Author: Mustafa Abubaker

By Mustafa Abubaker

Rama Kazi, a Blindian (Black + Indian) rapper out of Atlanta, emerges this summer with a record all about vehicular bass. Produced by Rama Kazi himself, the temporary beat switch at 1:14 legit sent chills down my spine. That’s Joh.lo on the feature. For everyone whose ride’s sound system turns heads, this fun, positive and up-lifting track is the perfect addition to your playlist to help turn summer 2024 into one of the waviest and happiest yet.

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As a bonus, for a glimpse into Rama Kazi’s versatility, check out his track “Ghost In The Machine”. This is my personal favorite Rama Kazi track. It shows an entirely different side of him. Dude’s mad talented.

By Mustafa Abubaker

Ask anybody in the ATL whose even the slightest bit tapped in with what’s pushing the local culture forward in a positive way and they’ll bring up none other than DJ Aladdinn himself, a young man with a tenacious appetite for success and an even greater drive to cement himself as one of the greatest to ever do it from the city of Atlanta.

Flexing his skills as a record producer thus far in 2024 as well as seemingly cloning himself the amount of locations he’s DJ’ing at every single night in a city known around the world for its impact on the music industry and music itself, DJ Aladdinn’s rubbing shoulders with some of the most dynamic up and coming artists from the city in the hopes that his vision – one of grand success – manifests itself through working with those around him and bringing the best out of a rapper or a singer in the studio when they’re together.

His latest record “Bite” places well known Atlanta rapper Kap G front and center. A menacing dog graces the single’s cover art. You can almost hear the dog growl through the still image. WJB guests on the record.

“I made the beat with the co-producers. That same night, we finished the beat. Kap G hit me up trying to record. We did the beat and song the same night,” DJ Aladdinn tells me over iMessage.

Check out the track below.

By Mustafa Abubaker

Music video director turned recording artist Rahul has revealed not one but two demos within a week, respectively titled “new balance” and “FLX”.

At just 1:14, “new balance” has little to do with the beloved dad sneaker but much more to do with the balance in a newly formed relationship… or maybe the refreshed balanced in a months or even years long relationship. You decide. A black girl searches for Rahul in the opening frame. When she finds him with the help of her flashlight on a black and blue May spring night. Television and film script take up screen space as the footage rolls on, spoon-feeding the fan. Rahul’s in a bathroom next to his girl but he’s looking the other way. His girl’s facing the mirror. They’re both brushing their teeth. A rather cute scene of a happy couple rolling out a carpet in what looks like a new apartment with two moving boxes in the back looks like it could be straight out of a heartfelt moment with a romantic movie. What’s a 2024 music video for a demo without a little nostalgia? A photographer shoots a flick of Rahul and his girl outside of their new pad on a OneStep Flash Polaroid. It’s pinned to the fridge…. next to bills with red stamps reading PAST DUE. She throws the papers in his face and walks off screen. It ends with a shot of the two having breakfast together. OJ, coffee, brochures, glasses, robes, white tees…

“FLX” is a different beast. There’s no romance here. There’s only a desolate desert, a breathtakingly beautiful backdrop of the stars, and Rahul himself (still clad in the same white tank from “new balance”) leaned up against a half buried van for reasons unknown.

Ah, yes. The music itself. Yeah, the guy’s carved out a lane paved by the one and only Frank Ocean… but he’s also put his own little original spin on the pitched vocals, the “warm and chill” vibes, and the delivery that so many fans of Blonded fell in love with.

Pre-save WIDDIT here: https://symphony.to/rahul-1/widdit.