‘I Get Nightmares, Hope You Understand’ - K!d Hype
Strengths:
Very well written and discusses important and relevant issues, mostly mental health-related
Energetic without being aggressive
Catchy and memorable flows throughout
Melodic choruses paired with rapid fire verses
Weaknesses:
Short runtime for an album
Spoken word sections feel unnecessary
Overview:
Young Philly rapper, first solo project, follows a series of singles and a build up to the album
10 tracks, 31 minutes long
Alternates between hard-hitting, fast paced delivery and melodic autotuned singing
Features Lilxbreezz, production from Ben Kasso, Yung Talent, and DCee Musik
Description:
A phenomenal debut, K!d Hype manages to combine deep and introspective writing with high energy and intensity bangers, resulting in tracks that draw you in by their catchy hooks and technically precise flows, and keep you there with their honest and raw lyricism. Every track here tells a story - ‘IGN,HYU’ is a journey through the mind of a troubled artist, reaching incredible highs in his dreams and rock-bottom lows in his nightmares. Very few people have the gift to convert their inner struggles into music this powerful, and K!d Hype is one of those rare talents. Tracks like ‘Lost Soul’ and ‘Such Is Life’ especially highlight the troubles and traumas of his life, and K!d finishes the project with ‘Nightmares’, where he leaves everything he has on the beat with some of the most powerful sing-rapping delivery you’ll see.