vax – “B4VXN” review

This is the 8th extended play from West Palm Beach, Florida rapper/producer vax. Someone who would eventually go on to drop his last 7 EPs since 2023 after beginning to make music at the age of 12 including New Jazz as well as Forgive My Sins & Pyramid Scheme, with Is This You? following my personal favorite of the bunch Throne. Coming off #B4BlueDawn along with the full-length debut Blue Dawn & more recently Steeze, a sophomore effort called Vaxination has begun being teased with B4VXN.

“Molly” incorporates this digicore instrumental to kick things off talking about stealing bitches & doing ecstasy with them prior to “Tony Montana” named after Scarface’s main character shouting out DC Studios CEO & Coyote vs. Acme producer/writer James Gunn. Hitting the midway point, “Sorry” hops over a rage beat so he can talk about knowing how to apologize while “AWOL”combines digicore & free car music admitting to being under the influence. “Dirty Ride” expresses his desires of becoming a wealthy corporate titan preceding “Trinity” featuring Westwood talks about wasting their time & ability on women who don’t love ‘em

Vaxination isn’t coming out until 2027 from what I understand so if this is the last time we’ll hear vax for the rest of the year, I’d say B4VXN gives us another brief dosage of decent rage/digicore similarly to the previous EP he put out earlier this summer. A large portion of the production other than the single was more uninteresting than Steeze a couple months ago but either way, I’ll give this the benefit of the doubt since I know he can make something that will turn more heads than Blue Dawn did this spring.

Score: 3/5

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vax – “Steeze” review

West Palm Beach, Florida rapper/producer vax staying busy with his 7th extended play. Someone who’s eventually go on to drop his last 6 EPs since 2023 after beginning to make music at the age of 12 including New Jazz as well as Forgive My Sins & Pyramid Scheme, with Is This You? following my personal favorite of the bunch Throne. Coming off #B4BlueDawn & the full-length debut Blue Dawn merely 8 weeks earlier & he’s applying more pressure by releasing Steeze.

“Parade” kicks things off with a rage-inducing intro talking about being with slayr in his hometown & looking for all the hoes back in the South shaking ass at a local parade while “Hetereo” bridges Steeze boasting that nobody can do this music shit the way he does it. “Screamer” spends the final minutes of the EP with 1 last hypertrap instrumental talking about going dumb whenever he’s on stage & making sure his bitch can’t walk for a week after sex.

Ditching the primary digicore influences of Blue Dawn along with the cloud/pop rap undertones, vax gets ready for the next era of his career dropping of a 6 minute 3-pack that I find to be average in comparison. The rage production doesn’t make a lasting impression on me as much as the debut a couple months ago & maybe a track or 2 could’ve been more fully fleshed out, but you can definitely still hear the hunger in his performances.

Score: 3/5

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vax – “Blue Dawn” review

vax is a 17 year old rapper & producer from West Palm Beach, Florida who began making music at the age of 12. He would eventually go on to drop 6 extended plays since 2023 including New Jazz as well as Forgive My Sins & Pyramid Schemes, with Is This You? following Throne being my personal favorite of the bunch. He recently dropped #B4BlueDawn last month preluding his full-length studio debut & it’s been turning tons of heads within the underground recently, getting a couple recommendations from people to give it a shot.

“So Good” brings a rage beat in the picture to get the ball rollin’ talking about most artists who end up in his position wind up foldin’ whereas “M&Ms” describes being better off without his ex since she fucked him over many times. “Hit Me Up” talks about a type of love that’s way too strong & after “Familia” featuring 7k makes a humorous reference to Charlie Kirk’s demise last fall, “Honest” reaches the halfway point taking a moment to be sincere with his partner.

We have “Crushed” sampling “sidekick” by 2hollis to talk about the way he prefers to have ice in his cup & smashing hoes while “Race” featuring slayr saves the best feature for last, speeding up their flows to break down each artists’ individual lifestyles. “Never Die Young” takes a few minutes to talk about dying with no regrets when his time comes & once “Best Friend” explains that nothing can stop the love he has for his soulmate, the final song “It’s Okay, Don’t Trip” ends on a more optimistic note assuring everything will be fine.

A majority of those early EPs vax have given us flashes of his true potential & it’s all beginning to realize itself on Blue Dawn even if he’s taking a backseat production-wise. His whole style amalgamating in digicore along with rage & pop rap has been completely refined other than the occasional electropop being sprinkled in, complimenting his knack for writing hooks by spitting 1 energetically hungry verse after another & selecting 2 of his most prominent affiliates to make the only guest appearances.

Score: 3.5/5

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