka Fabpz the Freelancer) is a Jamaica Queens, New York-based hip-hop artist who loves his tracks laced by the crew at X-Calade Promotionz.

Sizzling with intent and educating us all about what is possible if enough care and precision are projected, FLIPPIN’ GOTHIC FABP will entertain many with this raw track to turn up rather loud.

HOW I EAT A MANGO from Jamaica Queens, New York-based hip-hop creative FLIPPIN’ GOTHIC FABP is an underground lesson on how to relish something so scrumptious, lives are changed from the first bite. Made with true fondness and dropping fire for us to lacerate into, this is the kind of single to play loud and with lips licking in anticipation.

Just let him eat in peace.

Check out this new music video on his YouTube page.

Check out this top-notch single on IG.

Reviewed by Llewelyn Screen

0sb0rne – know me pt. 2: A Trap-Pop Production You Won’t Be Quick to Forget

Posted on 12 June 2023

You would be hard-pressed to find trap more trailblazing than what the Michigan-born, Berlin-based singer-songwriter, 0sb0rne, cooked up for his debut LP, Know me.

With moody electro-pop elements oscillating around the solid rattle of the 80s, the standout single, know me pt. 2, is two minutes of pure melancholic trap pop perfection. Stepping out from behind the shadow cast by the modernist hip-hop mould, 0sb0rne thrived in his candidly raw hit, which allows emotion to perpetuate the momentum.

His husky yet honeyed vocal lines swathe the instrumentals with soul, while the minor key melodies amplify the sting of the pensive introspection which made the release so intimately electrifying. His account of romantic digressions may be personal, but with his stellar songwriting, the experience resonates as universal.

know me pt. 2 is now available to stream on Spotify.

Review by Amelia Vandergast

DOM – SDA ft Erica Banks: Female Empowerment Has Never Been Fiercer.

Posted on 8 June 2023
https://youtu.be/yYsjwlBrdCs

Collaborating with her fellow Texas flow queen, Erica Banks, the Houston hip-hop heavyweight, DOM, rolled with all the party-rocking punches in her latest single, SDA.

The Missy Elliot-esque energy as the collaborating artists rap their unfuckwithable-with-attitude and empowering bars ensured that the vox are just as big as the beats in this exemplification of the heights hip-hop acts should strive for in 2023.

Aggression may be the overarching emotion in SDA, but written within the infectious energy is an affirmation that no one will hand you the power and bodily autonomy; you’ve got to take it for yourselves and own it as well as DOM and Erica Banks did in SDA.

As a singer, producer, rapper, and co-owner of VgnBae Music Group and Studios, DOM has exactly what it takes to hold dominion over the Houston hip-hop scene.

Watch the official music video for SDA via YouTube or stream it on all major platforms via this link.

Review by Amelia Vandergast

Sirens Wailing: SERVAN refuses to be stopped by the bullets on Dark Times

Posted on 7 June 2023
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r5QVeaK_TFg

Leading from the front and educating us all about what is really going on inside those distracting flares, SERVAN opens up the door and exhibits leadership qualities amongst the madness of the shattering world on Dark Times.

SERVAN is a Cologne, Germany-based indie hip-hop artist and music producer who is known as a conscious artist who has created GUERRILLA Blues and formulates an electric blend of realness featuring jazz, soul and G-Funk.

”The artist, producer and political activist with Kurdish roots fights for a change in today’s mass culture back to a HIP HOP culture that functions as a revolutionary tool of social criticism.” ~ SERVAN

He’s the modern-day hero we needed. SERVAN is his name. Making real music is his game. He takes his well-respected standing seriously and weaves a web through the lies and unties the truth in Dark Times whilst shining the light to help us all see what we need to view. Right now. Before it’s too late for humanity.

Dark Times from Cologne, Germany-based indie hip-hop artist SERVAN is one of the more eye-opening tracks around and might shock those who haven’t really opened their eyes recently. Lyrically on point and with a moody beat to play on maximum volume, to show us all what the world has become.

There is a real edge here which is striking and comprehensively to the point, from a revolutionary creative which is so sick of the pointless bloodshed being spilt due to greedy so-called leaders only caring about themselves.

View this top music video on YouTube.

See the vision continue on IG.

Reviewed by Llewelyn Screen

Yeah Baby: Stic-N-Move stays cool during the mission the top on My Bag

Posted on 6 June 2023

Taking his heart out and pouring it all out on his writing pad, Stic-N-Move opens up the poised pen and shows his fans that he is back on the lyrically astute single to turn up for its magnetic magnificence, My Bag.

Eric Braxton aka Stic-N-Move is a Northern California, USA-based indie hip-hop artist who grew up listening to legends such as Ludacris, Ja-Rule, LL Cool J and Missy Elliott.

”I like the old school music that I grew up listening to but I also like new artists in the West Coast like O 3-Greddo.” ~ Stic-N-Move

Impressing all old-school rap fans who love a top beat and proper lyrics with actual meaning, Stic-N-Move rips through the underground carpets and comes out on top with dynamic energy to grab hold of. He flourishes here and shows us that big moves are on the way.

My Bag from Northern California, USA-based indie hip-hop artist Stic-N-Move is the kind of track which will open up the eyes and ears of those who appreciate honesty. Rapped with deep frankness and taking us for a ride of a lifetime, we are thrilled to the deepest part of our souls by a visionary who is back from the cold.

After getting his mind right and realizing what is most important, this is a fueled-up single to be inspired by.

Hear the vibes flow out of the speakers via YouTube.

Check out his movements and gig news on IG.

Reviewed by Llewelyn Screen