Jamie P.
Where: Toronto
What: Hip-Hop/Rap
Visit: www.hiphopdropouts.com
Jamie P. might not have a clever name, but don’t let that fool you. The hip-hop MC has been honing his craft since high school, when he was freestyling in the hallways. His goal seems to be making simple, gimmick-free hip hop in the vein of the genre’s ‘90s sound.
Jamie’s focus on wordplay and naval gazing might remind us of the ‘90s, but there’s a real sense of contemporary production in his new songs. “Show ‘Em Up” has an industrial beat and grimy sound. You can almost feel the spit coming off the rapper’s lips as he shouts criticism of modern hip-hop. His lyrics, though, are sharp and full of references to current pop culture and the hip-hop scene in general. It’s too clever not to commend.
He’s not there yet, though. His bio sheet focuses a bit too much on who he’s worked with, which local DJs have spun his music, and what name he records under. If we could offer some advice to Jamie, it would be to focus on his music and let it speak for itself. If we could offer some advice to you, it would be to listen to his music, because it’s good. If he can turn his new songs into an album’s worth of music, then we’d really have something to get excited about.
Listen to Jamie P. – Show Em Up!
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