Se'von: BLACK COCO
As the world continues to experience the ever-changing challenges of Covid 19, a lot of us are discovering things about ourselves they we may or may not have known. With pandemics, restrictions, lockdowns, and economic walls seemingly erected right in front of our eyes, one thing that also seems apparent is that when it comes to Hip Hop, “…age aint nothing but a number…”. With online concerts, celebrity podcasts, and streaming song battles, we are kind of forced to pay attention just a bit more to some artists that perhaps wouldn’t get as much of our attention during a normal daily routine. The presentation of “older” artists are being requested more and more, and they are showing up!
Se’von is one such veteran, who has won a music award, toured the country, and is the writer behind a handful of big records for film and TV including a record called “WAR” that has recently been featured on ABC’s hit TV Drama “For Life”. His latest release entitled “Black Coco” is building up steam at a time when the word “Black” is trending one way or the other.
“Black Coco” is unique because it sort of combines a 70’s Funk sound, with a 90’s Hip Hop vibe that’s been injected with a 2020’s flow; Think early Stevie Wonder, written by Nas, spat by Jay Z while he’s hanging out with (MAGA hat free) Kanye West, yup. With lines like “…If I say I can’t breathe, muthf**ka let me go/ Come back from the dead and repay for the choke…” and “…by 21 I did everything on ya bucket list/ blade to your wrist, let’s see if you were cut for this…” it is very witty, the delivery is powerful, and the song actually has a political undertone that isn’t preachy. With 20 years of releasing records it’s a wonder why more people haven’t heard of him. After watching DMX vs Snoop Dogg during verzuz and it being the best live song battle of this Pandemic Se’von is right to feel comfy putting out hot records and not being in his 20’s. So, maybe we all should delete that myth about rappers being “too old” to release music, because it seems to me that the only number that should matter in Hip Hop, is #1.
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