SiR) // rosegold,” a song in which Rashad expresses his gratitude for still being afforded the opportunity to make music. Named after a southern rapper of Rashad’s youth, this song couples Rashad’s easy flows with a fantastically soft feature from Odd Future alum Syd (tha Dude) to concoct one of the year’s sweetest hooks.Ī particularly sentimental track is “Rope (ft. Syd),” is a clear descendent of the Andre 3000 school of nostalgic rap ballads. The Sun Tirade’s standout track, “Silkk da Shocka (ft. On The Sun’s Tirade’s best moments, the boom-bap bass, paired with some really groovy, slowed down hooks, almost recall Outkast’s seminal 1998 album, Aquemini. There is a lot going on in these tracks, especially in comparison with the beats on Rashad’s debut Cilvia Demo, which featured a lot of synth-heavy, chilled out beats. From a production standpoint, this sound is compatible with Rashad’s roots as an Outkast fanboy. The Sun’s Tirade uses a lot of standout, funky beats that have defined recent TDE releases, such as Kendrick’s To Pimp a Butterfly and Jay Rock’s 90059.
Transplanted from Tennessee into the heart of the US’s west coast scene, Rashad has had a lot of influences to juggle in his music. The sprawling 66 minute release finds Rashad confronting his demons head-on, while earning his place among the TDE elite. After this tumultuous time, the 25-year-old returns to the scene with The Sun’s Tirade, released Sept. The two years since have not been easy for Rashad: An addiction to Xanax, alcoholism, and the pressures of being his label’s prospective ‘next big thing’ have defined a silent period in which the company, Top Dawg Entertainment (TDE), almost dropped Rashad. They were the subject of much of his deceptively laidback flows on his eye-opening 2014 debut, Cilvia Demo. Tennessean rapper Isaiah Rashad has some destructive tendencies.
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