Heaty Beat
What are your top five albums that were released in 2024? (In order 1-5)
I’m such a Zoomer that I’m pretty sure that I’ve only sat down and listened to 4 albums exactly this year. Which is 4 more albums than the majority of my other friends. Here are the albums I was most excited to listen to this year.
- Cordae - The Crossroads
- Logic - Ultra 85
- Spose - What Could Go Wrong?
- Sniper2004 - 2000fourrr
All these albums go so hard in their own unique ways.
What band did you discover in 2024 (can be a brand new band or an older band) that had an impact on your life? How so?
Haircuts For Men is an artist that I’ve been bumping a lot of this year. They make Vaporwave/Synthwave music and as far as life impact goes whenever I need something to listen to as I work their catalog is definitely a go-to. Plus it’s fun to freestyle over their songs because they use boom-bap type drums on very unique sounding instrumentation sometimes. They’ve been pretty much getting me through my senior year of college.
How will you remember 2024 (in terms of music)?
A year of variety for sure! A lot of my favorite artists have started to branch out of the genre of music they typically make and I think that’s something really cool and inspiring to see. There’s also just a whole bunch of music out there, especially in the world of hip-hop I feel like we’re seeing a lot more sub-genres emerge. Not everyone is sounding the same, there are a lot of new different sounds that are distinct from each other. I feel like there's a genre of music made for every type of person nowadays whereas in the past I couldn't say that as confidently.
What can we look forward to from you in 2025?
Since I’ll be graduating from university in 2025, you can expect many more songs and videos from me! I want to drop a lot more than I have recently. Not only do I want to drop a variety of new sounds from me. Let's branch out from the "rappity-rap" stuff I usually do and mix things up a bit -- pick up the guitar. Plus a physical release of my first-ever EP, The Warm-Up, is something that’ll happen, too!
What records are you looking forward to most in 2025?
Anything made by the people around me! Seeing my friends and people I’ve met express themselves creatively through music is the coolest thing ever to me. If they can do it, why can't I? It's just really motivating. Sriracha, Joey Aich, Peyton Rameriez, The Dumplings Band & AnnaDa’Vonna I’m, looking at y’all!
How do you try to get your news to fans as media platforms and algorithms change?
One thing I started doing this year that I’ve never done before is stream on Twitch. So, in addition to the usual Instagram posts and YouTube videos, I can directly talk to my chat on Livestream whenever something big happens. When I dropped my EP, The Warm-Up, I did a stream where I performed each song and explained the lyrics and meanings with my chat and it went really well. Plus, when there’s not much going on music-wise, it’s still fun to go on there and just talk to other people. Not only is it a great way to connect with current supporters it’s a great way to gain new ones too. I’ve become obsessed!
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