Review: Lemzi (@lemziartist) ‘Autumnal Aura’ EP

I came across UK Hip Hop artist, ‘LEMZI’ from Leyton­stone, on hear­ing he has released a new EP entitled, ‘Autum­nal Aura’ I decided to check it out. Released on 24^th Novem­ber 2016, it’s a fusion of Hip-Hop, Jazz and blues, con­tain­ing a mix­ture of social com­ment­ary, intro­spect­ive ideas with mel­low vibes through­out the 5 track plus bonus EP.

Sit­ting listen­ing to this EP I felt like I was going for a walk in the park men­tally, it was a breath of fresh air for the ears. Set­ting the scene, begin­ning with a pray­er, the mood is set to pos­it­iv­ity and grat­it­ude at a point where I was try­ing to get more in tune with my own spir­itu­al self it spoke to me. The intro, ‘Word Vomit’ (Prod. By The Deli) was upbeat and happy, a col­lec­tion of thoughts.

‘Across the Pond / Close to Home (Prod. By Nymano)’ has a more chilled out vibe as it touches on the sens­it­ive top­ic of police bru­tal­ity and the need for the solid­ar­ity of people. Due to the pace of this track, I feel like it echos the com­mon­ness of these tra­gic occur­rences so much so it’s part of every­day life, but the same pace also echos the sad­ness and injustice.  It’s a real wake up call to real­ity and real issues.

‘Strivers’ (Feat. Tells) (Prod. By Billy the Producer/Genjutsu) anoth­er chilled out track, writ­ten for the ‘Strivers but also strictly for the Vibers’ to keep alive. Slightly dif­fer­ent rhyme pat­tern, fits the instru­ment­al per­fectly. Aspir­ing for high­er things in life, soul­ful motiv­a­tion to keep going until we no ‘longer see the light of day’ and the import­ance of dreams to keep us going.

You 2oo (Inter­lude by Sad­hguru & Broth­er Rich) (Prod. By K The Infin­ite) — real talk on love and rela­tion­ships, delving into how much neg­at­iv­ity exists in soci­ety but there is not enough focus on love, a true reflec­tion on our cur­rent state of soci­ety. I really enjoyed the inter­lude, pure words of wis­dom as if the oth­er tracks had­n’t already made you reflect on life then this will.

Import­ance  — a track which touches on solitude and some­thing which I think many artists can relate to when try­ing to make their music. Really enjoyed the flow on this. Remind­ing us that we are all important.

When I was left feel­ing like I didn’t have enough there was the ‘15ish to spare’ (Feat. Inferno) (Prod. By Adim Prod) bonus final track.

Eleg­antly  soul­ful, thought pro­vok­ing Ep, full of real truths and pos­it­ive messages.

LEMZI’s new EP  “Autum­nal Aura” It can be streamed and down­loaded for free in its entirety from: https://soundcloud.com/lemziartist/sets/autumnal-aura-ep Check it out!!

 

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