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New Music Critique: B4lkie

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Contact: [email protected]

Web: youtube.com

Seeking: Review

Style: Rap

Englewood rapper B4Lkie says that he developed a passion for music at a young age before launching into his as a New Jersey MC. The artist was influenced by church, school, and Michael Jackson, but none of that fully explains his smooth flow.

The man is a gifted rapper, capable of firing off rhymes as a rapid rate but always sounding like he’s chill. B4Lkie is telling us stories, reading us journal entries, and that’s an admirable level of authenticity. He’s not fronting at all, rarely strutting. B4Lkie is just presenting himself to the listener as he is, and that makes songs like “Hi” eminently listenable.