Critical Praise for IamSu!:
Best New Artist - SPIN
"[Iamsu!] is making some of the catchiest and most pleasant music in all of rap right now." - Stereogum
"IamSu!'s confident and fluid rhymes shine." - Complex
Gen F featured artist - "[Iam]Su! asserts himself as a hip-hop tour de force with fluid, confident rhymes." - The FADER
"...a standout in the Bay's young, emerging pool of talent." - HipHopDX
The Video:
This past Friday Iamsu! kicked off his Million Dollar Afro Tour. The first leg of the tour, an 11-date run alongside co-headliner Problem, makes stops along the West Coast and in New York City, as Iamsu! and Problem support their recent Million Dollar Afro mixtape. Along the way, Iamsu! also continues to unveil a series of solo releases and videos, including today's offering, "Losin'," which is pulled from Su!'s most recent solo tape, $uzy 6 $peed, and features fellow HBK Gang member CJ.
Since release, $uzy 6 $peed has been lauded by the likes of SPIN, Stereogum, which named the project Mixtape Of The Week, and The FADER, which recently featured Iamsu! in the magazine's coveted GenF section and also invited Su! to perform at this year's SXSW FADER Fort. Tracks like 'Losin'" continue to show just how well rounded Iamsu! is, offering a level of subdued, soulful boastfulness that fits nicely next to more raucous tracks like recent single, and $uzy 6 $peed offering, "Goin' Up," which features Wiz Khalifa.
"Losin'," premiered today by Billboard, is shot in a fitting black and white and is directed by HBKGADGET for Grand Productions Media. As the track opens, with a haunting, beautiful female vocal ("Losin' myself to find you"), the video, playing in reverse, follows a young woman as she walks through the city. As the story unfolds, the scenes are interlaid with striking performance shots of Iamsu! and CJ.
Watch the video for "Losin'" Ft. CJ here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qiaNsDc4mNQ
Check out the Billboard premiere here: http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/the-juice/1558427/iamsu-losin-exclusive-video-premiere
Download $uzy 6 $peed: http://www.livemixtapes.com/mixtapes/19377/iamsu-uzy-6-peed.html
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The Background:
2012 was nothing short of a breakout year for Iamsu!. The 22-year-old popped up with a triple-threat performance on LoveRance's "UP!," which Su! produced, penned the hook for, and guested on with a scene-stealing verse. The song peaked at number one on Billboard's Hot R&B/Hip-Hop chart, and in the midst of that success, Su! again delivered a fan-favorite verse on a big-time radio single, this time with E-40's "Function." Su! followed that success with a solo mixtape, KILT, and the critical acclaim came in droves, as the project was hailed by SPIN as their Rap Release Of The Week, with the outlet also naming Su! as one of their 5 Best New Artists for June '12. Su!'s been plenty busy since – a west coast tour; a collaborative mixtape with Jay Ant; a standout collaboration with Wiz Khalifa, "Bout Me," that appeared on Khalifa's Cabin Fever 2 and will also show up on his sophomore album, O.N.I.F.C. Now, Iamsu! is prepping a new mixtape, $uzy 6 $peed, which was released exclusively through LiveMixtapes on November 10th. The tape is presented by Bay Area streetwear company Pink Dolphin, which will release an exclusive t-shirt and hoody for the tape. Iamsu! is back to work already in 2013, with the recent release of Million Dollar Afro, a collaborative mixtape with Compton rapper Problem, and plenty more solo music planned for the coming months.
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