If you want to get my ears perked up, come in hot with an undertone of a nostalgic beat.

Not too heavy that you're biting, but just enough that it sounds like you know good music.

What’s the sample? Is that Big Pun, Still Not a Player?

Okay, EricWithTheGlockInHisSock, let's see what you got.

On The Radar Freestyle (Live Performance), is a high-quality fineness. With back-flipping bars that showcase new age sarcasm, straddling egotistical banter with low-grade misogyny [Ha!], it fits the bill as Lowend bop. However, this 25-year-old artist [singer-songwriter/rapper] is not riding the stereotypical sound wave. Instead, he is side-stepping the trending possibilities.

“B*tch unhand me!”

So, who has got EricWithTheGlockInHisSock stanched up? Probably not many.

If we go line by line, this is not a story to be followed but a posturing for those who may think it's sweet. Feed into the hype? Pshhhhh, let me offer you a spoon.

This one can be played with the windows down while you're riding on the block, with the sting of summer air [but know your lane]. This is also for the girls who want to shake it [but don’t listen to close mama’s or you might be offended], and if you're trappin’...[Okay, let me stop lol]. But here is what I’m still trying to analyze, who's really the target for this artist?

EricWithTheGlockInHisSoc, says in the song, “way I play my role, I can sho’ win a Grammy” & you know what, I’m thinking that's not a far-fetched goal. With a clear and catchy cadence, a solid beat selection, and clean production, he has already got much of the local comps beat. How does the sound transfer??? Is it still slappin? Or is it just catchy? Maybe this is just the insurgency of Hip-Hop. We will be diving into his upcoming project “Too Gifted To Be Paralyzed By Procrastination” to hear more.

I’m putting my money on EricWithTheGlockInHisSoc that if he can continue to build momentum, and choke up on how to balance witty & wild, he may have a formula to become the leader of the new school. . .

But hey, what do I know?!

Lexi S. Brunson | Editor-in-Chief