Rapper KR$NA has launched his new EP ‘For the Day Ones’ by way of Kalamkaar. Photo: Courtesy of the artist
Just when followers had been roasting rapper KR$NA a couple of retirement, the hip-hop artist has launched a various new EP For The Day Ones by way of Kalamkaar.
Desi hip-hop followers of the “No Cap” rapper had been taking him to process about not placing out any materials since “Joota Japani,” the music that kicked off his 12 months in mid-January. Now, with the four-track For The Day Ones, there’s a lot for followers to get by way of.
KR$NA mentioned in a press release concerning the EP, “For The Day Ones is a throwback to my various phases as an artist. The EP has a track like ‘Shut Up,’ which is the style I am known for now, but tracks like ‘Stay Away’ and ‘Role Model’ are callbacks to my earlier work.”
For probably the most half, the EP comes throughout as KR$NA’s reflection on his profession thus far and his place within the music business. He does it in his inimitable enjoyable means at occasions, getting somber and switching up flows at different occasions.
The opening music “Shut Up,” produced by Kolkata-based SubSpace is described in a press launch because the rapper’s “bold response to the unsolicited advice and baseless criticism prevalent in today’s digital age.”
The easy, club-ready “What’s Up” employs Afrobeats and a beat swap to shut issues off, enhanced by pop artist Lisa Mishra’s vocal hooks. “In a surprising shift, KR$NA explores themes of love and attraction with a smooth, flowing delivery that showcases a different facet of his musical range,” a press launch provides.
With singer-producer Bharg, “Stay Away” addresses “the contrasting treatment of artists before and after their success.” Coupled with the buoyant and cheeky “Role Model,” there’s an unmistakable Eminem affect within the sonic alternative and circulation on each songs off For The Day Ones. On “Stay Away,” with a delicate siren-like sound hovering round within the beats, KR$NA and Bharg are much less centered on an incisive circulation however extra about having enjoyable with their lyrical selections.
The closing music “Role Model” – produced by Deep Kalsi – brings in Pakistani rapper Faris Shafi and Dehradun’s Karma on a glitzy declaration that rappers like them are not any shining instance of humanity. A press launch states that it additionally talks about “unrealistic expectations placed on rappers to be role models, highlighting their true essence as rebels rather than societal icons.” In the music KR$NA even rebuffs claims of misogyny. Shafi and Karma, for his or her half, additionally clearly appear to attract from Eminem, making for unfiltered takes.