Atlanta, Georgia recording artist southsidesilhouette delivering his 1st offering of 2025 in the form of his 8th EP. Emerging in the SoundCloud scene of his debut EP Metanoia & later the full-length studio LP Diafora, he continued to build his discography from there whether it be ( ︶︿︶)_╭∩╮ & ♃ or the original Hits followed by the sequel & 2009. The final chapter in the Hits trilogy came out 14 months ago & has returned so he can tell everyone to Dream But Don’t Sleep.

“Pain.” works in some synthesizers & heavy bass to open the EP talking about taking his time of the essence staying ready to in whereas “So Back” turns the rage up boasting that he’s a young prodigy that you might probably catch on the east side. “Haunted House” talks about turning up & having to learn from all the Ls he had to take finally getting his hands on the ball again while “Marching with the Bands” assures he’s living a wonderful life now & shows off his 1 of a kind status.

Finishing the first half of the EP, we have southsidesilhouette getting turnt to the max on “I Been” cautioning about betraying him possibly becoming the biggest mistake of your life just before “World Gone Hate” keeps the hypertrap vibes going telling his girl he can’t get sick of her face. “In My Hands” produced by n9ck talks about the increase of problems as a result of becoming richer leading into “Forever” abrasively suggesting he got the loose screws in his head from his mother.

“Sayonara” steps it up with his flow boasting that he stays making hits on the phone in addition to leaving you where you stand because of him never saying goodbyes & keeping a heater on him putting a cloudy spin on the rage sound, but the lead single “Tattoos” finishes the EP by throwing it back to his earlier material talking about thuggin’ in the street the second he wakes up on top of telling his listeners you can do it too as long as you find it.

Got to catch this guy perform a headlining set in New York with UnreleasedSnip back in November 2022 & that being my introduction to him, it wasn’t hard for me to see what made him so appealing in the underground realm of trap music hearing him do songs like “Untouchable” in person. Finally getting the chance to cover his music 30 months later, there’s no denying he’s grown since that show. Internet Money Records & Vanguard Music Group usually bring in the best outta him production-wise, although Chxncex holds his own weight & southsidesilhouette flows over his sound well enough.

Score: 3.5/5

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