
I was introduced to a site called reverbnation lotsa guys who are tryna get their stuff out there put their mix tapes/demos etc on there so went through it and found a guy called H-Da 8th Letter seems good enough to write about well let me not say good enough I'll try not get into the name iv decided to keep my opinions about names to myself cos clearly i just have real issues that should be dealt with accordingly.H-Da 8th Letter was born in Kinshasa, DRC in 1988. He left when he was 5yrs old to South Africa because of the on going war, so by birth he already had things to write about. Now, raised in South Africa he learnt the languages to express his emotions in every way possible through music. Now living in New York City he is devoted to take over the music industry with is lyrical ability and charisma to the industry and pays homage to the ones that came before him.Listening to the 5 songs he had on the site i was purely blown away by this guys lyrical content very strong stuff,checked the music video for lets get it on out too doesn't appeal to me think more could have been done with it and the song, and im not too crazy bout the beats on the tracks either kinda brings him down a little. but even though he is lyrically strong still unsure if its something I'm willing to sit and listen to over and over again, purely because as an artist u gotta find the balance between having strong lyrical content yet appealing to the market cos at the end of the day like my friend always says "u gotta put bread on the table man" and honestly i don't think he is versatile enough to break into the market as a strong commercial artist he has potential to though don't get me wrong. I'm not saying mindless candy coated hip hop is the way forward but u still gotta appeal to a number of people,think as an underground artist he serves that platform well,if its the kinda market he's going for and if that's the market that he wants to appeal to, he should rethink it cos bread is costly and don't come cheap and besides you cant live your whole life making demos and mix tapes if you want that its time you reconsidered being a hip hop artist and look for a career.

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