NilexNile - Treason Youth (Project Submission)
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“It’s about a black kid in Milwaukee dealing with his trials and challenges as a minority”.
Pause. That’s deep.
If concepts won the game, ‘Treason Youth’ is the high score. NilexNile has given us a snapshot of what reality for many youth of color feels like in today’s society. Not the strong-armed, thuggish stereotypical plight that precedes us, but the intimate appeal of normalcy. Just being youthful.
There are small engagements of lustful banter, several inquiries of being in a place that is not shaped for this young mind and a clever search for what else the world holds that one has not yet had the chance to experience.
Our favorite tracks, “Hussein’s Theory” (Duh! For its poetic interpretation of the black Mind) and “Saturday Cartoons” featuring Myndd (For its fruitful flows, slight work storytelling, and connection).
NilexNile has found his lane, a gift that could have been curtailed. A dream that could have been deferred. Keep showing up sir. The world is ready for this type of truth.
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