DJ ReddRokk & Kraftykid Look for The Silver Lining in “Oh Stress”
What happens when the mind and heart have an agreement?
DJ ReddRokk
DJ ReddRokk and Kraftykid have been releasing music together since 2018 with songs like The Twix and Cold Hard. However, this song marks their best work yet, which wouldn’t be complete without Erica Bergado’s soulful background vocals. DJ ReddRokk never fails on the beats and his range is incredible.
Kraftykid
Kraftykid is a family man who found success away from home, plagued by survivor’s guilt about leaving his loved ones behind. Now he’s finally becoming comfortable in his own skin. “I don’t care for your set. I don’t know what you rep.”
Artwork
So for the artwork I decided on a purple brain with a warped glitchy background to express the confusion and sombre in the lyrics. “All I wanna do is leave my legacy to stand”, Kraftykid says.
Moral
Rappers are lucky because they can make money off their stress. Pain makes for the best songs unfortunately, and here’s a prime example below.
Study of Sound & Kraftykid’s “Mars Remix” is The Indie/Rap Crossover You Never Knew You Needed
He was challenged to turn an ambient song into indie rap. How did he do?
How the collab came about
What started as a rapper-mixer relationship evolved into a true collaboration of sounds. Indie Rock and Rap. Kraftykid was tapped to do a remix for Study of Sound's Mars off his Musica Mundana album. The music on said album is ambient in nature so it was a challenge to turn it into indie rap, but how did he do?
How the song went
Kraftykid is known for touching many kinds of genres which can’t help the algorithm but at least the element of curiosity is still present in him. Also check out Study of Sound’s beautiful guitar solo and background vocals in the latter half of the song below. A standout from this song is the idea of a broken home. “A house divided will certainly destroy.”
Artwork
The cover art, by yours truly, features a lonely robot donning the Next Ting logo, gazing at the horizon on Mars. I wanted to express the longing for something more than what one already has, like kids often do.
Moral
“The mice were like pets, we ain’t had a dog. Every night, dancing through the walls like.” This sums up the experience of many kids who had their imagination and music as entertainment when money failed them.