

The pseudo-industrial hip-hop of Floor 555 sounds like a lightweight version of Foetus or Nine Inch Nails (unfortunately Schizophrenia, that harkens back to the metal-industrial style of the 1990s, is left unfinished after a little over a minute). He weds frenzied rap and desperate crooning in The Remedy For A Broken Heart over neoclassical guitar strumming. The nocturnal jazz-rap Infinity (888) samples sampled Stan Getz and Bill Evans's The Peacocks. To the quasi-orchestral pop ballad of Numb via theĪnd the autotuned trap-soul ballad $$$, ending with the orchestral

However, this is certainly a varied collection with smart arrangements,įrom the catchy and dramatic singer-songwriter performances of Alone Part 3 and Pain = Bestfriend Ironically, the music that comes next is anything but original. ? opens with an arrogant Introduction in which he asks the listener to be open to his alternative sound, which proved that he had no idea of what music was being made by alternative musicians. His more traditional rap songs are soulful ( Everybody Dies In Their Nightmares with counterpoint of melodic humming) and hypnotic ( Fuck Love). Save Me imitates an oneiric Pink Floyd-ian anthem. Revenge is an antiquated doo-woop style rigmarole, while Piano-based Dead Inside is vintage jazzy singer-songwriter fare. Melancholy singer-songwriter, one of the many descendants of The soul in pain of Depression & Obsession, instead, sounds like a Into a languid soul ballad before turning into a typical rap rant. Slow-motion echo from the vocal groups of the 1940s and suddenly morphs The Explanation, his versatility is demonstrated by Label (hence no marketing), very little support from the media (that mostlyĭespised his persona) and very little airplay.ġ7 contains ten brief songs, none longer than three minutes. He became a mass phenomenon despite having no record contract with a In 2016 he was arrested after beating his pregnant girlfriend. In 2015 he was arrested for a robbery, and Generated a lot of hype although the artistic level was virtually Somehow appealed to those who enjoyed hatred, Look at Me (2015) and the mixtape Revenge (2017) Scarce talent demonstrated in his early recordings ( Copyright © 2012 Piero Scaruffi | Terms of Use)Ī juvenile delinquent from Florida, became a rap sensation despite the XXXTentacion: biography, discography, review, links
