The only ‘Crimson Gown’ from LR’s EP, It’s Late, locks you right into a clean, seductive groove with its Latin-tinged guitars after a wavy, trappy R&B intro which provides option to LR’s arresting cadence that hypnotises you into his marked with metric precision verses.
As the entire epitome of vocal charisma, the up-and-coming rapper ticks all the suitable packing containers on this multi-dimensional, progressively exhilarating hit that radiates with a lot greater than lust; it’s a celebration of magnificence that may make you query the notion filter you view the world by way of.
LR veers away from any sense of pretence and faucets straight into the soul along with his expertly stitched bars that offer you a way of the Bronx grit that has formed the artist’s conviction. Slightly than merely imitating the revered rappers he grew up listening to—these whose names nonetheless echo by way of New York streets—he channels their uncooked honesty into his personal reflections. Influences from the likes of Aaliyah and Missy Elliot form his fluid strategy to melody and concord, leading to a method that refuses to settle into anybody nook of hip-hop.
Crimson Gown is now accessible through Apple Music and Spotify with the remainder of LR’s It’s Late EP, which dropped on December 2nd.
Evaluate by Amelia Vandergast
