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Mellow Hip Hop

BermudaCal serves a perfect slice of old school mellow hip hop with “Smoke In My Eyes”

Posted on 5 November 2020

Kicking off with smooth, mellow piano and jazzy saxophone before dropping in the hi-hat beats, BermudaCal’s “Smoke In My Eyes” is a perfect slice of old school mellow hip hop with lashings of smooth soul, jazzy stylings, and hints of old school R’n’B.

Melodic, complex, and perfectly driven without being brash, “Smoke In My Eyes” fuses BermudaCal’s jazz background, modern UK Garage, and rap with Cal’s saxophone prowess and lyrical grooves, blending Mac Miller with Post Malone and Frank Ocean to create a unique, old-style-yet-brand-new whole. Chilled, sexual, and beautiful, mellow yet never lacking in energy, “Smoke In My Eyes” could grace a hundred smooth-grooves compilations and sophisticated dinner party backgrounds this autumn.

Check out “Smoke In My Eyes” on Spotify.

Review by Alex Holmes

‘Can’t Fall’ from Atlanta’s 9dreamz is the mellow Hip Hop love song to enjoy

Posted on 21 September 2020

‘Can’t Fall‘ from 9dreamz is the mellow Hip Hop love song to enjoy with a glass of wine and your lover.

This young Atlanta, Georgia artist impresses here. He likes to make music for the lost souls and dreamers and this is exactly that. A lo-fi song to have an excuse to turn the lights down low, with passionate lyrics to match.

You are falling for her deep but you don’t want to fall in love. You have been hurt before and are scared of getting bitten again. These are worrying but exciting times and the beat showers us with low-lit candles and two humans seeing what is going to happen next. Will you fall hard and get hurt or will this work and make you both happy?

This is a mellow track to enjoy, ‘Can’t Fall‘ from 9dreamz will get you in the mood and make you think about things. With a  chilled beat and thoughtful lyrics, this is a dream of a song.

Click here for the Spotify page.

Reviewed by Llewelyn Screen

Prepare Your Vibeout Playlists for Swaine’s Soulful Catharsis-Spilling Mix CANYON INTERLUDE

Posted on 14 May 2020
https://soundcloud.com/swainesworld/canyon-interlude-prod-elkvio

Canadian artist Swaine dropped their latest hazy vibeout album DUNES on April 30th. You might want to prepare your vibe out RnB Hip Hop playlists for the mellow catharsis-spilling tracks right about now.

While each of the tracks is a soulfully expressive connectable mix, there’s no better introduction to Swaine’s accessibly sweet style than CANYON INTERLUDE. Within the layers of the mix which was deftly produced by elkvio you’ll find nuances of Lo-Fi Hip Hop, Trap, Indie, and Soul giving the track universal appeal. And with the lyrics unravelling like Urban poetry, you’d be hard-pressed to find a Hip Hop mix which parallels the amount of soul, ingenuity, and style.

You can check out Swaine’s track CANYON INTERLUDE for yourselves by heading over to SoundCloud.

Review by Amelia Vandergast

BLINK™️ – NEED MORE: High-Vibe Slow-Tempo RnB Hip Hop

Posted on 25 March 2020

NEED MORE is just one of the mindfully inspiring tracks which you will find on breaking Hip Hop artist BLINK™️’s 2020 EP Peace of Mind.

We’re more than aware that people are apprehensive about giving new artists a chance, yet, with BLINK™️’s nuanced high-vibe Hip Hop style any urban-inclined music fans looking for chilled Hip Hop which isn’t lacking in emotion will want NEED MORE on their playlists.

The lyrical flex in NEED MORE is just as smooth as the beats which create the perfect platform for BLINK™️’s harmonically steady rap bars.
And with the polished finish on the production thanks to the deft skills of Euro, NEED MORE is a radio-ready earworm.

You can check out NEED MORE along with the rest of BLINK™️’s EP which dropped on February 27th via SoundCloud.

Review by Amelia Vandergast