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album reviews by chandler ashton

9th Dimension Ascension God Zeus & Kasey Jones

"9th"9th Dimension Ascension" is a spiritual awakening in music. Kasey Jones is a "lyrical MC" that possesses the delivery and cadence to get his message across. God Zeus' tries out different styles and shines by collaborating with someone who's skill’s he honestly respects. Their collaboration between was produced by Sparkheem, Trill800 & Mannyveil and more. This 10 song project includesincludes “Crop Circles" which exemplifies the album’s theme of “connection” . God Zeus "I do it for my family, I do it for my wife, the knowledge in tune, Imma live a crazy life" .

4 Pack (EP) Bucky Malone

Bucky Malone returns with his 4 Pack (EP). Inspired by the Sega Genesis Game “6Pak” , the melodic flows and colorful instrumentation by Roninsrealm gives you the feeling of being in a video game. Malone said when he first heard the beat, each song sounded like a level being complete. The title “4Pack” influences the cover art and some bangers include “Triple S“ and “McFly“ . Don’t forget to check his nenew single “Fr“ .

DFFRNT Vish

Vish released his first EP,

“DFFRNT” with production and sounds by Nimbus. The quickly rising uptown D.C. artist has been crafting his narrative for himself and feels that he’s just well…DFFRNT. The EP embodies his culture, growing up in D.C., always being the oddball and gives the listener a chance to view him through an authentic lens. The eights songs EP includes “Better Things” with D.C. supersuperstar Light Show and “Love Me Now“ with up-n-comer 3OhBlack.

CLOSING UP SHOP

Matt Talley, 29, is the founder of Cool Kids Vinyl, a record shop that occupies the second floor of Maketto on H Street NE. Talley, a manager at the restaurant, retail, and coffee shop is utilizing where he ’ s at to expand his Cool Kids Vinyl business. His latest addition is “Closing Up Shop, ” a digital performance series.

“ “Trying to take advantage of Covid, I thought creating online content would be the best bet, instead of having [in-person] events, ” he says. Talley has worked at Maketto for almost four years and leaned into his experience to develop the concept last summer. “I didn ’t want to interfere with dinner service or anything involving Maketto, so I thought let’ s do these live performances when Maketto closes, so we named it, ‘Closing Up Shop, ’” he shares during a recent phone interview with The Washington Informer Bridge.