Emerging New York rapper Leighn Paris is giving new music in the form of his single “Wood Grain.” The song is the lead offering from his upcoming EP.
Sampling Belizean hip-hop star Shyne’s infamous single “Bad Boyz” by way of Grace Jones’s “Nightclubbing,” Leigh Paris fused his roots of Belize with his upbeat melodic lyricism and rap flow to create this track. In the song, he raps about his flashy lifestyle over the early 2000’s beat accompanied by extra 808 and snare.
“Wood Grain” gives a vibe of classic and modern hip-hop music. With verses gliding effortlessly across the track, it’s a sure-fire single.
When Dayton, OH rapper Young Vader released his single, “Road Runnin,” he never expected that the song would get on as quickly as it did. When it finally hit radio, Vader was totally unaware that it had been picked up.
“The radio just picked it up in the whole city [Dayton, OH],” Vader said. “I was actually in Vegas and I had got a phone call: ‘If I was you, I’d tune into the radio in 10 minutes.”
Fortunately, the radio station had an app that allowed Vader to listen live. Just like that, he was able to hear his single play while being broadcast to the entire city of Dayton.
“Road Runnin” is basically a hustler’s anthem that gives major praise to Atlanta, GA. In the song, Vader calls out a lot of Atlanta streets, neighborhoods, and hot spots. However, that’s not a surprise since he considers Atlanta a place of inspiration; naming artists like Ludacris and music mogul Jermaine Dupri as his influences.
To top it all off, Vader is planning on releasing the music video for “Road Runnin,” which will capture the journey between his hometown of Dayton, and his favorite city, Atlanta. He promised that it will be even hotter than the single itself.
At the end of the day, Vader makes self-motivation music that makes you want to get up and get the bag.
“Everybody want to be confident about who they are in the mirror,” adds Vader.
“Nobody wants to look at they self and feel down. I try to make music that you can look in the mirror, wake up, and be like this is that morning song to get my day ready and get my energy right.”
Going into 2019, he would love to start performing and touring more. The goal is to expose his music to more cities, different markets, and explore what the world has to offer.
Award-winning rapper Logic releases the music video for his latest single “Contra,” which is off his latest offering, Bobby Tarantino II. “Contra” is the fourth single released off this project. Logic is currently touring to promote the mixtape.
As expected, Logic is bringing the heat, taking shots, and blowing everything out of the water on this one. In the music video, we see the Def Jam recording artist riding around with a car full of money. As he makes his rounds, Logic is throwing one hundred dollar bills to the kids and setting mounds of money on fire. He’s literally throwing away money and doesn’t seem concerned about it at all.
“Contra” is a classic “brag track,” which aims to point out how great Logic is. The verses describe where he’s been, what he’s done, and more importantly what he had. A couple of lyrics from the single say, “Bobby, tell me who really ’bout it. Bitch, I doubt it, not a single person work harder than Bobby. Just wrote a novel, starrin’ in a movie. Built. another business while you at the party. Ain’t one to flex, but yeah I’m finna flex. I just parked that new i8 right next to the Audi.” He made a similar song last year called “Everybody,” off a studio album which bears the same name. Only in that song, he talked more about his work-ethic than his success and accolades.
The chorus of “Contra” boasts, “Bitch, I’ve been blowin’ up. Everyone showin’ up, where was you in the beginnin’? I know that they showin’ up. Only come around and fuck with me when the boy winnin’. No, you do not know enough. You do not know a thing about this life that I’m livin’. You’ve never been low enough. Yeah, I was born at the bottom. Everything I’m given now.”
Logic released Bobby Tarantino II at the beginning of March. He is currently hitting multiple cities on his Bobby Tarantino Versus Everybody Tour which features NF and Kyle. Some of the stops include Detroit, New York, Philadelphia, Los Angeles, Atlanta, and Houston. The tour started on June 8 in Boston and ends on September 10 in London.
Platinum-selling singer/songwriter TxTHEWAY recently debuted the visuals for “JUMP,” his latest single as a solo artist. Formerly known as T-Baby, the South Florida native dropped the single towards the end of March. The music video that accompanied was directed by world-renowned video and commercial director DREFILMS.
Inspired by TxTHEWAY’s hometown of Miramar, FL, the music video for “JUMP” mostly depicts the typical lifestyle for the everyday Black South Floridian. TxTHEWAY returned to Miramar to film the video. There’s money, trapping, strippers, and the inevitable senseless violence that follows. Though most of the scenes are accurate representations of what one would see if they lived in South Florida, the shot of a stripper dancing on the basketball court is obviously a fantasy; maybe.
The song itself contains that easy going bounce style that’s perfect for cruising the streets in your vintage Oldsmobile Cutlass or Mercedes E-Class. Produced by MOTIV, “JUMP” hits the midpoint between chill and hype. With a chorus that boasts, “Got a whole lot of money in my pocket right now” and “Got a whole lot of homies that’s dead right now,” the song expresses an all too familiar reality of the average street hustler. Especially, when you add in the stresses of law enforcement, imprisonment, and gunplay.
“JUMP” is essentially a reflection piece that captures the good and bad times associated with a certain lifestyle that many people will never know. For those who are all too aware, it’s a reminder of the constant battles that take place when you’re an inhabitant of the streets.
Though TxTHEWAY is considered a new artist, he is definitely not new to the music industry. Besides being a rapper, singer, and songwriter, he’s worked closely as a collaborator with notable artists such as Major Lazer, Jason Derulo, Diplo, and many others. On March 7th, UnitedMasters redistributed signee TxTHEWAY – rapper, singer and songwriter, to film the visual for “JUMP.”
Some of the most popular hits that he co-wrote include Major Lazer’s “Light It Up” ft. Nyla and Fuse ODG. “Light it Up” peaked at #1 on Billboards Dance/Mix Show Airplay chart and became a platinum-selling hit record in the U.S. and internationally. Quite an accomplishment for a new solo artist.
“JUMP” is definitely a siren for the Summer with an impactful message that can inform the masses. So far, the song has garnered approximately 161,0000 hits on Spotify.
