Music

NLE Choppa And Big Sean Take Over A Haunted Mansion In Their Intergalactic ‘Moonlight’ Video

The rapper shared the eerie visual following his LP ‘From Dark To Light.’ …

After NLE Choppa released his debut album Shotta Flow last year, the 18-year-old had a swift rise to fame. Though he recently caught heat for backing some bizarre vaccine conspiracy theories, the rapper continues to focus on his musical momentum. Following his recently released LP From Dark To Light, Choppa taps Big Sean for their intergalactic “Moonlight” video.

The cinematic visual opens with Choppa taking over a haunted mansion. The rapper delivers his lines in the house’s dusty rooms and dodges the mysteriously moving furniture. Choppa then transports himself from the eerie house to the moon, where Big Sean is patiently awaiting his verse.

Big Sean’s appearance on “Moonlight” marks one of only two guest verses on From Dark To Light. Along with leaving room to showcase his distinctive flow, the album also marks a tectonic shift in the rapper’s lyricism. Just ahead of it’s release, Choppa announced that he was decisively done rapping about violence in his music. Instead, he hopes to “spread positivity” and “wake people up.”

Watch NLE Choppa’s “Moonlight” video above.

From Dark To Light is out now via Warner Records. Get it here.

NLE Choppa is a Warner Music artist. Uproxx is an independent subsidiary of Warner Music Group.

Tweet LinkedIn PinShares0

Artist Spotlight

Temidayo Balogun bridges tradition and modern expression on latest release “Ori I “Concept of Democracy”

Temidayo Balogun‘s latest release, “Ori I “Concept of Democracy,” blends African musical traditions with contemporary jazz to explore identity and community. “Talking drums, native instruments, but there are also passing notes on the piano and a saxophone for another dimension to the musical language,” the song is characterized by.

The track isn’t rooted in one musical planet, but in the relationship between its different elements. Talking drums are part of African musical traditions. The piano and saxophone add a jazz-oriented dimension. That contrast lets the song explore its themes of identity and community as much through sound as concept.

If you like genre-bending work, “Ori I’ Concept of Democracy” is a thoughtful musical experience. Temidayo Balogun mixes indigenous instrumentation with contemporary jazz textures to keep the focus on the relationship between people, culture, and community. The track works because the sounds come together. It invites the listener to dwell on the musical ideas rather than just pass through them.

Connect with Temidayo Balogun on Spotify || Instagram || Facebook || Youtube

Tweet LinkedIn PinShares0

Artist Spotlight

Sara Diana follows a wild spirit into the moonlight on latest release “Her Hair’s Like Fire”

Sara Diana‘s latest release, “Her Hair’s Like Fire,” opens with the image of a woman not to be contained by material things or expectations. The character of the song says that they are not for sale, not even with diamonds. She runs with flowers, sings to the moon when no one is around, and has a mysterious sense of where she’s from. A beautifully wild personality sits at the heart of the idea.

The diamonds create a nice tension, and there’s a woman who goes mad and mad again. The recurring flower imagery connects her to something natural and instinctual. And there is a mystery in the repeated mulling over that people may never really know whence she comes, too. She is elusive, independent, always on the move.

It’s a song that seems to praise a woman who does her own thing. Her Hair Is Like Fire. Sara Diana’s song outlines that character with simple but evocative images and leaves the listener with the image of someone who runs free, sings under the moon, and doesn’t stand still. “There’s a beautiful idea of a wild one that just keeps running, and it captures the spirit of it all.”

Connect with Sara Diana on Spotify || Instagram || Youtube