Modesic: A World of Music

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*Cue fangirl moment* ....Okay, I'm done..for now, haha! No..I'll be professional about this or um mature enough..at least I'll try.. *cough* You guys don't understand as soon as I discovered these two gentlemen I was in awe. Their music turned into my sweet haven for majority of my nights when I first found out about them. Who am I talking about? Well, Gentleman's Vibe, of course! Two guys who can both sing and rap their own original songs such as "10,000" and remixes of songs such as Lorde's "Royals" song.

From the moment I discovered them up until now these two gentlemen have come a long way. Even releasing a mixtape, From Pinstripes to Fights, last year during summer time (in July, I believe). Their mix tape is currently on my ipod actually. It'll enhance you from the moment you first listen to it. Actually to take it even further back into the past, here's one of their earlier work (note: they do not use this particular youtube account anymore):

Their lyrics always get to me for some reason...I guess in a way, it's because I can relate to it...But uh let's not dwell into that too much, you guys! It's actually a good thing to me. To change the subject, let's talk about the artists they collaborate with. Each and every artist they have done a song with, they sound so well together! Does that sound sophisticated enough to you all? No? Simple, right? Uhh let me try it again...each individual artist they collaborated with, flowed easily with their voices. By that I mean, there are times when two or more artists collab together and don't sound all that amazing..like nails being scratched on a chalkboard...but eh that's not the case here. They sound so heavenly together..Just can't get enough of them! (Oh..look there's my fan girl side showing again..oops..)

With everything being said, you all should definitely look out for this two gentlemen. In my honest opinion, they're on the road to success and not about to get off it at anytime now. Although, it probably doesn't help that I'm a huge fan of their music and will be biased towards them..but eh..that's just minor, minor details!

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So before I write about this next artist, let me just get something out. He was the first ever submission to Modesic. I was literally bouncing, acting crazy, saying, "Oh my gosh! Oh my gosh! Oh my gosh! SUBMISSION! SOMEONE SUBMITTED! OH MY GOSH!!!" ..You get the point..I was just way too excited haha. Yung Rep, was the first to submit, so he's special you guys. And I'm not just saying that because he was the first to submit but truth be told he definitely is special. Now do you all remember Kilo Jones? Yes, yes. The one who did the Avant-Garde album that was shown here on Modesic a few posts back. Yung Rep is actually featured on his album so if you haven't heard the album or the song that Yung Rep was featured on yet, make sure you check out Kilo's album! (Note: look under our tags page to find it.)

One of the songs that I first heard from Yung Rep was "Holy God." Soon as I heard it, I was hooked to his music. The beat was wicked; the lyrics were cool; the song basically just drew me in. "You're here for the moment..I'm here for the taking," was a favorite of mine on "Holy God," To me in a way, it's saying, others may be here trying to get their chance in the spotlight but their spotlight won't last for long. It would be Yung Rep who stands amongst them all. But then again that could just be me over thinking a line and trying to find meaning to it when there wasn't even one in the first place (I'm known to do that).

He did a song with Mike Milli called "Fell Off" needless to say I favored this song more than the others. I'm not entirely sure why it caught my attention so much but it did. As soon as the song started, I realized it would be interesting. The first part, "Fell off, fell off, fell off again..." was intriguing and what followed after was even more intriguing. But I'm not saying what followed after, you'll just have to listen to the song to find out. *whistles* Now don't be shy, you know you want to listen and find out what the heck I'm talking about. After you listen why not listen to his other songs as well? No one's going to stop you.

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Allow me to present Kdon, an upcoming Jamaican artist. He's very passionate about his music. I first heard about him through my cousin a few years back and in my honest opinion he's come a long way since then. One of his song that I first listened to was a freestyle that he did. The first time I heard it, I didn't even like it, I'm not even sure I fully paid attention to it when I was listening to it. It just never caught my interest..that is until recently. Some odd number of days back, I sat on my laptop and started to listen to song after song on his youtube account. There were those that caught my interest while there were those that didn't. Similar to how a regular musician's album is..you have their hit singles, and then you have their not-so-well-known songs on the album that may or may not catch your full attention.

Hopefully you all listened to that song that I just posted because if you did you would have realized something about Kdon. What was that realization, you ask (if you didn't listen or are unsure)? Well I'll tell you. It's that you possibly may not be able to understand him in that song. Reason being is because he raps with a mixture of patwa and english...but he does do english songs too. So never fear (if that was what you were starting to think about). He has a wide variety of songs (including vlogs) that are on his youtube account, some songs on it that I would recommend would be "Facts of Life" and "Jet Setting" featuring Frenzi, both in which I found intriguing.

A song from Kdon that I got a bit too addicted to that he did with another artist, Khaos, is "Ghetto Symphony". This particular song was released sometime around the end of last month and it was the beat that drew me in. To me it was amazing..it was fantastic..it was...well...you get the point. Their lyrics were on point too, but to be honest, I was mainly into the beat when I first heard it. Don't judge me. But just don't just take my word for it, some of my own friends who I sent the song to, all said variations of the same thing: "I can't understand it but the beat is amazing!" "It sounds dope! But what are they saying?" You be the judge on whether or not you like the beat and the lyrics (although loving the song as it is already is good and a plus too). Just be warned, there's a 95% chance you may not be able to understand their lyrics (as it's in both patwa and english) but I mean, I understand it...so I can't really say much on that topic.

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You know those people on twitter who tweet asking to send music or that they need new music to listen to? I'm one of them, with that being said it's actually how I discovered Kilo Jones. Lo and behold, one night while I was on twitter, I tweeted that I needed new music to listen to and would love for someone to send me something. Hey, it was worth a shot, right?

Kilo Jones, an artist who advertises his music on twitter actually replied to me telling me about some album being the best. Now I was skeptical when I read that as for some reason, artists always believe their album is the best so they advertise it as such (when in some cases it is not). Nonetheless, I gave Jones music a shot and out of the 5 songs on Avant-Garde, there were only 2 songs that I liked ("Am-nē-zha" and "Nebulous" ft. Lifehouse). Originally.

At the moment that isn't the case anymore. Recently, I contacted him over twitter to check out his album once more for the blog. While I sat in my room listening to each song, I started to realize something there was one song that caught my attention: "The Reason" ft. Yung Rep. To be honest, I'm not entirely sure why it didn't catch my attention the first time but it did nonetheless. Personally, I think the only reason it caught my attention this time was because of the female harmonies in the background.

Overall, each song on Avant-Garde is different; the beats are amazing; the lyrics are good, not the best but good and plus the album cover is cool. Please take note some parts of each song could be deemed inappropriate for those who are under 12. Yes, I said 12 and not 13 or 18 because quite frankly young kids nowadays just listen to anything without a care...so do listen at your own risk. Modesic is not responsible for younglings getting in trouble.

Wondering what the five songs are on his album? Here they are:

"Paint The City"

"Paul Avril" ft. Janet Jackson

"Am-nē-zha"

"Nebulous" ft. Lifehouse

"The Reason" ft. Yung Rep

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Allow me to introduce you all to Tag, an artist who interacts with his fans on Twitter; who somehow managed to find me one day on twitter and introduced me to his world of music. Now before you all question me, yes, yes I did say his name was Tag; not tag as in "Tag! You're it! Na, na, abooboo! You can't catch me!" (yes, I just went there) or even tag as in tags that separate your posts. His name is Tag and to me it seems as if he's here to stay a long time in the music business.

"Through the Eyes Of a Poet" was the first song that I had ever listened to by Tag. Lets get a fact straight: it was amazing to the point that I was actually hooked. It did shock me as usually when artists randomly tweet me their music out of nowhere to listen to it...well...it usually sucks. Tag is different, his music can definitely catch your interest. If you guys check out his youtube page, you will find that he only has four songs on it. His remix of Imagine Dragon's "Radioactive" is one of the four songs that I recommend that you all listen to (click here to listen).

Being of Guyanese heritage, Tag sometimes uses patwa (or patois..whichever spelling you prefer) in his songs, he uses it in "Through the Eyes Of a Poet," even though it was a small part. However, with that being said, all his songs are in English. He has yet to release a song that is fully patwa but...it could happen sometime in the future so be on the lookout!