Aminé dropped the cover art for his album on June 22nd. It features Aminé sitting naked, save his blue jeans and banana undies pooled at his ankles, atop a blue toilet, reading a Good For You Post underneath blue words proclaiming his debut album title. At first sight, the cover read, to me, as: “Let that sh*t go, it’s good for you”. Aminé stared back at me from the cover somewhat challenging my assumption of meaning from his art direction. So sitting down to listen, I kept my initial thought in mind, and naturally hoped I had foreseen the tone of the project I was about to review.
Read MoreThe Portland hip-hop scene is growing with artists such as Amine making national headlines with his single, “Caroline” and “Red Mercedes”, and TYuS making waves with his “Never Forget” project. Another budding artist is Cassow with his laid back flow but vibrant sounds and that’s displayed in his well-anticipated video, “La Brea”.
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