LOE Addé – “Ahkie” (Video)

October 29, 2019 JUKEBOXDC Staff Videos No Comments  

Nigerian-American artist, LOE Adde, has been comfortable creating his own lane within the music world for the past couple of years. From his display of consciousness and wordplay on “boom-bap” instrumentals to him touching basis in different styles of rap as well as showing his current audience and future supporters his diversity within his artistry. In this particular single and music video, LOE shows a different side of his artistry with a sound he has never thought about testing. Apart from the deep-rooted, thoughtful message this song carries, LOE shows emotion following a family friend’s death and addresses both potential future and current leaders in today’s world with a message that can help change life perceptions.

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Drilla Voice of the Projex cover by Eazy Max

Drilla – ‘Voice Of The Projex’ (Mixtape)

October 27, 2019 JUKEBOXDC Staff Music 2 Comments  

Drilla, arguably the most influential rapper out of Alexandria, Virginia right now, expands his reach and tells his story on Voice Of The Projex, his second full-length project. Influenced by artists like Lil Durk and Kodak Black, Drilla tells us his story of project living, trapping, ducking police and taking care of his family with bars that will impress most. “Long nights at the trap house you can wake up and hear the birds chirping” Drilla chants, over a guitar-heavy, sample-based, bouncy beat from Uncle Bari. Drilla shines when he’s telling a story, bringing you into his world, and showing you why he is the Voice Of The Projex. Produced (mostly) by Bari, mixed and mastered by JABB. The surprise bonus remix features Lightshow, and stand-out track “Hand & Hand” features Paco Suavee. Other streaming links to come, Spinrilla for now.

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Gallant – ‘Sweet Insomnia’ (Stream)

October 25, 2019 JUKEBOXDC Staff Hip-Hop/Rap, Local, Music No Comments  

Featuring assistance from 6LACK and Sabrina Claudio. From Complex:

“The sound of the album took a while to lock-in. I wanted it to feel like a shoebox you kept under your bed full of Polaroids—just very nostalgic… I was born in 1991 so a lot of the synths have that early-’90s, even late-’80s, feel to it. I wanted to also pull from mid-2000s and early-2000s R&B sensibilities. I grew up listening to a lot of that stuff on the radio and I felt like—to keep with the nostalgic vibe—it made sense to pull from those influences as much as I could.”

“I called the album Sweet Insomnia because, lyrically, every song on the album is bittersweet. You know, nothing is 100 percent positive and lighthearted. Nothing is 100 percent brooding and cynical. It’s very balanced and real, like an unretouched photo. The ‘insomnia’ comes from the fact that I was working on the album from 1 p.m. to 6-7 p.m., then I’d come home to try to get the vocals right from 8 p.m. to 4 in the morning … I got locked in that cycle to the point where, sonically, the album started feeling a little bit hazier.”

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