Hip hop artist Dylan Sesco comes blazing out of the Vertlife Entertainment label with his brand new 6-track Good Villain EP, which follows his project entitled Pacific Coast Pharoah. What impresses me most about this EP is how the life story of one young man can come across so eloquently and be so representative of the struggles of so many people in these times. Yet the lyrics and music are too personal to sound like news stories.
Many of the song lyrics have a familiar feel in some way, as if these are stories about our friends, neighbors, or even ourselves. It’s not so much that life isn’t easy, but instead nearly impossible…especially if you’re living the street life!
Dylan Sesco is proof that hard work eventually pays off, but at the same time it proves that we need to remain almost permanently overworked to get anywhere at all. And, even when the fame and success arrives, there is still the reality of our personal lives that continues behind the scenes.
Maintaining a solid sense of self-determination amidst these challenges, Sesco turns whimsical musings and poignant insights into rhymes and verses that you would expect from someone in the latter years of their life. Instead this young man delivers songs on the Good Villain EP that aren’t simply confessions, but astute social commentary that gives us all food for profound reflection.
The music itself is deep and dark. It has a steady flow that is good background art for simply letting oneself slide into the ideas contained within Sesco’s lyrics, and to seriously chew on them for a while. I’ve been listening to the Good Villain EP for some days now. His lyrics will touch your soul, and you can tell he put everything he had into this. It’s really hard to come across a rapper whose passion for the production, timing, and lyrics come through so clearly.
There isn’t one single track that I didn’t like on this EP. Dylan Sesco is ambitious with an extremely bright mind, but with a phenomenal sense of humility, which comes shining through each track, no matter what the subject matter. The better songs to me are “Dope Era”, “Caught Up In The Moment”, “Treasure Island”, and by far the best track “Don’t Belong Here”, but these choices are purely personal – as usually happens, each listener will find their own favorites.
Dylan Sesco is a breath of fresh air in a redundant landscape dominated by one-trick ponies. Sesco’s simple and straight lyrical flow dominates the songs. He never screams or comes up into your face. His deliveries are almost underwhelming in a way, but so effective in communicating his messages. Even if you aren’t a Dylan Sesco fan, this is a great buy because it’s the evidence of the creativity still available in hip-hop.
The young thugs and the rest of the street clowns have a lot to learn from how Dylan Sesco delivers his commentary without stressing our eardrums and over-stretching our minds with bullshit. Sesco is someone who is very lyrical, thoughtful, and who can skillfully create rhymes that say something productive with ease. I would recommend checking out the Good Villain EP and not sleeping on such an excellent artist!
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