Introducing The Next Wave Ft. Kenny Mason, Jean Dawson, and More

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One minute, he’s warbling his way through a song’s bridge before hitting the boosters and unleashing a downhill sprint of a verse, making each song feel like a varied and dynamic world unto itself. Mason seems like the next in the lineage of rappers like Isaiah Rashad, Big K.R.I.T. or J.I.D: distinctly southern, with poise and insight beyond their years and a lack of hubris. Mason’s tales of hustling and growing up without are animated by his journalistic eye for detail, macabre humor, and well-honed sense of self. His latest single is “Angelic Hoodrat,” and there’s apparently an entire album on the way this year, too. 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It’s what the 24-year-old artist thrives on. Dawson’s aesthetic—think Hype Williams meets early 2000s internet—is evident in his hyper-stylized visuals and a carefully cultivated online presence. On his 2019 EP Bad Sports, Jean Dawson places gentle, melancholy melodies next to threatening surges of energy and weaves it all together with post-punk, new wave textures. At first listen, the instrumentals provide a jarring juxtaposition to his thoughtful and often painful storytelling, but he's a skillful songwriter who makes it all work. 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Her hypnotic music is hard to place, feeling at once modern and as if you've stumbled on an old soul cassette in your grandparents' basement. Inhabiting the same artistic sphere as the likes of MIKE, Maxo, and Pink Siifu, and coming off a feature on "MTOMB" from Earl Sweatshirt's recent Feet Of Clay project, Liv.e started the year by announcing an upcoming album, Couldn't Wait To Tell You. 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Today, the enigmatic rapper’s breakout single “GOODMORNINGTOKYO!” is a viral hit. It peaked on Spotify’s Global Viral 50 at No. 1 and has had more than a million individual videos set to the song on short-form video sharing app TikTok. With viral success comes criticism, but Tokyo's Revenge doesn't mind getting called an industry plant and knows that the only way to shut people up is to stay consistent and keep the momentum going. Tokyo's charisma and unpredictability make for true entertainment on par with some of the most colorful characters to come from the underground rap world in the 2010s, and he's set on showing that has much more to offer than one viral moment. 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