NEVZ returns with heart-on-sleeve precision and poetic lucidity in his latest single, "Love You, Momma." This gorgeously emotional ode is simultaneously intimate and universal. The artist is known for his tireless creative output and genre-defying scope. NEVZ taps into something much more profound. Family, gratitude, and the unbreakable connection between mother and child.
It starts like a warm hug, immediately hugging you to a soulful space. The beat is stripped back and feels raw, but it truly shines in its honesty, as it gives NEVZ's storytelling the platform to shine. He straddles the line between introspection and universal experience. There's an appealing frailty in each bar. His voice is raspy and sincere as he commemorates the woman who made him.
It's not just that the words land. It's how they're delivered. NEVZ doesn't play when it comes to rap. He lays everything in a verse. His respect carries some heft. You can feel the history in the lines, the lessons, and the decades of love and resilience he's channeling. This is not a performative homage. It's a love letter that could have been scrawled in any son's notebook, but NEVZ had the heart to spit it on wax.
"Love You Momma" comes at an interesting time in NEVZ's catalog, which has been getting increasingly ambitious, by the sound of it. With three new albums on the way (Taking Out the Trash, The Lord of the Ring Returns, The Stimulus Package), he's even showing quality doesn't suffer from quantity. If anything, the breakneck pace with which he put out new music, on par with 2Pac's fabled recording work ethic, has been the mark of an artist so tapped into something pure that it was genuinely unstoppable.