FLOWERS WHILE I'M HERE CONCERT

February 5th, 2022 was a night of spectacular performances by BabySantana, Xhuloo, Sid Shyne, Slump6s, Metro Marrs, Only Bino, YellaBandanna and a surprise performance by Yung Bans. Manni Supreme from Status Entertainment, DJ Rocket, and DJ Santiago Purp hosted the underground hip-hop show at the venue Center Stage also know as The Loft in Atlanta, Georgia. Unfortunately due to some travel miss-communications SSG Kobe, who was the main headliner was unable to make the show. Despite the upcoming artist not making it, the other youngin’s took it into their hands to give the crowd exactly what they wanted.

BabySantana being 14 years old is not only a talented recording artist, but wise beyond his years. Him and Slump6s closed out the show and performed their hit single Antisocial which has over 100 million streams throughout all platforms. When the crowd started chanting to perform the song they knew exactly what they had to do…go crazy! As soon as the beat came on it had the crowd in an uproar, better known as a mosh pit. The song progressed as one fan ended up on stage and dove off hitting the floor with direct impact, springing back up immediately with even more excitement than before he got on stage. With the potential of injuries that can happen at a show with such high energy, this is what fans expect from the artist they support who make music with the high energy style of lyrics and beat production.

These artist are at the forefront of the new wave in rap sound which is known for using “plugg” beats, a unique type of ambient beat production that was revolutionized by MexikoDro. Those “rage” beats were famously used on Playboi Carti's Whole Lotta Red album that features bass-heavy electronic melodies under 808s with modern trap drums. Trippie Redd, Travis Scott, and Kid Cudi have been using these type of beats for awhile now but this younger generation is taking it to the next level of creativity.

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Photos via Colt Walker, Ceimo

The "A" with Luv4CLip

The Durham, North Carolina native known as Luv4LClip is unapologetically himself and his music clearly shows that. From having a few tracks that are produced by Lil Tecca being “Starlord”, “White”, and “Robotics” Luv4clip’s talent is certainly beginning to be noticed by also having tracks produced by well known producers like Bakkwoods. Woods is SoFaygos’s executive producer and long time friend. Luv4Clip’s number one streamed song is “LMK”. Originally a Soundcloud release, but later being released to all DSP’s on his album “Mistaken”. His recent song MP5 started a controversial conversation in the underground scene because it was a beat that Trippie Redd and SoFaygo later released a track on Trippie’s album “Trip At Knight”, also being titled “MP5”. Clippa’s MP5 track was released months before the one from Trippie surfaced the internet. This was causing fans and listeners to be confused, and rumors quickly circulated that Clip had sold the song to Trippie but after talking with Clip myself to get the inside scoop, he informed me that it was a beat that had been circulating for awhile, his track just happened to get noticed the most. In the midst of the new wave generation of very fast paced music and society, despite being kind of out of the loop being young and still home ridden, Clippa has without a doubt continued to stay relevant by continuing on releasing inarguable hits with his angelic adlibs over his infectious lyrics.

Noapathy, a media source based out of Austin, Texas reached out to Clippa about doing an interview/photoshoot. Immediately after Clippa accepted Noapathy reached out to me to coordinate shoot ideas and plans. We ended up agreeing for us all to meet in Atlanta.

Photos by Colt Walker. Edited by Colt Walker and Alex Seigel Styled by Dakota Griffin