One can tell such dense and layered music is a result of years exposure to sound and dedicated practice. What separates himself from many of his peers is the unique presentation of complex lines coupled with melodies that effortlessly toggle between sung and rapped. My mama sang and my dad played piano-Sunday morning you can catch them still doing that at church.' With hymnals and instrumentation embedded in the Smith lineage, it's no mystery how Smino became drawn to his current profession. Growing up in a household surrounded by music only furthered his early development. I got in trouble because I was talking about robbing people and stuff-I was 7 or 8 years old,' he remembered, laughing.' ''In first grade, I wrote my first rap on my homework. Although he's fairly new to public consciousness among music fans, Smino has been harnessing his craft since elementary school. At a run-time just under an hour, NOIR is a genre-blending effort deep-rooted with hip-hop, neo-soul, funk, and RnB traditions that are remixed with an exotic twist. Painting Smino's style with a few broad strokes or simply typecasting him 'avant-garde' would be an unfair glance. His multi-faceted talent was on full display throughout NOIR, the follow-up project to the 27-year-old rapper official debut blkswn from 2017. has an artistry as vibrant as autumn's foliage. Here to place its hip-hop scene back on the map for 2018 and beyond is the eclectic presence of Smino.įrom North St. Louis: a metropolis heralded for its Cardinals and its Gateway Arch.

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