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isn’t past his “My Sub” series days he just fails to exemplify his artistic growth with that same bravado that captivated my ears in 2014.ĭespite being a slight uptick, from Big K.R.I.T.’s last album K.R.I.T. Fortunately, his new album, Digital Roses Don’t Die, offers a cleanse that teeters between good and great. Throughout these EPs and his subsequent album, he skewers between offering a palette of introspective raps, more introspective raps, and some flex raps. has been heading since surprising his trifecta of EPs in 2018. It’s not hard to when the spiritual and influential overtones of southern hip-hop charm your ears into your bass-infused beats however, some of that now beguiles you into reflecting where K.R.I.T.
is distinguishable in many ways – quality being one of them – but they don’t benefit his bottom line when the production wanes between forgettable and spectacular. Tickets: $20 for general admission VIP packages are $80 to $115.Big K.R.I.T.
It’s gonna be exciting, crunk and spiritual all at the same time.” Big K.R.I.T. So, I try and represent that whole experience. They got married, had kids, graduated college, got their jobs and are dealing with all that. “A lot of the people that supported me then, their lives have changed, too. “I always go back and bring people up to now,” he notes of the set lists. says his upcoming New Daisy show will focus on the new material but still touch on his entire body of work. When people are there for the whole verse, if they ride with you, if you can connect on that level, it becomes bigger for me than just trying to entertain.” And people are there for it the entire time - and, brother, that’s what I make music for. “A song like ‘Drinking Sessions’ is almost jazz - it’s an 83-bar verse and the hook comes in at the end. “But that’s what I was influenced by and grew up on, too. Things like ‘Keep the Devil Off’ isn’t traditional hip-hop it’s a gospel song,” he says. “I’m singing a whole lot more on the record the tempos are different. Part of that meant taking risks in musical style and production - aiding in that effort are a mix of guests, from rappers like T.I., Lloyd, Bun B and the late Pimp C to soul artists Jill Scott, Bilal and Cee Lo Green, as well as musicians like Memphian Kenneth Whalum III and Robert Glasper. I wanted to put out a project that no one would be neutral on. Not only am I gonna give you this crunk music, but this introspective music as well. I’ve always had a hard time sequencing my music. Rather than throw everything together in one record, he decided “it needed to be a double album. But it’s where music becomes therapy for me - and for however many other people understand and are going through the same thing.” “Those songs are not meant to be pretty, or what you play before you go to the club. is who I am on stage Justin Scott is who I am at home,” says the rapper, who details his battles with depression and drinking in detail on the latter disc. and a collection of introspective, confessional numbers billed to Justin Scott. returns to Memphis to headline the New Daisy as part of his “Heavy Is the Crown” tour, which has generated sellouts and major buzz.Ĭonceptually, “4Eva Is a Mighty Long Time” is a two-part record - with one album of booming rap credited to Big K.R.I.T. When the record was finalized and finished I gave it to my manager and we made it happen ourselves,” he says of the disc, which debuted at No. “I mean, I had doubts leaving Def Jam, but I wasn’t going to be playing my music for a boardroom of people that didn’t get it. I wanted to invest everything I had in it. “I started working on it while I was with Def Jam but was paying for it myself. “When I started this album, I didn’t know it was going to be a double,” he says. (which stands for “King Remembered in Time”), built a loyal following among hip-hop and Southern rap fans with his 2012 Def Jam debut, “Live from the Underground,” and 2014 follow-up, “Cadillactica.”īut in 2016, he split with Def Jam, and eventually launched his own independent label, Multi Alumni, releasing acclaimed double LP “4Eva Is a Mighty Long Time” last fall. The Meridian, Mississippi, native first emerged in the mid-00s with a series of mixtapes (“See Me on Top,” “Hood Fame,” “The Last King”) before signing with the iconic hip-hop label Def Jam.īased in Atlanta for the last decade, K.R.I.T. “The challenge is always finding new ways to tell your story.” “I’ve been telling a very thorough story for a long time with my music,” says rapper Big K.R.I.T., aka Justin Scott.
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