Last year, Espacio Dios emerged with an immediately identifiable voice that stood out in South Africa despite usually being paired with experimental pop instrumentals that could easily be housed in their EDM scene. While most pop artists usually save their tougher side for rapped bars, or don’t expose it at all, Espacio Dios is unafraid to let his singing voice slip into ragged, arresting territory. And his latest single, “Uri Fire” is so hard, it’s basically hip-hop.

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BLFR produces the trap beat with ambient synth sounds and base drops that swims in and out of the looped synths. The trap beat encourages Espacio Dior to dive into fits of showy, aggressive and hungry bars with occasional adlibs. leaving behind all his softer tendencies from singles like love inclined “Ayaba”, Espacio Dios goes for ferocity rapping “I Got It All/ Now Give Me Some More” and referencing some of some of Kendrick’s more memorable line from DAMN; “If I Had Slap On A Bitch Ama Make It Look Sexy”.

Singing a few lines, he makes a convincing case for how malleable hip-hop and R&B can be on “Uri Fire”. He rides the beat comfortably while still going ape shit on the bars. Listen to “Uri Fire” below.

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