“I will spare you little birdies thanks to my Teezo Touchdown.” This from Drake was more than enough to put all eyes on Teezo. “Tonight I just heard some of the best music ever so I am happy,” Drake wrote on Instagram, posing with Teezo and bringing him out during the It’s All A Blur tour. Teezo also shared visual snippets for every song off the album, and garnered a co-sign from Drake in the days following the record’s initial announcement. In the lead-up to HDYSAN’s reveal, Touchdown’s whimsical feature on UTOPIA’s “Modern Jam” caused further fanfare for his debut record. However, it’s through the lens of his innovative “Rock & Boom,” which he describes as “R&B with the intensity of rock and the penmanship of hip-hop and a BOOM that will shake the world.” ![]() by “Crying In My Car” collaborator Tyler Cole) featuring Janelle Monae and the bubbly “Mood Swings” - a true example of Teezo’s tasteful comparisons to a reincarnated Prince. Slower, intimate cuts like “I Don’t Think U C Me” with Isaiah Rusk and “Sweet” featuring Foushee (produced by close friend BNYX) are contrasted with the record’s lead single “You Thought” (prod. ![]() “I used to be so close to my parents/They said when I turned 13, I just stopped caring/They said picking up the phone shouldn’t feel like work/Or a game of who gon’ call who first,” he starkly sings on “Daddy Mama Drama,” letting listeners know of the wounds still affecting his life on a day-to-day. He’s always been a breath of fresh air, but every line tells a different side to the story, offering expanded narrative perspective on “Impossible” and “Neighborhood,” among other cuts. It’s not just its sonics that make HDYSAN immersive and intimate on first spin, but Teezo’s songwriting and sequencing are a league above expectations. Much like Dominic Fike, who too melds indie, pop, rap and rock, the “alt-rap rocker” label seems to have become a connote for musical freedom in all facets - and Teezo takes full advantage. ![]() At 14 tracks long, undertones of funk, R&B and indie-pop are the backdrop to Teezo’s quirky hooks and rather impressive vocal range, straying away from the confines of hip-hop and thriving in a gray area.
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