Well you know what happens after you have your first time, don't you? You immediately want to dive back in for a second time. Good news, readers; that's exactly what we're gonna do together tonight. Tonight is the night that we take the plunge back into the world of hip hop.
This time around, we're going to be looking at the new single "Feeling Me" by the one JD Mac. The collaborative track with Jae Mazor wastes no time in making it's message clear: "This one's for the ladies... I know you're feeling me right? I know your feeling me" These are the first lines of the song, and also the last lines to feature any sort of subtlety. From here, listeners are subjected to rhyme after rhyme about how special this girl is. So special, in fact, that the artist wants "to go down down down..." Hot, raw, on the bed, in the shower, even some whipped cream. This song really has it all.
But enough about the lyrics. I have to give the artist credit here where the credit is certainly due. The track is built around a beat that is as strong as any hip hop song I've ever heard. The balance between the lead singer's deep booming voice and the higher pitched electronically-tweaked voices are my favorite part of the song's composition. The changing pitches keep me reeled in as a listener and constantly engaged/interested in what they're saying. The chorus on this one is particularly fun, and I could've listened to it for a while without getting sick of it. In fact, I didn't even notice it fading out until the song was over.
Something I would maybe consider doing differently in the future, and keep in mind that this is merely commentary on this specific track and not the artist himself, is polishing up his lyricism. Again, as it was requested I review this track, I listened to this track 7 times and none of his others, so all I know of him came from this one song. But on this one song, his lyrics leave absolutely nothing to the listeners' imagination. There are hardly any big metaphors, just straight and to the point. He's a bit like the hip hop equivalent of Steel Panther or Psychosexual in this sense: it's hard to be tongue-in-cheek when your tongue is in your girlfriend. While the directness of the lyrics didn't bother me per se, I would really love to see him be a little more poetic in future releases. The structure and balance of the song really shine here, and with some perfected lyrics, I think JD Mac would have something really special.
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