My name is Jay Gudda. I hail from New England. Listen!
Describe your sound in 3 words
I DO ME!
Favourite rapper, lyricist and producer
My favorite rapper and lyricist has always been Lil Wayne. There are so many great producers that it’s hard to choose just one. If I had to answer, I’d say my favorite producer is Kanye West.
Best Hip Hop album ever
I can’t speak for anyone else, but my personal favorite album is still Tha Carter from 2004.
Top Hidden Gem Artist
Jay Gudda
Future plans
Everything is calculated, but not everything can be planned for. Expect to hear nothing but A+ music from Jay Gudda over the next few months. If you like the way that tastes, I have a special EP coming your way. Shhh.
I am JidScan, an artist, rapper, producer, and songwriter from Franklin Township, New Jersey with my parents both hailing from the West African country known as Sierra Leone.
Describe your sound in 3 words
I’m a lyricist and songwriter first. I use my words to paint pictures and communicate my points. My beats usually serve as cinematic backdrops to the whatever story I’m telling.
Favourite rapper, lyricist and producer
I’m going to go with Jay Z, Lupe Fiasco, and Just Blaze/Kanye West
Best Hip Hop album ever
Reasonable Doubt or Late Registration.
Top Hidden Gem Artist
JidScan…
Future plans
To keep serving. I have a few projects coming up. One called Life Comes In Threes II. It’s the second installment of my Life Comes In Threes series. Also Majid vs. JidScan, a collaborative project with me and 1derkid.
My name is Wettworker. I’m a producer, visual and musical artist, director and photographer from Vancouver, BC, Canada.
Describe your sound in 3 words
Dystopian Sci-Fi Gangster
Favourite rapper, lyricist and producer
Favourite rapper – Lil Ugly Mane. The level of “not giving a fuck” is inspirational. There are no rules to this art shit and for some reason, when I think of LUM, I doubt people are ever telling him “your intros are too long”.
Favourite lyricist – Daveed Diggs of Clipping, on both a creative and technical level, the dude is writing engaging and nuanced tales with enough imagery and creative devices employed to make your head spin, all on some of the most challenging yet engaging instrumentals conceivable.
Favourite producer – El-P. Long before Run The Jewels, dude was incorporating science-fiction elements into his production and I always wanted to do that but with a little more of a cinematic, horror twist.
Best Hip Hop album ever
Right now, I’d have to say that “Hiding Places” by Billy Woods and Kenny Segal has me shook at how cohesive and refreshing it is. From the production to the message to the narrative, it’s just its own little world and paying attention to it really makes you think about the unnecessarily overhyped topic of drug dealing in a new light.
Top Hidden Gem Artist
Right now? Backxwash. She’s so fucking brooding and angsty and bold. That, and I have massive respect for anyone who is their own producer. It’s a blight and a freedom I know first-hand. To be fully in charge of the soundscapes you’re performing on top of and to create a sonic world of its own is no easy task and I commend folks who do it.
Misfittraumaqueen is producer I had recently been blown away by too. Phenomenal industrial EDM bangers. Was totally taken aback when his stuff magically appeared on my Discover Weekly playlists. I’d love to work with both of these artists one day.
Future plans
I’m gonna rattle out a few more singles over the next coming weeks but I’m celebrating my birthday by dropping my debut full-length. It’s got JPEGMAFIA meets Death Grips meets RTJ vibes. I’m very proud of it and if it weren’t for Coronavirus I’d be touring all of North America right now to perform it for you. I hope you all give it a listen. Thanks.
French Artist originally from the North of France a city named HEM. But i am Based in Paris for a while now I am into music. I love rap, hip hop, urbain vibes. trying to create my own world through music.
I haven’t done live performance yet. But on his way!
Top Hidden Gem Artist
ME :p
Future plans
Kesta goes viral internationally so be ready for the launching on the 18 of september and Conquer as much as soul as possible through my music but without loosing who I am.
Rohan, 25 hailing from Toronto records his own music, self produces & also mixes is own tracks. He’s garnered over 1 million streams worldwide & is now gearing up for his debut EP ‘Stay Off The Internet’
Describe your sound in 3 words
Dynamic, Colorful, Soulful
Favourite rapper, lyricist and producer
Rapper; JAY Z, Producer; Kanye West
Best Hip Hop album ever
My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy
Best live gig you have even been
Kanye West Yeezus
Top Hidden Gem Artist
Snoh Aalegra
Future plans
Current & future goals: produce, write and perform music that lasts lifetimes
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