southsidesilhouette – “Dream But Don’t Sleep” review

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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Yung Fazo – “Zo” review

Yung Fazo is a 19 year old up-&-coming recording artist from New York City notable for making waves in the plugg & rage subgenres of trap music by releasing a total of 2 EPs & a full-length debut studio album only halfway through the current decade. He dropped off a couplet of tracks last spring & granted it’s only been 9 months since, he’s back with a sophomore effort a little over 26 months after he broke down the internal conflict he was prominently portraying during the course of the last LP.

“B4U” kicks the door down with this rage-inducing opener produced by Ginseng telling his romantic interest exactly how much he adores her whereas “Ed Hardy” references the current TNA World Tag Team Champion in his 3rd reign & inaugural 4th Rope World Tag Team Champion Jeff Hardy of The Hardy Boyz. “Bang Bang” cautions to be careful if you ever step around his parts since he’ll let the chopper sing, but then “All in Motion” electronically switches up his flow to talk about ambition, heartbreak & self-discovery.

Moving on from there, “Bring It Back” works in some catchy synthesizers to discuss the woman he’s currently seeing being different & that he’s been fighting demons trying to move on while “Fuk Love” gets back on the hypertrap vibes pondering if the drugs are really fucking up his soul leading into “Moving On” telling his ex he doesn’t want to do her wrong.

“Me, Myself & I” tells a hoe that he’s gonna blow telling her that he wishes he could love except he’s off that drank while the synth-heavy “Psycho” talks about being insane after a girl that he was seeing observed his psychosis. “Run” throws it back to “Headlines” by Drake acknowledging that he knew he would make bands while “Geeked Up” brings back the rage talking about being geeked.

The penultimate track “Rip My Soul” begins the final moments of Yung Fazo’s full-length studio debut coming clean of the biggest mistake in his life being him giving his heart away being on the go as of late with n9ck & the closer “Kurt Cobain” takes it’s name after the iconic Nirvana frontman feeling exactly like him after a bitch has fucked him up leaving a couple scars after stabbing him in the back in the end.

Compared to his 2022 debut, I find myself gravitating more towards Fazo’s highly-anticipated successor than a lot of what I’ve heard from him until now. The production is heavily built around the rage sound & by the title taking its name from an abbreviation of his moniker, he lets listeners in as to who he is personally.

Score: 3.5/5

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