YUNGMORPHEUS’ Lush and Dusky “Playin’ the Same Game” is a Depiction of a Day in the Life of a Hustler in the Rap Game

YUNGMORPHEUS, photo courtesy the artist

YUNGMORPHEUS creates a distinctive mood on “Playin’ the Same Game” setting the scene with a narrative of a world of striving in the black market economy. The beat is like an after hours jazz vibe with what sounds like some choice Hammond B3 work in the background and detailed cymbal sounds. The vocals are almost hushed in relating tales of being a hustler who is producing joints for other artists and juggling other income streams and living the life of someone making music from an authentic place, trying to be an artist with integrity while seeing plenty of wannabes come and go with their image in place and people trying to undermine each other in the way that happens too often in a social scene where some people think they’re not succeeding unless they’re climbing successfully over someone else and at times denigrating and underplaying their skills and achievements. But in YUNGMORPHEUS’ voice he’s seen this all before and he’s maintaining and sustaining through the low times and those that may seem like things are going well when the entire time the carpet can be yanked from underneath you. Listen to “Playin’ the Same Game” on Spotify and follow YUNGMORPHEUS at the links provided.

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