Ivory Keyes is an American rapper and experimental hip-hop artist. His style is rooted in pushing boundaries and exploring themes and genres in differing contexts. When you listen to his music, there is almost always a sense of surprise, curiosity, and novelty. It comes in waves, enveloping the listener in a progressive sphere of musical presentation. His latest release is ‘System’, a track that combines new age electronica with driving hip-hop rhythms and slicing rap verses. It is a big texture trap. Carved into it are distorting and chaotic characters and patterns that breathe life into the theme.
The artist explores the ‘system’ from the perspective of the underdog. Exposing its dark underbelly and rebellious spirit, he forges quite the narrative. The use of accelerating beats and ascending rhythms shape it into an anthem of the criminal syndicate, who fly under the radar. He builds a lot of action, anticipation, adrenaline, and excitement into the composition, perhaps to create a dramatic frame of absconding, running from the system and its executives. It is deliberate in its subversion and insurgency. You can’t help but get swept away into this fun and infectious energy. Listen Now!
The track is available for streaming on popular sites like Spotify, Apple Music, YouTube Music, and Amazon Music!
