Officially only one head on the track below is out of Austin these days, but we’re gonna go ahead and claim Cory Kendrix for the ATX, as he just recently made the move to Colorado after holdin’ it down here for many years. And hell, Houston’s only 3ish hours away, so we’ll take UZOY under the wing as well in the name of Texan solidarity. In that regard, this here hip-hop track released under the banner of Los Angeles rapper IKE and produced by Austin’s own Haris Qureshi is one hell of a good ATX-to-LA connection.
It’s a connection which it looks like we’ll be getting a good bit more of soon as well, as this track "You and Me" is just one part of upcoming long play Paradise, a full album of tracks by IKE and Qureshi soon to be released. "You and Me" alone is some highest caliber shit from beat to hook and all throughout, a track I’d put up against most anything out there right now. It’s mature and relatable, all about how livin’ is hard but better with someone good on your side, but it stays fun and jammable with not one weak part, and it doesn’t get bogged down a bit by its deep message. It’s outright killer shit y’all, and yet another example of how Austin is doin’ it hard as any other city in the national hip-hop scene.