Kicking off Mother’s Day weekend, Marlounsly releases her new music video for “Honey”. The song was birthed during the quarantine blues while Marlounsly was freestyle singing to a beat that she instantly connected with. While the song is without a doubt enticing and provocative, the music video amplifies the song by tenfold. Inside her new video, she’s as beautiful as ever, while effortlessly creating a sultry vibe with her aura. “Honey” is a laid-back record with its light strums of guitar that feel tropical. Marlounsly as usual, sounds soothing as ever. It’s as if her voice is massaging your ears.
The south Florida linked up with director Anton Anderson to produce a video that’s calming, while capturing her essence. “Honey” is a seductive and intimate by Marlounsly. Can’t wait to hear what else she has in store for 2020.
Gat$ is an artist who pays attention to detail. As a fellow perfectionist, the little details matter to make something great. From cadences, flows, rhymes pattern and beat selection, Gat$ has ascended. The Tampa Bay artist’s new project, “ROBBERS” is a testament to that statement. Gat$ shows growth of an artist who has been sharpening his sword and putting his 10,000 hours in to prep himself for battle. His new album shows the artist having the city of Tampa on the top of his shoulders.
This 8-song project is laced with substance and replay ability. His opener, “Madness” serves as a perfect introduction to pull you further into Gat$ World. On “Selfish” we get a Tampa conglomerate of its underground artist, featuring, Mike Mass, NIKO IS, Patrick Hughes, and Scxtt Aye, who all give their best. Each feature on this album feels handpicked, as each choice compliments each song well. As for the closer, “Boost The Crime Rate” maybe Gat$ most prolific record to date. The Tampa Bay artist speaks on the cruelty of systemic racism and the need to rebel against this corrupt system.
ROBBERS is a must listen, from start to finish. Gat$ delivered a project that’s well polished, cohesive and solidifies him as an artist who is here to stay.
On May 2nd, we partnered withBreezeshare, a Tampa start-up company that is a cloud based social network and web application that gives creators their own space online to collaborate with their peers. This platform brings together artists and producers to share ideas, while educating one another. As their website states, this is done using screen sharing, like twitch and Instagram live where there is a live audience.
For their weekly special, “Breezeshare Saturdays” they do live music reviews for upcoming and aspiring artists across the globe. This time around they welcomed special guest,Mars3times(creator of Aux Wars and host of The Mars Files) to review music submissions and to pick one lucky artist to win free press and to be featured on our blog.
As for our winner we would like to introduce artist, I.MIR9X. Reigning from Trenton, New Jersey where many great MCs were birthed such as Craig Mack, Lauryn Hill, Redman, Joe Budden and many more. I.Mir9x falls right in line into potentially being amongst those formidable MCs. His two recent releases “Rack” and “Offended” are standout tracks that showcase his impressive abilities as a rapper. He is candid, acrobatic, and melodic. “Rack” compiles catchy quotables with top-tier production. As for his music influences, the New Jersey artist draws inspirations from Sade, Meek Mill, 50 Cent, Lil’Wayne and Domino Blacc.
I.Mir9x
“Honestly, if it weren’t for him [Domino Blacc] I would have never started rapping. That’s my cousin so I always wanted to be like him”.
I.MIR short for “I mirror, I see myself” is a testament of only competing with himself, it is purpose to evolve. “Imir is my middle name. So, I separated the I from the M. to represent I. Mirror which mean I only see myself. I am in no competition with anybody. I am in my own lane. My biggest competition is myself. How can I be better than my last song? How can I be better than yesterday? I’m trying to evolve as a person as well as an artist.”
With our brief conversation, the new jersey artist talks about his upcoming project, The Fall Boyz that is to be released sometime in fall. I.MIR9x gives a bit of thoughtful backstory that serves much purpose.
“Fall Boyz is like the SQL to “6 Shades of dark” that was my first EP that I release November 18, 2015. The fall is my season. But also, deeper than that it has been 5 years since that EP. Fall represents a time for transformations both personal and environmental. Fall is the perfect time to reflect and embrace change. I evolved and I want to show the world that. Every time the fall season come the colors get Vibrant. Leaves start falling everywhere. Once this tape drops hopefully, I show case how talent I am, and my tape be everywhere. Leaves come from trees and trees release oxygen. I’m giving life from this project.”
I.MIR9X’s is promising act who is agile and distinctive. He raps with style and momentum, which makes him someone to look out for in the near future. It won’t be long til he breaks the air waves and arrives on everyone’s radar.
LrkChronicle from Jacksonville makes a return on our pages with his grand single, “Bruce Wayne”. It’s been awhile since we’ve heard from the Jacksonville artist but it seems that he just been gearing up to bless us with music that’s timeless. Quality over quantity is what’s being said here and LrkChronicle makes it known with “Bruce Wayne”. His new song is full of substance and musicality where it shows growth within his music. This song features Lucy Starr and Carlos Civilli Sr, two unfamiliar vocalist who we should probably take more interest in.
While LrkChronicle delivers candid lyricism that’s sharp and agile, he speaks on the importance of loyalist and acceptance. Lucy and Carlos accompany the Jacksonville artist as Batgirl and Robin (DC comic reference) delivering enticing vocals that pulls in your attention and turns this into a mesmerizing record.
If for some reason you haven’t already check out his lyrical exercise on “Ready or Not” he dropped late last year.
Travis Shypell releases visuals for his recent heavy hitter, “Don’t Apologize” that’s featured off his SHYPELL project that released back in March. Produced by Run It Chase, Travis Shypell delivers a soulful yet melodic song that touches on being a hustler by any means necessary. He taps into his hustler mentality to use each living moment to grind and to reach his dreams of prosperity. Shypell is catchy and uses his slight melodic crooning to pull you into his world. While this happens, Shypell gives simple yet captivating lyricism that can spark inspiration inside your heart.
The video was filmed in Always True Clothing store located in Gainesville. We get a special appearance of Sneq from Chiefland.
Back in February the multi-genre collective seeyousoon made an inviting introduction with their energetic and eccentric single, “Steamy”. The song introduced us to a group who was a breath of fresh air amongst their peers in music. Spanning across various styles of music, seeyousoon cannot be contained within a box. With their new single “ICFWT”, it proves how much of a Voltron like force this 9-member group truly is.
“ICFWT” is a nothing more than a retroflex record that utilizes each members strengths and talents. Each voice is eccentric and shows the diversity of sound within the group. Even the within the song there sounds will be strange to the ear but will later captivate you within it’s trance. Seeyousoon takes you through an atmospheric and cerebral ride that may lead you to a new awakening within yourself.
Nonetheless, seeyousoon is versatile and dynamic. They don’t cut short on lyricism as both of their releases are songs with depth and meaning.
Born in the Ukraine and now based in Miami, Lada Beseda is a singer, songwriter, and producer whose lyrics are captivating to say the least. The songstress releases her new heartfelt single, “Betrayal”. Produced and written by the angelic vocalist herself, Lada Beseda bends genres that packs originality and substance. Combining the elements of Pop and R&B, Beseda creates a lane of her own, where she stands out. “I feel that there aren’t many female producers, so I want to showcase my production skills to inspire others.”
Inspired by a true story, “Betrayal” expresses the hardships of heartbreaks. A soulful yet somber record that’s feels warm to the heart. “One of my fans told me a story about how his girlfriend cheated on him. The story was very touching, so I ended up making a song based off of the situation.” Although this a heart-wrenching record, Beseda’s voice is comforting. Where you once feel pain she steps in to relieve you from your worries and stress.
Lada Beseda
Lada Beseda
Since residing in Miami, the genre-blending artist is currently being managed under M.E.I records. Recently, she released two other singles, “Girl Till Morning Light” and “Stormy Ocean”, where she proves to be an artist who is out of the box and willing to push boundaries. As of now, Lada is working on her new project that set to released this year with many of the songs to be accompanied by visuals showcasing Lada’s directing chops.
