From performing in performs for L.A.’s Wonderful Grace Conservatory to being signed to Pharrell‘s I Am Different music collective at 15 years outdated, it’s been fairly the last decade for Buddy. With any prolonged profession comes nuance, nevertheless it additionally requires pause for reflection. For the younger Compton rapper, this pause got here throughout a retreat to Portugal the place a five-gram mushroom journey and sound tub encounter helped him attain the outlines of his newest studio album Don’t Overlook To Breathe.
“I’m not tryna leap off the porch like I’m all enlightened ya know. It’s a journey,” Buddy defined in a latest interview. On “Free My Thoughts,” the primary single from his new album, introduces the theme of mindfulness, grounding and launch. “Quickly as I free my thoughts, I’ll be simply superb,” he laments as his sluggish vocals and synths swirl round a stacked snare.
“Transfer On” encourages listeners to stroll away from draining on-off relationships. Right here, Buddy takes on one verse over a deep bass and one-two kick. He then seems deeper on “Shouldve Identified,” the place he confesses his want to remain out the way in which whereas staying prayed up on the swanky lounge tune that Smino our bodies effortlessly; his sharp supply performing a balancing act.
Buddy is Compton high to backside. Regardless of how versatile he’s, there’s no mistaking the L.A. G-funk grooves that mark every of his tasks. Even among the many East Coast beats on his final album, Superghetto, there’s “Wait Too Lengthy” that includes Blxst. There’s additionally Janktape Vol. 1, a bouncy collaborative tape with Overdoz member Kent Jamz, who additionally options on Don’t Overlook To Breathe, showing on the sultry reside jazz function “Discuss About It.”
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“Acquired Me Began” provides to this homage of ’90s West Coast rap beats, as does “Get It All,” a futuristic twist on G-funk suffering from popping hi-hats and rippling vocals; “Do Thangs” is producer Hollywood Cole‘s personal tackle this sound for what would possibly simply flip right into a cookout favourite.
Buddy will get bar-heavy on “Buddy A Idiot,” an interchange between him and his third individual self, mimicking rumors and allegations. “That n-gga buddy be excessive/ I texted him however he didn’t reply/ I heard he obtained a DUI,” he raps on the tune’s refrain. He writes lax but intelligently solely including curiosity with inconsiderate vocal fillers and inflections.
Along with “Buddy A Idiot,” the MC’s unfastened playful demeanor off digicam, out-of-studio reveals via on “Like This,” a hazy confession of smoke goals: “Each time I smoke my spliff I consider all types of shit.”
Buddy presents eclectic cruise music on Don’t Overlook To Breathe. As he places it: “I’m simply rapping actual good over dope beats.”
RELEASE DATE: March 29, 2024
RECORD LABEL: EMPIRE
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