Nearly a dozen years in the game, his influence is felt from touring continents to performing on stages with legendary artists, including Fabolous, Boyz II Men, Jadakiss, Pusha T, and even Styles P. This is Ferreira pouring his hard-earned artistry into a crisply articulated, minimalist landscape of sheer verbal coolness. The song begins with a cool Latin guitar riff that evokes a sense of the story of love unfolding in slow motion. And then the Afrobeat drums drift in, not too loud, or fast, slow and steady enough to get your hips regulated with the beat.
Alongside his gang, Ferreira moves at a slow-roll pace across the clean ether of the beat, a hypnagogic vibe that's inescapable once you've heard it. A perfect song, laid bare and clean, "Into You" is flawless down to its every sound, methodically placed without clutter. Anything but a single, "Into You" is an aura, a mark of Ferreira as an artist who has come into their own with the knowledge and grace to pull in the reins on sound, feel, and space. As head lamps on and the first few bars of "Into You" fade in, you are a powered-up flipping through the backbeat. More than music, it's a vibe.
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