XAOZ | Your Desires, Smooth Summer Melodies

XAOZ (pronounced Zay-Oh-See) channeled his inner PartyNextDoor & serene melodies on his latest record ‘Your Desires’. The Philly artist showed there is more to Philadelphia Hip-Hop than aggressive bar spitters like Meek Mill, and chorus specialists like PnB rock- XAOZ is the happy medium. His expertise lies in his ability to drop smooth vocals and weave through the beat with marksman like precision. You’ll never feel out of place listening to this record, XAOZ’s vocals will put you exactly where you need to be.

Right from the jump, the extraterrestrial production from Frenchie lays the perfect beat canvas for XAOZ to word paint on. The track was birthed after XAOZ was leaving work to go spit a freestyle with the homies, and that late-night session resulted in a serious banger. It’s such an easy listen. If you close your eyes while listening to this song it’ll be kin to being on the beach at sunset with flashbacks of your favorite ex surrounding your horizon. It’s no question that the track was inspired by female origins, but XAOZ displays balmy flows to uplift his vibrant aura in front of a female counterpart. He’s spitting game on this, and doing it well. It might be wise to take note- but we wanted to know exactly where the inspiration for this record came- and Rap Fiesta was lucky enough to get word from the OZ rapper,

I was home from college on summer break, and I was smoking & listening to a playlist I made… Drake’s “I Get Lonely” came on while I was on Instagram scrolling… I see some girl on Instagram post saying her, ” next boyfriend is going to be a killer because she’s tired of civilians lol”… I started looking up PartyNextDoor type beats and I found the beat for ‘Your Desires’ … I started free-styling, and the first thing that came to mind I wrote down then made the track. – XAOZ

4 years in the game and XAOZ has found his sound. His bread and butter are undoubtedly his glimmering verses that transition perfectly into his soul-ripping melodic chorus. The song is an entire mood and it’s rooted in confidence and swagger. Send this track to a girl you’re trying to bag and you’ll automatically increase your chances by at least 50%. He gets his message across perfectly and doesn’t waste words, the conventional sign of a strong lyricist. He maintains a mysterious ambiance throughout the song by not doing excess, his cadence is natural and comfortable- and it’ll definitely have you wondering how to achieve this state of tranquility. We can’t put a finger on what the inspiration is behind XAOZ’s stage name, so we had to ask. He told Rap Fiesta this,

My name is Xavier, my family calls me Zay, but my mom spells Zay like XA. I’m from OZ (olney section of Philadelphia), so I combine them two together as XAOZ. Most of my friends call me “X” also. I combined what people know me as most and put it in 4 letters. X , Zay (XA), OZ… The reasoning  why I made the name so difficult is because depending on what crowd you talking to that know me by x, xa , or Oz they will all tell you the same answer… I always did my own thing and it was something uncommon and that’s a very uncommon way to spell (Zay-oh-see) aka XAOZ

With more smooth hitting summer jams in his future, XAOZ has bigger plans in store. He’s focused in pushing his mixtape ‘Hi(s)tory) for the rest of the year and leveling up his music video game. And it doesn’t end there- the hardworking artist is planning on dropping another mixtape in the Spring of 2021 to keep everyone at bay. His next few releases are lined up, and his upcoming single ‘Flexin’ will be sure to turn heads. Stay tuned for more, and follow him on Instagram to keep updated with the next banger.

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