A collection of lofi music and hip hop instrumentals accompanied with visual media into a visual-radio station. POCTV.
POCTV is music and visual media coming str8 from the placeofcreation, Earth.
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The new album by XVRHLDY, Need To Know III : Nova, is a listening experience set in the stratosphere of outer space as XVRHLDY narrates your spacecraft’s in-flight movie. In a well balanced and cohesive body of work, Xavier touches on his past challenges in life, accountability, finding himself, and how he is still a force to be reckoned with in the rap game. Fellow Chicago hip hop superstar, Mick Jenkins, holds the only feature on this project.
XVRHLDY is one of Chicago’s most promising hip hop acts. A gifted lyricist, songwriter, and veteran independent artist who has past collaborations with names such as Saba, Noname, Supa Bwe, Twista, Mick Jenkins, and Iman Shumpert. Xavier has also been previously featured in hip hop publications such as Complex, XXL, The Source, and Pitchfork for his talent. After a long intermission in his music career to find himself and conquer personal life struggles, XVRHLDY has returned to solidify himself as a force in the hip hop game.
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Rising Chicago artist, XVRHLDY, on his new single, “Call U Back,” drifts over this upbeat, catchy vibe, and speaks on prioritizing your grind before your mobile device. The track is an attention grabber with a hook embedding itself into the brain, and staying there long after the song ends.
XVRHLDY is one of Chicago’s most promising hip hop acts. A gifted lyricist, songwriter, and veteran independent artist who has past collaborations with names such as Saba, Noname, Supa Bwe, Twista, Mick Jenkins, and Iman Shumpert. Xavier has also been previously featured in hip hop publications such as Complex, XXL, The Source, and Pitchfork for his talent. After a long intermission in his music career to find himself and conquer personal life struggles, XVRHLDY has returned to solidify himself as a force in the hip hop game.
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The new single by 6ixRings (pronounced “Six Rings”), “For The Thrill,” gives official summer vibes, good for cruising, makes you feel high, from the car starting at the beginning of the song to the sound of the car speeding away. In these times it’s very important to make sure there’s a way for people to have fun and feel good indoors.
Detroit-bred singer-songwriter, 6ixRings made his way to the music scene in 2019 with his single “Love and Money.” Coming from a troubled childhood, 6ix has always been able to drive experiences, pain and joy into his writing. Never wanting to be boxed-in, he utilizes his songwriting skills to branch into various genres, such as pop, R&B, and hip hop.
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Sometimes, music comes along where it feels as if the instruments are strumming away at an inner emotion, and where it feels that the kick and bass are beating the heart, and that the voice penetrates straight through the ears, through the mind and heart, and then send shivers through the entire body.
As much as we try to break down the elements of those songs, they escape us, because there is a more powerful and enveloping emotion that is at play, which lurks behind and beyond the intellect that tries to make sense of it.
This is the situation I’m faced with when approaching Thom Bullitt’s new album Roses.
I don’t want to write down some genre titles, because having it shelved like that in your brain would provide an incorrect context and would do the album no justice. However, common themes to literally any human being, whether living in the outback or in the heart of the urban rat race, conglomerate in Thom Bullitt’s lyrical outpourings: finding ways to deal with life’s problems, seeking motivation to keep moving forward in life, relationships gone bad, and dabbling in a bit of drink and drugs.
The album opens with a solemn and calm “Cutting Roses,” where a lightly distorted guitar establishes a introspective repetitive motif, with embellishing atmospheric tinkles, bends, and sweeps, setting the scene for an edgy kick and 808 and punches straight in the center. “Cutting Roses” bleeds the pain of detachment, alluding to the artist’s reflection on a broken relationship.
The second track, “Angels Cry,” ups the tempo, toning up an epic ballad with a passionate female hook. Bullitt displays his rapping prowess throughout the verses, opting for a tone where he excretes what is on his heart in a raw fashion.
“Back in the Saddle” is the album’s third track, pulling the tempo back, for a “boom boom bap” undertoned anthem instrumental track, with string build-ups to the hook capable of lifting your chest. Together with low piano drones sounding throughout, the lyrics suggest come back and associating with friends, already more aligned with a motivating voice to keep going, but also threaded with statements that suggest the opposite, for instance, in the hook, “I’m coming back from the fire, and I’m burning down.”
“Wasn’t Enough” is a blend of outback and urban, with a mellow acoustic guitar riffing throughout together with piercing 808s, and Thom Bullitt builds on the higher-tempo energy of the instrumental to pour out his feelings of regret, as if the same emotion relates to people in both scenarios.
The last three tracks of the album show “Town Car Muzik II” continues Thom Bullitt’s deluge of feelings through a cultivated rap style over a sentimental sound pallet that leads to explosive full-stringed hook sections. “Bad Motherfucker” is Thom Bullitt’s self-affirmation, doing what rappers have done since its beginnings—finding ways to boost himself up, and pumping the self-esteem. “MMF (Lit)” ends the album on a high note, arguably the album’s most optimistic track, where Thom Bullitt flows verses about how he lives his week between an unexpected male R&B hook that illuminates, and you could say, summarizes, the deeply emotional experience that one is left with after listening through the album.
About Thom Bullitt: Born April 1, 1994 in Houston, Texas, Thomas Rodney Oates, Thom Bullitt was raised not on Hip-Hop, but Rock & Roll, Blues, and Pop. He moved to Oklahoma in 2004 which is when he discovered and fell in love with Hip-Hop. He released his latest EP in September of 2019 titled Roses, which features a more Country Rock influence than his previous endeavors. During his career, he would become one half of the Oklahoma City based group Bacardi Gang, and still carries that mantle today along with his own lifestyle brand ILLNEZZ – accompanied by the catchphrase LIVIN IT. He plans on releasing his next EP, The Cooler King Vol.2, in 2020.
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“Raize the Bar” is a new single by SOE THE RTB ALL STARZ that brings together all the elements of hip hop, featuring top emcees from the Raize the Bar Cypher Series Event in Melbourne, Australia, with the ILL Methodology Dance League.
The single features some of Burn City’s [Melbourne’s] best hip hop artists, including:
SHORTY MIC, NEEQ ,HUMBUG, Kattimoni, EVIE WONDER, Uji MOTO, EMKEW, and IMAD.
Cutz by DEE J Eussca, who is from the nu-metal heavyweights Dirty Machine.
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In the words of Tariq Lloyd: “Ups the downs, the love and heartbreak, my freedom being taken away, then getting my freedom back. Like I really had tears falling from my face, because I could see THE MOST HIGH GOD answering my prayers. Like I really been through a lot but I kept the faith, through all the trials and tribulations.”
East Coast MC/Producer/Songwriter Tariq Lloyd debuted in 2018. Tariq Lloyd was born in Bronx, NY and currently resides in Trumbull, CT. Over the past year of 2019, he has written and produced over 50 songs, in addition to assisting other artists with their lyrics.
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Padre Tóxico’s “Summer in L.A.” is a lo-fi hip hop chillout joint, which has been labeled as one of Padre Tóxico’s finest works, an instrumental that paints a vivid narrative for the listener. The track is down-tempo, and easy to digest and just chill to.
Coming from Poland, fan of old-school hip hop from 80-90s and electronic music. no experience in making music at all.
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At just 6 years old, Lil Mushu makes his debut into the Philly Hip-Hop scene in his first ever collab EP Musashi Dragon with local underground rappers Shoto Khan and Al Mal. Quickly becoming adept at following beats, Lil Mushu was able to make up catchy hooks on the spot for this project with incredible skill at such a young age.
Not content to just be a hip hop artist, Lil Mushu is also a Taekwondo and Kyokushin fighter having entered over eight tournaments already taking 1st-3rd in sparring on multiple occasions, which has heavily influenced the content in his lyrics.
Stay tuned for more to come from this little up-and-comer in the rap game!
Son of Philadelphia rapper Shoto Khan, 6 year old Lil Mushu enters the underground rap scene with his catchy hooks and clean lyrics. A Kyokushin & full contact Taekwondo fighter, while young, Lil Mushu goes hard in both his training and lyrics. Collaborating with his uncle Al Mal, this rap trio brings high energy when they come together on tracks.
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“Kali Kali Raatan” translates to “dark dark nights.” It is a fusion of hip hop and R&B, which is targeted toward the young hustlers trying to fulfill their dreams and aspirations by staying true to the vibe and the grind.
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