An utterly self-taught rapper, producer, and all-around arranger, tønejustdied combines old-school and contemporary aesthetics. His lyrics speak to his life experience, revolving around the highs and lows of life. The way that he allows the highly personal into his verses pays homage to the hard road he’s followed to get here. Beats blast through, quickly adding to the infallible tension that he establishes. Making the listener feel comfortable is not his mission. Confronting them and forcing them to examine their choices is. Even his focus on violence, though unflinching, feels particularly deft at unpiecing how the world arrived at this moment in time.
The audience’s reaction to tønejustdied is overwhelmingly positive. He’s wanted this for years, at least since he was six, motivating him, given how many dreams change and shift over such a long time. The All Without Love Tour across the Western United States has already established him as a raw talent, a diamond in the rough prickly heat of Arizona’s endless desert expanse. In a way, it makes sense that the violence within his stories reflects the wild Western methods, as that history has always defined the region, even centuries after the fact.
Everything about his work combines proto-metal, hardcore hip-hop, and hard rock, and everything he’s listened to can be heard within his tracks. The way he has taken on countless stages in his hometown of Phoenix, Arizona, along with a wide range of venues across the country, offers a glimpse of what he is about to be.
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