vax – “Vaxination” review

Brand new sophomore effort from West Palm Beach, Florida rapper/producer vax. Someone who’s gone on to drop 8 extended plays since 2023 after beginning to make music at the age of 12 ranging from New Jazz to 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 as well as the Steeze EP & B4VXN, the main course to the latter is finally ready to be served after several delays

“Hold Me Over” opens up with a hypertrap instrumental pleading for his bae to not switch up on him whereas the self-produced “Angel” kinda has some digicore undertones to it asking whether or not this woman can be honest with his love. “Obey” talks about doing whatever the individual he’s addressing wanted him to do without asking any questions while “Mob” lets Hostile handle the sole verse, painting imagery of the gangsta lifestyle.

Meanwhile on “Nation”, we have vax coming through with a 2-parter moonwalking like the late King of Pop Michael Jackson & aiming at heads leading into the rage-inducing “1 4 Ya” talking about getting money like he’s some sorta mad man. “Move Right” leans towards the digicore side of things again explaining that he can’t get up because he’s fried as fuck just before “Drop the Act” sends a clear message directed at people fakin’ the funk.

“Tearin’ Up” featuring Onyx77 kicks off the 2nd half of Vaxination realizing the ones who they were confident of being their soulmates not caring enough while “Correct” talks about having the ability to fuck your bitch by sending her a single text message. “Tajin” flexes how hot he is & his love for all bad bitches across the world regardless of skin color but after “Iconic” boasts his legendary status, “Take My Number” asks if this girl would be ok with having his digits.

Cochise saves my favorite guest appearance for last during “Eastside” representing the alligator state they call home while “Turn Off the World” interpolates “New Wave” by Sam Gellaitry when the hook comes around, yearning to cancel out everyone near his vicinity. “Luck” confesses the feeling of his fortune diminishing when it seems like he stumbled across a pot of gold & “End of the Day” sends off the album talking about walking away with his heart wrapped around a noose.

The averageness of B4VXN & Steeze sparked some concerns heading into Vaxination, but thankfully I’d put it above both of those EPs & behind Blue Dawn to claim the bragging rights of becoming my 2nd favorite thing vax has done all year. The production predominantly balances digicore & rage other than some secondary influences of pop rap although I feel like it’s not as cohesive as his debut was back in April.

Score: 3.5/5

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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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