Silas Price - Night 3
Arkansas rapper Silas Price dropped a full-length album recently, entitled Night 3. The album offers an eclectic array of sounds, including club bangers, trap, and pop.
Silas Price
Price explains the inspiration for the Night project, saying, “This project sums up the ups and downs of life and how you're not defined by them. You're defined by how you make people feel.”
Price began writing poetry when he was six-years-old because it allowed him to freely and effectively express how he was feeling. On one occasion, he chanced on his father listening to galvanizing music. It was Tupac. Swept up in the buff rawness and electrifying energy of Tupac, Price fell prey to the magnetic pull of rap. Price expanded his repertoire, listening to I.T. and Ludacris. Spending hours emulating Ludacris’ performance of “Stand Up,” Price unknowingly taught himself flow.
Later, he took his poetry and attached beats and melodies. When he performed for friends, his flow made an impact. Everyone admitted Silas Price had it going on. Price hasn’t looked back since then.
Encompassing 17-tracks, Night 3 opens with a brief intro, called “New Year, Same Me,” followed by “Mr. Nice Guy,” featuring Price the Poet and WuWu. This track rides stripped down swaying synths atop a muscular kick drum. Velvety sing-song harmonies give the tune depth and resonance, as Price slings his rhymes on tight tones.
“Big Stacks” travels on a potent trap beat, low and slow and banging. This might be my favorite track on the album because of its brawny feel and slightly wicked temper.
From a purely subjective viewpoint, the best tracks on the album include “Ya Feel Me,” featuring King Tuzi’s skintight spitting flow juxtaposed against Price’s deeper-toned flow. Two distinct layers of coloration, one sparkling, the other dark and menacing, infuse the harmonics with palpably tense textures.
“Where You From, 5?” opens on an elegant R&B-flavored piano with Price’s voice rapping tenderly overhead. When the groove enters, the track takes on a smooth R&B hip-hop vibe, both romantic and chill. “We Live” starts off with a pop-flavored intro of handclaps and rolling percussion, and then rolls into a cool trap beat with nursery rhyme glimmers of color. The harmonic shifts and leitmotifs on this tune assume a hypnotic momentum.
“Big Stacks” travels on a potent trap beat, low and slow and banging. This might be my favorite track on the album because of its brawny feel and slightly wicked temper. “Only God Knows” rides on melodic emo-hip-hop savors, soft and warm.
Night 3 delivers the goods. Cashmere melodies, as well as surging trap muscle, along with the adept flow of Silas Price make this album a must-listen-to.
