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Cameron Butler just rapped future hopes into the unknown with the lens of a realist on Street Light. This song is hot off the press and designated for a late-night listen that spirals into contemplation.
Street Light (prod. by Contour) is a song worth investigating. Contour's production opens the doors to a hole in the wall you'd get stuck in on Mother Nature's bad days. His rainy horns sob from the tiniest cracks in the song. The skipping a heartbeat bass drum sounds lost but eventually slugs its way back to a familiar place. Clacking kicks and loose change bells have a copper and wood texture to their sound. I can feel the roughness of this atmosphere. A coldness is built, but it plays to Contour's chime sound on his keys that are in a loop of their own frigid wind. This production sounds down on its luck and it pulls up a seat for Cameron Butler to spit his film noir feeling raps into the world.
Cameron Butler's opening hook narrates the emotions fogging up inside this place. A heedful cadence is driving melodic lines hoping the people around him are nice. There's a bit of soulful hunger in his voice, a hunger that consumes the soul in its entirely once his verse starts. Butler's verses have a dusky tone, his flow is under an Earl Sweatshirt-type influence. He spits a few religious metaphors to add fuel to the hopefulness, with his bars feeling like the moment when you know it's time to pay for your drinks and leave this dump as it pertains to Street Light's atmosphere. There's a heavy emphasis on the words. Butler's rapping works in similar fashion with the bass drum, able to pull things back into the familiar.
Street Light is a slow burn. Cameron Butler x Contour recorded a dope record. And I'm certain the majority who hear it will think the same.
Listen to Street Light below.
Lead Photo Cred: soundcloud.com
Cameron Butler just rapped future hopes into the unknown with the lens of a realist on Street Light. This song is hot off the press and designated for a late-night listen that spirals into contemplation.
Street Light (prod. by Contour) is a song worth investigating. Contour's production opens the doors to a hole in the wall you'd get stuck in on Mother Nature's bad days. His rainy horns sob from the tiniest cracks in the song. The skipping a heartbeat bass drum sounds lost but eventually slugs its way back to a familiar place. Clacking kicks and loose change bells have a copper and wood texture to their sound. I can feel the roughness of this atmosphere. A coldness is built, but it plays to Contour's chime sound on his keys that are in a loop of their own frigid wind. This production sounds down on its luck and it pulls up a seat for Cameron Butler to spit his film noir feeling raps into the world.
Cameron Butler's opening hook narrates the emotions fogging up inside this place. A heedful cadence is driving melodic lines hoping the people around him are nice. There's a bit of soulful hunger in his voice, a hunger that consumes the soul in its entirely once his verse starts. Butler's verses have a dusky tone, his flow is under an Earl Sweatshirt-type influence. He spits a few religious metaphors to add fuel to the hopefulness, with his bars feeling like the moment when you know it's time to pay for your drinks and leave this dump as it pertains to Street Light's atmosphere. There's a heavy emphasis on the words. Butler's rapping works in similar fashion with the bass drum, able to pull things back into the familiar.
Street Light is a slow burn. Cameron Butler x Contour recorded a dope record. And I'm certain the majority who hear it will think the same.
Listen to Street Light below.
Lead Photo Cred: soundcloud.com
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