4-26-23 - “HUSH MONEY” - GENESIS RENJI FEATURING DEE3X

What’s really good? Ortizus is taking over the blogs this month, you know the vibes! 

It’s not as warm as it was a few weeks ago but I know how to heat you up–NEW MUSIC. It’s time to update those playlists this week with another banger from Genesis Renji and Dee3x called “Hush Money”. 

Right off the bat, I caught the ode to Pharrell with the 5 beat intro and I couldn’t help but timehop to 2006/2007 when David Banner was taking over. The beat just gives that nostalgic feel. Moving on from the beat, the flow on this track is crazy! Listen to this song and tell me it doesn’t give the same feeling that “Play” by David Banner gives–but with a more clean angle. I don’t know if it’s sampled or not but I know they did what needed to be done. I also think the length of the song is perfect because it gives you just enough to want to run it back. It’s almost as if they know the recipe already!

You know what time it is. Let us know YOUR thoughts on Genesis Renji’s latest single featuring Dee3x! You can find the song HERE!

The block is hot!

/Ortizus for CW

HymnWho - “A Glorious Rise” EP

Already 5 months post-release of his Album “Retroactive Phenomenon.”(If you haven't heard it yet, make it a thing), Milwaukee artist HymnWho enters 2022 with “A Glorious Rise.” His style and sonic approach is signature at this point and goes against the grain of what has been popularized as the Milwaukee sound with a mixture of rap verses, melodic choruses, and beats that give us a new feel with sound choices that range from 80’s rock and pop to hip-hop. Even so, HymnWho is not to be so easily defined. He shows off his charisma first on “Sadiq” with a smoove beat drop and the opening line “You gotta treat me like a gangsta it's just human nature…” and soon after, quoting Rick James’ most famous affirmation for himself a few bars later. You can feel the confidence spilling from HymnWho even as he begins to talk about some of his growing pains. “Dangerous Game” gets more intimate; here’s a song about the importance of self acceptance and the consequences of walking blindly from not knowing who it is (within ourselves) that we are really counting…  Man, us 20 something's be goin’ through! After a few funky hard hitters, “Walk in My Glory” gives a powerful ending with a production that gradually gives a triumphant tone and a hook that makes you feel like you're glowing! 

Tell me how YOU feel about “ A Glorious Rise ” Milwaukee. /Naomi-Re’a for CW