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As the seasons experience all sorts of twists and turns, Young James remains solid and decked out in a hoodie. Throughout songs, the hoodie is more than a warm garment that gets him through rain or shine. In actuality, James dons a hood over his head to keep his energy protected, to shun away distractions, and to remember the goal at hand. As the former rapper, Young Dolph's song "Get This Money" would put it, "if you ain't talking money...
Mack Tr3 comes back on Rap Fiesta, but this time, with a sinister trap song titled "Add It Up." On "Add It Up," Mack Tr3 calls Jadee Vintage a.k.a "Mr-Do-Too-Much" to assist with peculiar (and humorous) lines. Living up to his self-proclamation, Vintagee throws around rhymes like "Got this wifey, turn around. Slurpin' a chicken soup," and others that reference things like tarantulas. Mack Tr3, however, alternates between a bouncy and a fast cadence. Through his resolute tonality and Southern...
In just one minute and forty-nine seconds, Sonindigo's "NOWAY" sees the Brooklyn-native artist (sort of) serenading his newfound lover that he'll be there through bad and good times. In the song's chorus, Sonindigo taps into a projectile, soft register to say, "So baby live your life," alternating between "today not yesterday " and "stop stressing about yesterday, you're not alone today." However, once "NOWAY" is fifty seconds in, Sonindigo begins to spit, following the mantra "when the going gets tough,...
After the melodic tongue roll lets out, the multi-hyphenate Afrobeat musician, Chrlii works his magic on the ladies in "Juice." Between lyrics, Chrlii taps into his 'big man, no coward' demeanor, wowing the gals he crosses paths with. Given that his confidence is sky-high, he isn't afraid to get straight to the point. As his newfound cutie sways to the beat, Chrlii tries to see how far she'll go with him (after all, he can translate her body language). Luckily enough,...