Itsleftfield

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[namesbliss @namesbliss]

run it
Me x Paul Stephan or ‘Ryu and Ken’ init

Drops on Monday

[GRM Daily @GRMDAILY]

There’s quality storytelling and then there’s namesbliss 😮‍💨🔥

His Pt.2 took us on a journey through the life of someone with neurodivergence, showing the struggles it brings in school and everyday life 💭

Wow👏

[namesbliss @namesbliss]

Daily Duppy Pt 2

based on a true story

[GRM Daily @GRMDAILY]

NAMESBLISS’ DAILY DUPPY JUST DROPPED 🚨

There’s LEVELS to this🔥

[𝖦𝗋𝗂𝗆𝖾𝗌 ⏳ @Grimezsz]

Like every artist I've ever met was in some point in a terrible label situation. The labels economic model is based on hits. U sign to a label because of the promise that if a song is going they can throw gasoline on it. No amount of advice seems to be able to convince enough artists to stop signing to labels cuz u rly do need to learn this first hand (even I did). But at this point it's almost like lobbying and super pacs in politics - it reduces the potential and rewards algorithmically safe music. They own huge chunks of like any distribution model - most of which are also algo based and reward sameness and frankly when I hear an artist I like followed by 40 other artists that sound just like them I start to lose interest. we've basically destroyed music journalism. And the abundance has actually sort of make everything feel less special.
The main music that can succeed is by theatre kids since they have higher pain tolerance and even exuberant joy about performing and therefore can thrive in environments like tik tok. And it is importsnt to keep space for this type of music

But man... I used to listen to so many local bands. There used to be a way more sustained amount of smaller artists. The musical middle class, as it were. This peaked during Napster era when we prob had the most meritocratic least gatekept music industry (you could be ugly too and still succeed. I miss that lol).

Now literal VC's are buying catalogues - every economic incentive in the world has lined up to actively dissuade new music and especially innovative music. The artists I currently consider the pantheon of modern innovators would have been a LOT more successful ten years ago.

It's interesting to me how undissected the economics of music are and how profoundly and negatively they are impacting music rn

[RUSS @russdiemon]

Creative fields are the only places where people expect elite performers to pretend they don’t know they’re elite. Great athletes can feel like they’re the best and it’s all good. But society wants top of their field creatives to do the whole “idk I’m ok I guess 🤷🏻‍♂️ , probably just got lucky” brand posturing. It’s fake modesty so that people like you more. Newsflash tho, every creative you’ve studied privately thinks they are great cuz they HAVE to. Conviction is the fuel. The audience’s discomfort says more about their relationship to ambition and confidence than about the claim itself.

[namesbliss @namesbliss]

one to watch freestyle
(Prod. by scruz)

LIVELY

[Jay Booglas  @SingletDon]

@DeeRiginal @jim_legxacy @namesbliss Artists @DeeRiginal @namesbliss @jim_legxacy @VagrantProducer @samsonm_ @itsleftfield

#SpotifyWrapped

[namesbliss @namesbliss]

London Scala

Signature Sound UK Tour

LIVELY

[namesbliss @namesbliss]

My ‘signature sound’ UK Tour is complete 🏃🏾‍♂️

Ended it with a Sold Out show last night at London Scala

LIVELY

[namesbliss @namesbliss]

Bristol last night. On a Monday night

This UK tour has eclipsed last years already icl. 3 shows to go

LIVELY

[namesbliss @namesbliss]

ADHD [movie / music video] 📺

Shot at the actual school I attended growing up

Enjoy

[namesbliss @namesbliss]

Nottingham last night was a movie. Sold Out business

BIG UP EVERYONE

LIVELY 🫡

(don’t lack on your London ticket there’s v few left)

[namesbliss @namesbliss]

My UK Tour starts tomorrow my G’s

tickets 👇🏾
https://t.co/MJ8fGuzUjI

LIVELY

[luis @yeahitsluisrico]

Supporting my goat @namesbliss in Manny. Come through and support. Full circle to be asked to do this as I’ve always been a fan of Bliss’s work and when we have spoke. It’s always been REAL.

[C4 @OoRITE_C4]

Announcement: I'm performing at @namesbliss Birmingham show on his tour - Make sure you're there 🙌🏾

Ticket link: https://t.co/ZnJvlUnVRc

[DeeRiginal @DeeRiginal]

☀️ when the sun is out, this is what London sounds like ☀️

[MANNY SAMPS @Manny_WhatElse]

Wake up @MOBOAwards

[UK Rap Daily @UKRapDaily]

Undoubtedly one of the best storytellers in UK rap right now

This song about ADHD is the best I've ever heard on the topic