Sometimes all a smoker needs in this day to day continuum we call life is a fat belly bass line rolling behind hazy vocals and snapping drums. White sheet clean and overtly drawing from simple influences like old school reggae and world beat drums are the sounds behind DJ Semaj’s instrumental for the King Leez cut “In My Mode.” As the voice of Struggle channels mento inflections with “Rolling ganga, got me so high, so high” on the hook, it is Tacoma Weekly’s recently crowned Artist of the Year King Leez that coasts into chill mode with dynamic bars and melodic singing run through ear pleasing effects. Look out for more from the Washington state emcee when he drops Supreme Being on January 5th.
