Miami hip-hop artist Dlaurend has
released his newest collection of recordings on MondoTunes Music
Distribution
Miami hip-hop artist Dlaurend has
released his newest collection of recordings on MondoTunes Music
Distribution. These tracks are heavy, yet smooth, and woven over a
backbeat that just doesn't quit. Dlaurend pulls no stops, allows no
quarter, gives no room for competition. He does not imitate, and his
sound, which may even be too fine for the modern era's tin ear, is
entirely unique to him.
D. Laurend Young started singing at the
tender age of sixteen, and had already garnered the attention of the
music industry in the Miami, Florida, area, which is a highly
competitive and unforgiving hip hop scene. Nevertheless, the music
of Dlaurend stands out against the usual backdrop of homogenous hip
hop, a trait that has alienated him from major labels whom are too
scared to release anything but the same-old, same-old. His music
mixes the cool, harmonic sweetness of Boyz II Men with the groove of
artists such as New Edition, and a subtler funk hearkening to Prince.
His loops are background music, not
melodies, and his beats are rhythm, not the showing-off of a flashy
percussionist. His music reminds one of the tasteful hip hop of the
late eighties and early-mid nineties, when hip-hop hit a stride in
its quality that stretched from the rawness of gangsta rap to the
undeniable expertise found in performers like Seal and Brian
McKnight. His sound is sonorous and soulful, executed with patience,
precision and tact. His lyrics are heartfelt, honest, earnest, and
natural. His lines are full of conviction and steadfastness. Upon
being asked about the content of his lyrics, Dlaurend has said his
music “reflects
love, heartbreak and the celebrations of life.” These themes are
perhaps his most permeating topics, but they are far from his only
ones.
-S. McCauley
Staff Press Release Writer
MondoTunes
The LP “DLaurend” is
distributed globally by MondoTunes (www.MondoTunes.com)
and is available at iTunes for convenient purchase and download
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