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New Music Critique: GXD Damn Ace

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7.4

GXD DAMN ACE
Contact: solomusicpublishing777@solomusic publishing.com

Web: Soundcloud

Seeking: Label, Booking, Film/TV
Style: Hip-Hop, Rap, R&B

We felt relieved when hearing “The Way” by GXD DAMN ACE did not open with dreary trap cliches, rather stark, dark lounge piano and synth loops leave room for ACE to take charge of the track. The sing-songy refrain is ACE’s mission: We lost a few. They lost a lot. “Disloyal” builds to become a list of people who have wronged the emcee―first verse is friends and rivals, then moves on to romances, though shouting “You disloyal bitch” is gratuitous. “Real Shooters” gets the old-timey phonograph treatment in its production, with dramatic bounce drum beats. Points are deducted for lazy songwriting. The phrase “Bitches on my dick,” is meaningless and redundant. Expand your vocabulary.