Let's Talk About Music: XXXTentacion (English Version)

This is the first section of my blog where I will speak on some artist focusing the post in analyze its trajectory or simply to recommend it. Today I want to talk to you about an artist that I am listening a lot lately and quickly became a favorite.

Fuente

His real name is Jahseh Dwayne Onfroy but is better known as XXXTentacion or X for short, he was born on January 23, 1998 in Florida, the United States. His career started in 2014 when he released his first song to SoundCloud, titled "Vice City". After that his career has had high and low considering that in July 2016 he was arrested and accused of theft, assault with a weapon, illegal detention, handling of witnesses and aggravation of a victim pregnant (who previously was his girlfriend). Onfroy was released from prison on bail on 26 March 2017. On 15 December 2017, Onfroy was re-arrested for violation of probation, is currently under house arrest.

Currently, his discography has 2 studio albums, 2 Mix tapes, 5 EPs and 4 Independent albums, also in its repertoire there can be a large number of singles and collaborations.

X is an artist very versatile, therefore define its style is something difficult because as he has said in interviews his inspiration comes not from a single musical genre:

“I really enjoy several genres that not only are based in the rap. More artists of other genres inspire me in addition to the rap”

Thanks to that we can see X singing from aggressive genres as there it are the Metal Rap and Horrorcore; until styles like the Trap and the R&B, also passing by more calm genres such as Jazz or Emo Hip Hop.

As I said earlier this his first song launched on SoundCloud 2014; His lyric tells us a little of the thoughts and experiences of the artist, all that while we relax with a calm base that contains samples of the song Sing to the Moon by Laura Mvula, thanks to that the song ends up by being a relaxing and reflective trip.

Launched on December 30, 2015 via SoundCloud, "Look At Me" is the most popular song of X with more than 85 million of visits only on YouTube. Its base is a sample of the song "Changes" of Mala, and this is where the artist gets rid of his internal fury through a lyric that only speaks of savage sexual encounters.

Being one of the songs from your Ep entitled "A GHETTO CHRISTMAS CAROL!" launched in December 2017, is a Freestyle where accentuates the talent and style from the artist to make rhymes freely on a simple but aggressive base.

Finally SAD! It is one of the first songs from his upcoming album to see the light, since it was launched on 1 March of this year. The song has assembled million visits in Snippets and at least 18 million in its official video, the song If you talk About love and heartbreak with a catchy rhythm that is full of nostalgia.

With all this said we can conclude that XXXTentacion is an artist that may not be for everyone, because it is not tied to a single genre and added to that the genres he has handled are for very specific tastes, but for those who like Rap and Rock This is an artist to take into account. Without much more to say says goodbye for today your friend @blondskate.