Sup yall,
So, I have heard homey's name here and there for a while now, but I didn't really give
Donnis a honest listen until the homey
Nobody Famous mentioned him to me and said I should check him out. See, Famous is from the ATL, as is Donnis, and he is doing the intro for his upcoming mixtape - keep checking back for the track coming soon...
As usual, Famous was dead on about his dude Donnis - homey is really talented and super fly. His music is Southern Hip Hop at its core, but elements from multiple sub-genres of Hip Hop, as well as from Pop, Electro, and House, bleed into his music. The resulting sound is super funky and dope like you've never really heard before - dude describes his sound as "a revolution for the South," and I dig dude's ambition... Southern Hip Hop could use a bit of a renaissance.
He is featured on a few tracks from the 10.Deep
The New Deal Mixtape from
DJ Benzi including the banger
Jockin' produced by
Million $ Mano. I fucking love this track and Donnis' verse is pretty wild!
But, the Donnis track entitled Party Works off of the same mixtape might be the gem of the tape. I think this track has the coolest vibe and is guaranteed to get any party poppin' off! There is enough of homey's A-Town swagger to make it definitively Southern, but the beat is versatile enough that this will hit in the clubs super heavy...
This track is called Supersonic and was said to have been produced by Ryan Leslie. It does sound a bit like RL's sound - I think that the futuristic sounds used in the track fit well and I truly dig the guitar solo on the bridge... Sidenote: I am sort of getting a bit tired of emcees claiming to be extraterrestrials - It was cool when Wayne first started calling himself a Martian and CuDi referred to himself as MoonMan, but all of yall can't be from another planet...
Here are a few more randoms that I am diggin right now including L.O.V.E. Dude is touring worldwide and will be performing at SXSW in March, so he's obviously making moves... What's the word on Donnis?
L.O.V.E.
Summer School - This joint is off of the Creme De La Creme Mixtape from dubFrequency that has been blowing up for a while...
Vogue - Love the electronica vibe to this track, and dude's flow is killer!
Dope Girl
Peace yall,
-Breeze
