deM atlas
Hip-hop moves fast. Even in this accelerated internet age,
where music seems like it's here today, gone before I finish typing this
sentence, rap's always thrived by having someone new always around the corner
to introduce new styles and flip the game in an instant. With so many regions
nationwide boasting exciting scenes spawning new styles, we're giving you the
heads-up on few hip hoppers to watch in 2015.
New York audiences are notoriously tough to win over, and if you're an out-of-towner, "tough" can be "near impossible." For St. Paul–based rapper deM atlaS, his opening slot for Atmosphere and Prof at Terminal 5 last November might have been mistaken for a high school's star quarterback being named prom king, given the unbelievable adulation he educed from the crowd at his first-ever New York show. An energetic MC whose live performances perfect the party vibe, as Rhymesayers artists are known to do, deM atlaS has managed to replicate this same vibe on recordings. His latest, DWNR, is a promising sophomore release from an artist we're sure to see live again in the new year.
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