With artists releasing songs at a fast and furious pace, it’s difficult for the average hip-hop head to keep track of it all—no matter how tapped in they are. That’s why we created The Ones, a daily post to highlight the song you need to hear.
Melvoni has the best voice of all the New York rappers who sing about trauma. In another era, the Brooklyn rapper would have probably been the lead of an R&B boy band. But it’s not 2005, therefore Melvoni wails his melancholy lyrics alone, accompanied only by gloomy pianos. “I look in the mirror with my eyes closed/I don’t like the shit I see, when they open up,” he sings on “Oh My,” a song that finds him reflecting on pain he can’t seem to overcome. It sounds gut-wrenching coming out of a voice this sweet.
Check out previous Ones, and listen to new rap from Melvoni and more on our Spotify playlist.
