Ray Kincaid has become one of my favorite rising hip hop artists out of Jackson, Mississippi. From his unique sound and delivery to his clever word play, it’s hard not to take notice of the young artist. He recently released his album Artistic Depression but is already busy working on another project titled Bizarre Arcade 2 which he hopes to release a little later in the year.
I got a chance to hear two exclusive tracks off the upcoming album; “Shameful Turn Up 74” and “Proving Ground.”
“Shameful Turn Up 74” is actually the prelude to “The Shameful Turn Up” off of his previous album.
Ray decided to put his bars to the side for this track and showcase his vocals. The track was definitely 70’s influenced as you can hear in the funkadelic and disco sounds, and if you’re a fan of Texas rap music you can appreciate how the vocals are chopped and screwed. It’s a fun, chill, summer track with an ole school feel but still very much new school.
Shameful Turn Up 74′
In Proving Ground Kincaid brings the bars. The “hip hop Clark Kent” as he calls himself is ready to put his cape on and go to war with these other rappers using his lyricism. The word play in the song was dope and humorous at times.
Freight train f*ucking the rap game
It never ever came
So I guess I gotta go a little deeper to reach her..
I’m not a teacher
I’m not a preacher
I’m just tryna give you something new
Tryna feed yo mind with this lyrical voodoo
Proving Ground
Just on those two tracks alone I’m sure the finished project will be a musical masterpiece.
Check out Artistic Depression here.
