Emmitt James - AVERY
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“Barista by day, full time musician at all other hours, indie hip hop-jazz act Emmitt James is coming back home to Milwaukee [despite the cold] to celebrate the release of his album AVERY on vinyl. AVERY is named after Emmitt James’ grandmother Vickie Ann Avery. After her passing in December 2017, he was inspired to name the album after her.”
Emmitt James’s latest album “AVERY” featuring 17 tracks is nothing short of great! He has been compared to acts like A Tribe Called Quest, Anderson. Paak and The Internet. Every single track melts into each other with ease. Here’s a small break down of the songs on the album (with a couple visuals on Youtube, check them out also).
‘August 31’ answers our initial question of “Who is Avery?” Repetition and harmonizing is a major theme on this album. His first request on this album is to ‘let him know when you find that peace of mind.’
‘Word 2 Momma’ is a track where he’s talking about making money and “that’s on his mama!” (His words)
‘1099’ starts off with “everything is for Avery” giving us no time to forget who this album is for. By the way, 1099 is a taxes reference--meaning the song is talking about another stream of income, which is pretty creative.
Next we have ‘Everything bagel w/ Cream’ which stands out right away due to it’s extremely catchy beat.
‘Whole Foods’ is where Emmitt tells us where he get dem bagels. “Prices goin’ up like Whole Foods.” You know, a slight flex. I had to gon’ head and add that to the library fasho. ‘Boy’ has a lot of nice transitions. He’s telling us how he feels, he don’t give a f* how you feel though (which he made very clear in this particular song).
On ‘Couldn’t Tell’, Emmitt asks “Is that your man? I couldn’t tell.”
‘MF Juice’ is solely a flex song. “Yeah, I got the sauce but I still got the MF Juice.” He just letting everybody know, the best just got better so don’t worry about what he’s doing.
In ‘Hunnit Bandz’, He releases one of his goals, he tryna get his first hunnit bandz. This was also a super cool song. He doesn’t stop there with the flexin’ though!
‘Flyest in the room’ is flaunting his everything, if you didn’t get the picture before this song, you’re gonna feel him now. He’s letting everybody know, he’s THAT guy. You can’t tell him shit.
‘Ass on the Dance Floor’ is a song about just having fun and being carefree, which everyone should be doing.
‘Chance’ is about a specific someone and how he wants them to take a chance with him because what’s the harm in that? Give the man a chance, will ya?
‘F.O.M.L/Time for you’ is really self-explanaory. “If it ain’t about the money, get the f* off my line,” but if it's about ‘you’, he got time today.
‘Ohhh Lordt, Yes Lordt’ seems to be Emmitt letting his people know that he still and always will have their back. Don’t be afraid to ask for anything. He’s doing this for them. No one is left behind.
Lastly, Thankful is the outro. He’s just letting us know he’s thankful for everything that he has and everything he has yet to gain.
This album is prettttttty good, not gon’ lie. Naw, i’m lying… it’s FIREEEEEE! And guess what? Wow, look at God. You even have the opportunity to see it live!
“With a contribution donation, release show attendees will have an opportunity to hear
the album live. The show will take place on January 25th at Company Brewing at
9:30PM as well as special guest sets by Neely, Ammorelle, NilexNile, and PaperStacks
with music by DJ Light Skin Larry. Entry is $10 and the first three people will receive a
copy of AVERY on vinyl with admission.”
All in all, you know what to do. Check out our friend Emmitt James ( ‘Avery’ available on all streaming services) and you can even take it a step further and go check him out in person! Let us know what you think! Heart this post! You ain’t doing nothing anyways, stop trying to make an excuse. You really don’t want to sleep on this man, I’m telling you.
Congrats, Emmitt on everything from all of us here at CopyWrite!
/Imani for CW
