#invalid nalyd

Hello, Wicked Cool Music Review back again here to review West Virginian Rapper,Producer,Crooner & aspiring media mogul Invalid Nalyd!

I’m hesitant to really explain him exactly because I racked my brain trying to compare him to another artist but I just can’t.

Nalyd has such a unique booming sound and style that you can’t classify him as one specific genre or even judge him by saying he is trying to sound like somebody else.

He is in fact so different that it’s a headtrip to listen to because before clicking PLAY on any of his material in his humungous catlogue of never ending music I personally found myself thinking “Wow he has so many styles and voices and instrumental change ups that you don’t know what to expect”.

I found out about Nalyd through a Reddit page showcasing the best underground emcees in the country. Now at first I seen a guy who looks like a teenage Bubba Sparxx from West Virginia. So immediately I thought this was going to be some backwood hilbilly trying to rap like Mini Thin and if you read my Mini Thin review from 2012 you would know I absolutely can’t stand how Mini Thin tries to sound like a wannabe rapper with  a fake voice and a lame gimmick. I’ll be honest however, I slept on Nalyd.

I kept pushing his review to the back on my review list for almost a year. Then one day I sat down and sighed heavily thinking ugh here we go time to listen to some hilbilly redneck try to rap or whatver. I listened to a song called “Tampa Bae” first

HOLY FUCKING SHIT it blew me away. Tampa Bae wasn’t even a rap track. I heard Nalyd singing this vibrant heavenly melody “Now I orginate” It sounded like a rugged angel from above speaking it’s first words to mankind. Not to mention the beat was produced by him and it was fucking outrageous. The beat had this early 90′s ish rave sound. Listening to the instrumental alone sounds like an LSD trip in a crowd of 1,000 people. Then it breaks down into this Justin Timberlake-esq “TELL ME TELL ME HOW DOES IT FEEL NOW!” and the whole song was a raw fusion of 90′s rave music, a hint of new wave techno and just a dash of industrial metal strings. Beautiful home made music that deserves credit. Nalyd has the potential to be the future of Hip-Hop or even Pop music. This could be the start of a future star that came from the very bottom and is honestly still there.

TIME TO REVIEW!!!!

Rating: 8.7/10

I give him a 8.7 because I think his only downfall is the quality isn’t very good. Sounds very lo-fi. I feel like he records these all on his own otherwise it if Nalyd had actual professional equipment he would be a solid 10 no joke 

Message: 9.9/10

9.9 of 10! Top notch quality lyrically. His message has a common theme of invalidation or like he is trying to seek approval either from an anonymous lover that he yearns to be with or he is seeking props from his fellow rap comrades. I gathered enough information to confirm that Nalyd is a very intelligent man. I feel like Nalyd might be so smart in fact that it feels like his tight knit fan-base is cult and they have a underlying agenda. Nalyd’s message is very high-brow and so damn eloquent that if you haven’t experienced neglect or rejection then you might not appreciate his art at all. He considers himself “INVALID” meaning that he feels like whatever he does will never matter. As sad as that sounds and is. It’s beautiful in a way. He spews his love, anger, frustrations and all out on the paper and then into the instrumentals that are so perfectly woven into the songs. He only wants love from the girl of his dreams and I think after failing to save his princess from the burning tower he now resides in an “invalid” state of mind. Although he has used that weakness to play to his strengths. He now considers himself a hallway for other people to take his message and prosper through life. He is not religious because he has a moral belief that says to worship yourself. I think Nalyd can’t be compared to another rapper but I definitely can compare him to a scientist of sorts. He is the lost soul, the misunderstood genius. I worry about Nalyd’s health from his lean abuse and let’s all hope we don’t lose a legend in the making. I honestly think the kid from a West Virginia trailer park could be the future of the ever changing music industry. Only time will tell. He has the potential to change the landscape and sound of music forever.

Thank You For Reading This Review Here Are Some Other Tracks That You Should Enjoy From The Invalid One

My Top 5

Life In Pink

Hit & Run

When Lean Met Xans 

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