Izzy Strange Ft Nikki Jean - Things Change (Prod By Nate Fox) | @ishestrange @nikkijean @alldayrecess

Izzy Strange Ft Nikki Jean - Things Change (Prod By Nate Fox) | @ishestrange @nikkijean @alldayrecess

Izzy Strange Ft Nikki Jean - Things Change (Prod By Nate Fox) | @ishestrange @nikkijean @alldayrecess

Izzy Strange returns to the forefront with his second power packed single "Things Changed" featuring Rhymesayers very own, Nikki Jean.

Lifted from off his forthcoming EP, "I"m From Where You're From", Izzy and frequent collaborator Nate Fox construct a fell good anthem that speaks about reflection. That reflection is looking at just how things change whether it's your mindset or hometown. Change is inevitable in life but ultimately, you have the choice to grow on your own terms or be forced into it. Nate provides the playful production as Izzy and Nikki trade real life tales that will surely have you traveling down memory lane.

 "Things Change" follows Izzy Strange's first single, "What You Tryna Do?", which features an incredible feature from Feddie Gibbs and was picked up by sites such as All Hip Hop and Hip Hop Since 1987. Nikki Jean adds an incredible vibe to the single by not only contributing a verse but also provides the hook. She's been hard at work since signing onto the Rhymesayers imprint and released her latest album, "Beautiful Prison".

"Things Change" is yet another solid release crafted by the Pennsylvanian emcee who now calls Las Vegas home. Listen to "Things Change" below and stay tuned for more music and "I'm From Where You're From" to arrive very soon.

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Izzy Strange - Izzy Duz It @ishestrange

Izzy Strange - Izzy Duz It @ishestrange

Izzy Strange - Izzy Duz It @ishestrange

Pennsylvanian emcee Izzy Strange lets lose his first official project of 2018, the 11 track "Izzy Duz It" mixtape.

Thus far, we'd seen two singles birthed prior to the mixtape. The first single, titled "Just Me", found Izzy alongside 2009 XXL Freshman Blu trading lyrics speaking on self-dependence and the need to continue pushing forward no matter what. Sara Fox also contributed to the track with a powerful burst of soul and the chorus. The second release placed Strange on a haunting Nate Fox production named "Halfway Crooks". Mick Jenkins joined Izzy to speak out against half-assing it through life. 

Production comes from a wide assortment of producers that Izzy came across via YouTube but he does however give us a song each from his go-to beatsmiths, Nate and Casa Nada. Also guest starring on the mixtape are Nacho Picasso and Tedy Andres, who appear on the latter half of the presentation. 

"Izzy Duz It" provides a close look at the multifaceted talent of the artist as he goes from storytelling tales to spitting bars and even playing the singer role on "Something I Said" with supporting vocals from Sara. Along with that angle, Izzy's potent poetical penmanship shines brightly on the mixtape. Top highlights of this statement can be found on tracks like "Even A Broken Clock", "The World Can Wait" and "Robert Johnson".

Since his first single from his sophomore album, "A Good Day 2 B The Bad Guy", Strange has made it a point to provide conceptually fueled content that's plays easy on the ear. Though a Hip Hop artist, the east coaster pulls in heavy influence from genres such as blues and jazz. If you were looking for some type of label to attach to "Izzy Duz It" you could call it "thinking man's music". He's not afraid to expose his faults and it's thru that type of fearlessness that makes the mixtape such an incredible project to digest time and time again.

"Izzy Duz It" is now streaming on Soundcloud and YouTube.

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Izzy Strange Ft Mick Jenkins - "Halfway Crooks" - @ishestrange

Izzy Strange Ft Mick Jenkins - "Halfway Crooks" - @ishestrange

Izzy Strange Ft Mick Jenkins - "Halfway Crooks" - @ishestrange

Izzy Strange unleashes a barrage of aggressive ammo aimed at anybody thinking of trying to size him up on the Mick Jenkins featured, Halfway Crooks". Over a Halloween-esque production from Grammy Award winner Nate Fox, the pair leave shook crews running, like they're supposed to.

There's no doubt that the Pennsylvania emcee has been working in overtime mode since he began delivering music from his sophomore album, "A Good Day 2 B The Bad Guy".  It's been about 2 years now since that album's first single debuted, a collab track titled "Fall Back" featuring Eligh. Since that time, Izzy has presented songs alongside artists such as Blu, Open Mick Eagle and Mick Jenkins. Strange and Mick collaborated on AGD2BTBG on the jazzy uplifting, "No One But Me", that premiered on HHDX.

On Halloween, Izzy's unleashes his "Izzy Duz It" mixtape that features the duo's second meeting, "Halfway Crooks". Let's be honest, you ought not talk the talk if you can't walk the walk. However, there are many people out there pump faking. More so, you may know one of these falsifiers. On "Halfway Crooks", Strange is in prime form as he snipes away his opponents one by one. Wordplay is extreme as Iz spits:

Izzy Strange, product placement / Where's the payment but be patient / Takes time to be the greatest / I've been studying the ancients, so I can be replacement

Mick Jenkins enters the track at the halfway mark and continues the potent alphabet massacre with lines like:

while the chain still chokes you up / don't chalk it up, to sleep / I'm woke as fuck / was out here in these streets, just broke as fuck / and dodging all police, what they on with us? / on the cusp of something great, you can't relate

Both emcees build up their deliveries as the verses play out, giving us a dual climatic experience thru audio. DJ Halo, who did the cuts for "No Commercials", also returns to put the needle of the record and close the song out and a Hip Hop purist plateau.

Mick Jenkins has a new album coming out on October 26th titled "Pieces of a Man". "Understood" is it's lead single and was produced by KAYTRANDA. Izzy's mixtape, Izzy Duz It", arrives on October 31st and will also feature Blu, Tedy Andreas, Nacho Picasso and Sara Fox. Stay tuned for both projects and definitively make sure to check out the nineties fueled "Halfway Crooks" on Spotify.

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Izzy Strange - Televised @ishestrange

Izzy Strange - Televised @ishestrange

Izzy Strange - Televised @ishestrange

Izzy Strange - Televised @ishestrange

"Televised" by Izzy Strange was produced by Casa Nada and features singer Tahlyn. The song was inspired on Izzy's outlook with how people interact on social media. For better or worse, you can almost become someone else on the internet. People love to talk about others flaws while trying to conceal their own. All of sudden everyone has a voice and most people think their opinion needs to be heard. We’re an in instant gratification age and we’re just looking for people to entertain. Everyday people can now go viral over night.


The video concept is based off the fact that most things are done on the internet. Interactions, shopping, paying bills, etc. The way life is headed, it's now far-fetched for people to stop leaving their comfort zones all together. So in the video, the emcee puts on a performance to an empty venue while trying to bare his soul to the world. People are watching from their phones via Facebook Live while also engaging in their everyday activities. 
"I feel like people’s attention span is rather low right now and they have trouble focusing on one thing even if it’s something they enjoy."  "Televised" is a loose single to keep fans tuned in while Izzy continues to work on his next full length album, The Die Is Cast". He plans to debut two more loose singles, one with Blu and another with Mick Jenkins. Expect the Blu featured "Just Me" single to premiere sometime in July. Stay updated by visiting www.izzystrangeraps.com and signing up for his newsletters.

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Izzy Strange - "Real Love" | @ishestrange

Izzy Strange - "Real Love" | @ishestrange

Izzy Strange - "Real Love" | @ishestrange

As the release of "A Good Day 2 B The Bad Guy" grows closer, Izzy Strange offers up the fourth single titled "Real Love" and it's nothing short of excellent. Enter "Real Love", a song consisting of searching for love in all the wrong places. If Strange's unique delivery nor Tahlyn's soulful melodies don't instantly catch your attention then the surreal, dreamlike production of Cassa Nada will.

That's only the audio side of things, the video is what really showcases what Izzy and company have in store for the remainder of the year. He taps fellow Beasley's Corner Bodega brethren Joshua "Zeus" Thomas for the visual production and blood sibling Josh Hernley to play the main character. Carly Marie plays the love interest and Tahlyn even makes an appearance.

Blending shots of the pair overlooking the lake, smooth edits and the scenes where Josh actually rhymes the lyrics as dialect make this a must see video. Check Out Izzy Strange in "Real Love" below.

         

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Izzy Strange Ft Blu - "At Home" | @ishestrange

Izzy Strange Ft Blu - "At Home" | @ishestrange

Izzy Strange Ft Blu - "At Home" | @ishestrange

Pennsylvania's Izzy Strange continues to impress with yet another explosive collaboration. The Beasley’s Corner Bodega leader contracts 2009 XXL Freshman Blu for the Nate Fox produced, “At Home”. Mixing West Coast sounds on top of East Coast drum patterns, both emcees feel right "At Home" over the single. It is also set to appear on the recently announced “Stranger Than Fiction” mixtape, dropping this Fall. Soon after, Izzy's highly anticipated sophomore album “A Good Day 2 B The Bad Guy” will follow. A busy year indeed for Izzy, listen to "At Home" below.

 

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