Rising up through the art scene in Albuquerque, New Mexico, 2ndVerse is an emotional tsunami of a single in "Overdose," a deep-dive into Lo-Fi Rap and Cloud Hop that is as intimate as a late-night confessional as it is honest as scars in the mirror. The collective consists of lyricists UncleBizzy, Jordan Kingston, and Croz, as well as eerie, evocative production from Solo, who are architects of emotional landscapes. In "Overdose," they're all-in on the universe of emo hip-hop, supersaturated with despair but overflowing with poetic grit.
The beat sounds like walking through a poorly lit street with a thunderstorm of thoughts in your head. Against this paint-by-numbers backdrop, the verses open up as introverted, exposed, and unashamedly honest diary entries. UncleBizzy, Jordan Kingston, and Croz all bring unique flavors to the sound, but they operate as a unit, passing verses back and forth like pages from a shared diary. Their delivery comes from a place of sincerity, pain cloaked in metaphor, trauma molded into a rhythm. If it is dread of the emotional exhaustion of disaffected urban life, the band turns it up to eleven.
"Overdose" smacks so hard with its genre-bending mixture of Lo-Fi and Emo Rap and the fact that it wears its heart on its sleeve. It is trying to connect. And in that mission, 2ndVerse is wildly effective. This track lets everyone know that 2ndVerse is a group with much to say and a sound that could resonate far beyond Albuquerque. "Overdose" is a mood, moment, and mirror for anyone who has felt too much and said too little.