With gained recognisable features in 2017, such as Bebe Rexha’s Comfortable, Kojo Fund’s My Wish, and appearing on the remix of Ed Sheeran’s Shape of You, similar marketing moves can be made in the next year that can gain Kranium great publicity that will get his foot in the popular music scene. His soft and heavenly R’n’B vocal assertions integrate well with his compositions, in reference to more recent songs ‘We Can’ and the ethereal sounding ‘Want More’ with Rotimi. He enlists cultural beats from his hometown and combines those elements with the relevant beats that make up the present reggae sound. Although this was not the case a few years back, the song did get Kranium signed to Atlantic Records, which was a start.īorn in Montego Bay, Jamaica, Kranium is well deserved of more exposure in the reggae genre. It peaked at #32 on the Reggae Digital Song chart as Twitter had enlisted him as an emerging artist. It wasn’t enough to get Kranium’s fame giving him greater and more deserved exposure. Having first came across Kranium’s talent through his underrated song with Ty Dolla $ign ‘Can’t Believe’, it dawned that there was a whole spectrum of sounds just like this that the world is not aware of.Īlthough his single ‘Nobody Has To Know’, also featuring Ty Dolla $ign, gained popularity in 2015 reaching #44 on the Billboard charts. Mixing African instrumentals with Carribean beats feels like the refreshing iced slushie we need when the suns heat gets unbearable on a summer day.
Kranium introduced new concepts to the popular music scene. A feature that can save parts of the hip-hop industry in the future, which is why Lil Uzi Vert will only get bigger in 2018. With his yearning vocals, a test of vulnerable listeners cannot help but sympathize with Uzi. The fact is that if Lil Uzi Vert can have a whole crowd of people, who weren’t there to see him, sing his song word for word when it was only released on SoundCloud at the time, there is a great chance his recently released album Luv Is Rage 2 and his likeability factor can influence his future success.
Similarly, Kid Cudi, Logic, Kendrick Lamar, Joe Budden and XXXTentacion rap of similar burdens and thoughts. Speaking on the issues of suicide and mental health, he spoke almost the unspeakable in the hip-hop industry, where the paychecks exist in bragging about money, drugs and women. What makes this track special is grimy under beats and bass that compliment Uzi’s rock-like vocals, many have compared his voice to Young Thug. When performing the song for the first time, fans of The Weeknd already knew the words to XO and were singing like the song had been in existence for years and re-appeared after all this time. His welcomed exposure came to life during his opening nights on the XO European tour. Delving into mental health, drugs, and his unhealthy relationship with his ex-girlfriend, the songs likeability accounts for its memorable dragging bass rhythm, flows, and relentless, raspy vocalized lyrics by Lil Uzi. The catchy track produced by TM88 was first performed at The Weeknd’s London show. Lil Uzi Vert gained his fame this year with the hit song XO Tour Llif3, named after The Weeknd’s label.