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Demon Discography Vol. 1

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We promised you didn’t we? A whole playlist dedicated to underground talent all around the world, well here we are. Welcome to the first volume of our Demon Discography, a playlist o tracks compiled of underground artists we’ve been listening too over the past few weeks. This playlist will drop a new volume every single month, filled with new sounds and beautiful creations from artists in R&B, rap, hip-hop, and indie and much more!

In this month’s discography, we have artists such as Ari PenSmith, Amaarae, and Eli Sostre, smooth yet affirmative paladins of the underground community, as well as newcomers such as Mustafa, Artie J, Dee Gotti, and Brandon Banks who’re taking their sound to new heights!

Of our substantial and well-endowed list, we’ve picked our heaviest hitters and the most fire tracks in our opinion, however, give the playlist a listen and tell us in the comments what your top five tracks are! We’d love to hear your thoughts!

SwaVay - Okay

Probably the most lyrically aggressive track on our favorite five, SwaVay strikes again while the iron’s hot, with a 21 Savage tag to start the track off the listener already know the Boominati Worldwide artist is going to deliver. Okay showcases SwaVay’s lyrical ability to the max, with bars such as:

“If I did it on my own, tell me, who the fuck I'm gon' thank?

And I'm pullin' up on niggas with that brick, no, I ain't Craig”

SwaVay shows his versatility and hunger as a new artist and puts the now Dolo Records label he’s signed too even further on the map with his pure talent and creativity.

NJOMZA - sad for you

NJOMZA’s titular song off her sophomore album takes us into a magical place off of the first note. The artist’s butter-smooth vocals gliding along the light-hearted synth pulls and comfy 808, which halts and heeds at the very utterance of her lyrics. sad for you was made for NJOMZA if that makes any sense. This meaning we don’t believe anyone could’ve pulled off or added anything else to this song to make it as perfect as it is. The song talks about heartbreak and being past the point of raw emotions such as anger and sadness, with some reflection, NJOMZA realizes she’s simply disappointed in her lover, and at this point in her life, she’s sad for them.

reggie - Southside Fade

reggie blows the competition away with this anecdotal, Kendrick/Earthgang-esque track. Southside Fade has reggie speaking on topics of the lack of gun laws in the Southside, and how Houston is so big you feel like you’re on top of the world when you're on it. A folky indie alternative production helms around reggie’s lyricism, and the guitar progression leads the instrumentals all into place, Southside Fade is a beautiful letter to Houston, one reggie executes perfectly.

Artie J - A Thousand Winters’

This song is on our favorite five for one simple fact, one that’s plagued the other tracks on this list. It does exactly what it’s supposed to do. If Artie J was aiming for a soulful R&B vibe with dreamy, reverbed vocals made to give off a somewhat melancholy, yet hazily beautiful atmosphere? Well, we’d say he’s succeeded. A Thousand Winters’ is produced just right and the piano chord progression ties the song together throughout the 3 minutes and 10 seconds, and the beat switch towards the end gives us a fitting closer for such an outstanding track.

Amaarae - FANCY

Our final track from this months favorite five, FANCY explores Amaarae in a more upbeat and bragggadocious light. She metaphorically dances through the halls of the track, dimly lit and alluring, while the spotlight is all on her and her infectious hook. The song is quite short but is quite a vibe, and doesn’t spread itself too thin in terms of what it’s trying to do. Amaarae flexes all over FANCY, and lets everyone know, she has smpke for whoever wants to try her, and time for whoever wants to call her “Zaddy”

Heat from our favirote underground artists curated by Nefarious Supply

What’s your favorite track from this week let us know in the comments below!! And if you want to featured our next updated playlist be sure to submit your music for consideration here!

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Nefarious Supply Spotlight Dolo Records

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With the hustle and bustle of everyday life it so hard to pay attention to what’s going on in the underground music industry especially with surrounding news regarding the pandemic, the current election, and other crazy news going on within the United States as well as globally. But don’t worry we Nefarious Supply are always locked into what’s going on in the underground music industry and this week we have you covered with our first episode of NS Spotlight. In this new content piece we showcase some of our favorite underground artists as well as creative groups that have been on our radar. This week we start with a group of artists who have been dominating Atlanta based DOLO Records.

First things first if you haven’t heard of DOLO Records do yourself a favor, stop reading and follow them on Instagram as well as Twitter because after you get through this article you’re gonna want to keep the label as well as the artists on your radar. Established by the 3 artists currently on their roster ( SwaVay, Hadi, and Jahnai) DOLO Records is a purely independent label with the goal of spreading music across the globe, connecting and gaining more supporters, and putting out meaningful projects to the world that draws more eyes on them. Started when the three artists were in high school DOLO Records has slowly grown into the creative experience that the artists have had in mind since they were young, and with the talent as well as sound diversity across the labels roster DOLO Records and the artists that make it up are positioning themselves for nothing but success. . 

Hadi - I Cant Die Yet

 Starting at the top is newcomer to our blog  Hadi and his album “I Can’t Die Yet” which I gotta say when I did an initial listen though I was blown away not only by the quality of the production but the bar he sets for himself as an underground artist. Dropped in 2018  “I Can’t Die Yet”  is inspired by a number of events in the young artist's life including seeing his peers death’s as well as almost losing his life to a car accident himself. According to Hadi his album title represents him not being done with his purpose here on earth and he is definitely thankful to get another chance to accomplish his goals. Featuring guest appearances from SwaVay (who also mixed and mastered the album) , Jahnai, TimxSpnt, and Chloé, as well as production from Erich Gutzler, and Meech and video production from Kevin Cruz of Kev Cruz Productions. Hadi overall sound with the album and visuals he has put out to accompany his work is very quality focused and is an example of an underground artist taking his role very seriously as he adds another body of work to his discography thats adds pure value to his overall brand. 

Jahnai - The Life

Next up is Jahnai and his latest project “The Life” a solid 8 tracks from beginning to end “The Life” is another great addition to the overall label’s collection of music and similar to his label mate Hadi you can tell that Jahnai takes his craft very serious and he put a lot  of thought and effort into his latest body of work. Inspired by the norm of having trials and tribulations the album epitomizes Jahnai playing the cards he is given and knowing that his current situation is not set in stone and he is destined for greatness. With the main meaning behind the title serving as an insight of his life that he is sharing with his audience. Featuring guest appearances from SwaVay, Dysfunctional Ron, and Hadi the 8 track as well as production from the same people “The Life” is another solid piece of work from a talented DOLO Records artist and is definitely worth a listen to. 

SwaVay - B4dalbum 

Unfortunately we weren't able to connect SwaVay but similar to his label mates B4dalbum is another project from DOLO Records that packs a punch not only in the production but the lyricism as well. Under 10 tracks B4dalbum opens up with a punch and ends with a banger with each song after the beginning track getting better and better. Featuring guest appearances from Brooklyn Summers, as well as Erick the Architect it’s safe to say like label mates SwaVay knows what he is doing in the studio and B4dalbum is another worthy addition to this artists discography as well as the collection of music already put out by the label. 

Big shout out to DOLO Records for connecting with us and if you you enjoyed this article and want to keep them on your radar be sure to follow them on Instagram to hear more of their music you can find all of there projects on their website. If you want to stay up to date with news and content coming from Nefarious Supply you can find us on Instagram, and  Twitter. We also recently opened the Nefarious Supply shop so if you want to support you can show some love here!