Show Me the Body w/ Soul Glo, WiFiGawd, and AGENCY

“When we were stranded in Missouri, we started to weigh out the pros and cons of relocating there. We weren’t just about to leave our mans,” Jordan says. “Songs started getting crafted out there that we still have in the chamber.”

That said, their next release, Songs To Yeet At The Sun, serves as a perfect respite from the silence in between LP’s and the current lull in live performances that the band has become known for nationwide. The five song blessing gives a further insight into the frankly deranged production of bassist/producer Gianmarco Guerra, who served as the sole producer and one of three engineers for the record. Songs like “(Quietly) Do The Right Thing” and “29” continue to show Soul Glo’s affinity for speed as a vehicle for their aggression and messages, while songs like “I’m On Probation” and the previously released “Mathed Up” shows the bands love of chaotic-yet-atmospheric noise and the most popular rhythmic vocal styles of today’s current rap on top of the pummelling heaviness of the drums of TJ Stevenson. The band continues to showcase the rhythmic synergy existing between the entirety of the ensemble throughout the record, while the song “2K” features the straightforward rap production that peeked through on crowd-favorite songs “31” and “32” on the bands previous record The N*gga In Me Is Me, and also features a verse with instantly quotable lines from Richmond, VA artist Archangel.

All things considered, in a year where it feels as though quite literally anything could happen at any given moment, a record like the one that Soul Glo shorthandledly refers to as Yeet, one that features a violent and compelling sonic fusion that only they are capable of, is deeply necessary to times in which we currently find ourselves. In times where we are simply trying to survive from one minute to the next, one day to the next, it feels good in its own way, less lonely perhaps, to have music that reflects that uncertainty and fear.

WIFIGAWD

WiFiGawd, AKA Upt Souljah is a rapper based out of Washington, DC. He is currently signed on DTLA Records. The name WiFiGawd is a reference to his early SoundCloud days in 2012, when he began using the platform to distrubute his music. His other name UptSouljah is an homage to Uptown DC, and the Souljah part connects to his rasta roots as a warrior of Jah.

The Uptown D.C. native’s approach to music and culture is informed by his upbringing. He was raised in the D.C. Rasta community, where the history and values of hip-hop’s first Golden Age were embedded deep into his being. While today's emerging artists often scoff at the four decade-long traditions of hip-hop, Wifi acknowledges his respect for KRS-One as quickly as his influence from Kid Cudi. In a time when “selling out” and “biting” are considered antiquated concepts, the music he makes is free of gimmicks and always his own, stamped with a dozen signature flows and a technically masterful delivery that rides the pocket of any beat. 

Wifi came into his own in 2016 with two tapes that helped define two very different sounds from SoundCloud’s most creatively fruitful era. FUBU 05 took Plug beats to their logical conclusion: San Diego’s Cryjng crafted eleven complex and intricately constructed melodic soundscapes and Wifi found the perfect flow to compliment each one. WiFi Season, boasting production from Zaytoven as well as Working on Dying’s Ooogie Mane and F1LTHY, was a dark and gothic take on trap and tread music, dystopian street rap that would be playing in a Phillip Dick novel. In the ensuing three years, Wifi has released a dozen full length projects that are equally as cohesive and often as ambitious.