Buddha GXD draws on past tribulations and a passionate endeavor for fortune and emotional content as he hammers away at a πrex instrumental, claiming his listeners and the music industry alike are “Not Ready.” RESPECT. premiered this fiery track not very long ago, and Buddha’s already coming through with a hearty visual for the piece, featuring shots of New York and its grittiness, unadulterated.

Lines like “N*ggas know I was facing time but I’m back now/It’s my time now” add essence and vibrance to the sentiment pouring from Buddha’s pensive tongue. Listeners and the industry alike aren’t ready for the collected angst and fire Buddha has stored in his mind; nobody quite expects or understands what it is Buddha’s prepared to unleash on the rap game.

Standing on a rooftop, with shots flashing in and out of an apartment and sitting between his people, Buddha keeps the visual humble and organic, filled with down to earth rhymes and imagery. Shots of project buildings, barbershops, graffiti filled cars, and plenty more scenes from an urban environment. No sensationalized living, no abundance of lies- Buddha simply lets listeners, new and old, in on his psyche, his life, and his thoughts in an unapologetic, unfiltered way.

“Not Ready” is coming off of Outta Nowhere, which is due toward the end of the year. There will undeniably be more energy coming from the Harlem rapper throughout 2017. You can keep up with him on Twitter and Instagram.

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Red-bloodedness courses through the figurative lungs of Buddha GXD‘s track “Not Ready,” which references hip-hop’s lack of attention to talent and charisma such as Buddha’s. The haunting instrumental features choir voices distorting and fading in and out with the 808 kick, with Buddha glossing over his team and his skills with voraciousness and hunger. πrex utilizes the voices, bass, and fading vocals to entrance the listener in the bars to come.

“Not Ready” is coming off of Outta Nowhere, which is due toward the end of the year. There will undeniably be more energy coming from the Harlem rapper throughout 2017. You can keep up with him on Twitter and Instagram.

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Redolent of Biggie‘s “Suicidal Thoughts,” which capped off Ready to Die as a reminder of the tribulations and lack of mental homeostasis in the life of a hustler in poverty, Buddha GXD drops a raw look into his mind, unapologetically littering his emotions and despondency throughout the πrex produced instrumental.

Voices reverberate hauntingly in the background to help push to murky aesthetic further into its place in the song’s dark puzzle, with all the lyrical pieces describing Buddha’s relationship with his peers and parents, and how his negative experiences and reactions fostered an equally crestfallen outlook.

“Imagine how I feel walkin’ with a loaded gun/no sleep at night, feelin’ like a n**ga gonna run,” details the paranoia combatted daily by individuals engaged in the life of uphill struggles in impoverished neighborhoods, where the objective is to survive, even if it means tearing apart those around you. The subject matter has shocking irrelevance in the scope of trap music, which details ideas like self-medication, gang violence, and instability, yet greets it with embellishment rather than rawness and honesty as Buddha does so effortlessly here. The fact of the matter is, it’s very easy, and very common, to have the thoughts he’s speaking so vividly of when life is centered around the aforementioned concepts and patterns.

“Suicide Thoughts” is coming off Outta Nowhere, which is set to come out sometime in late 2017.  You can follow Buddha GXD on Twitter & Instagram.

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