Long Live The New Flesh

Jimmy Johnson

I’ll admit that at first I thought six time Nascar champion Jimmie Johnson had been signed to OVO and was about to blow us all out of the water with a gangster rap album chronicling his rise to stock car fame. I was understandably disappointed to learn otherwise. Despite my now broken expectations I gave this other Jimmy Johnson a listen and was pleasantly surprised. The Toronto native raps with an aggressive energy over laid back smokey beats. This juxtaposition  provides a unique sound that could help him stand out amongst the increasingly crowded rap game. His style leads me to think that OVO is the perfect place for him to grow. That aggressive yet laid back energy can be found on his EP In God We Trust and his Sun Goes Down video. Check him out

Cozz

So apparently J Cole has his own label now. Poor Jay Z sitting there crying over photos of J Cole and Kanye standing there with their lunchboxes and backpacks on their first day of school and now they’re all grown up signing their own rappers. Dreamville has signed South Central LA rapper Cozz and for good reason. Dude can spit. He only has two songs out, I Need That and Dreams, right now. Most people grind their whole lives putting out tape after tape without any attention save for the occasional datpiff commenter, but this guy puts out two songs and gets immediately scooped up by a rising star. It sounds unbelievable until you listen to the man’s two songs. Solid beats combined with a versatile flow and raw emotion lead to a song that is infinitely bumpable. Both songs just drip with raw talent and it makes the wait for his upcoming album Cozz and Effect all the more unbearable.