NEW MUSIC | STEVEN DARNELL (@SDARNELLART) “THE RISE OF STEELO GREEN” MIXTAPE

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CEO of New Per­spect­ive Music Group and eclect­ic rap­per Steven Dar­nell releases highly anti­cip­ated “The Rise of Steelo Green” mix­tape. The 10-track pro­ject includes pro­duc­tion from Black Meta­phor, Beat Men­ace, and Osym Beats just to name a few.

Dar­nell is an Alabama nat­ive cur­rently resid­ing in New York City. “The Rise of Steelo Green” epi­tom­izes his youth, come up, and rise to fame. Dar­nell deliv­ers ingeni­ous doses of storytelling and tight lyr­i­cism that entices listen­ers in for his rhymed laced autobiography.

In “Break­fast”, the first track, Dar­nell intro­duces him­self and declares rap­ping as his reli­gion. Through witty punch­lines he describes some bad decisions as well as prom­in­ent soci­et­al issues. “Sur­viv­al Mode” piggy­backs off that rack and delves in a bit deep­er, “In this white man’s world I flow like Fre­d­er­ick Douglas.” He star­ted out at age 15 with Pac on repeat and over 10 years mastered his craft, “immacu­late con­cep­tion my flow heav­en sent.”

“God Bless” speaks to the sup­port­ers and the haters. Although he’s been thrown to the wolves, the ardu­ous rhyme slay­er returns with fur; simply put Dar­nell is The Golden Child of rap.

“Don’t Be Mad”, “Learn Some­thing”, and “Real Hip Hop” are raw, hair-rais­ing tracks. Dar­nell embod­ies his youth from poster col­laged walls of the greats, and hours and miles of hust­ling his music tapes to hand me downs, free lunch, and an open oven door heated home. Do take heed, and ‘learn some­thing’ because it’s through all this Darnell’s spazzed out free­style on Sway has doubters stuck and fumbled both on court and curbside.

Dar­nell pays homage to Hip Hop pion­eers along with the cul­ture, but he also deliv­ers some heat for the new gen­er­a­tion of fans like “Cost of Trill” and “Bar­tian.” These south­ern anthems are ideal for pop­ping bottles in the club, ‘straight from the south ready to blow.”

“Cathed­ral” and “Georgia’s Son” embrace Darnell’s love for music and rhymes. He entails that vis­ion of pen­ning every new chapter in his life through his pol­ished, vivid lyrics.

“The Rise of Steelo Green” is brim­ming with clas­sic boom bap beats, rendered soul­ful tones, and thun­der­ing bass that intens­i­fies the emo­tion spewed from Dar­nell on each auto­bi­o­graph­ic­al track. Stream the mix­tape above and fol­low Dar­nell below.

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MJ is Hip Hop Blog­ger, Pub­li­cist, Book­ing Agent, Act­iv­ist, but fan first and fore­most. “Hip Hop saved my life, it is only right I give back to the culture”!

About MJ Savino

MJ is Hip Hop Blogger, Publicist, Booking Agent, Activist, but fan first and foremost. "Hip Hop saved my life, it is only right I give back to the culture"!