Dont sleep sleepy hallow12/30/2023 ![]() Or President* will keep their celebration going just fine. Right now it’s clear that what needs to happen is the inevitable Sleepy Hallow and Sheff G joint mixtape. Sleepy is the face of the Winners Circle label alongside his running mate Sheff G, who was still incarcerated at the time of Boy Meets World’s. Then, there’s “Don’t Panic,” which follows in the fiery and relentless footsteps of the four previous songs in their “Panic” series-each Brooklyn drill essentials in their own right. Boy Meets World is New York drill phenomenon Sleepy Hallow’s first album since emerging from prison, and he takes no chances by dawdling through the album’s runtime he sounds hungry. The duo complement each other perfectly: their seamless back-and-forth “Water” and “Molly” should be spilling out of Flatbush car windows in no time. Sleepy’s forced duets with Fivio Foreign and Jay Critch, pale in comparison to the tape’s three collaborations with Sheff G. ![]() Typically it’s because of New Jersey producer Great John, whose acoustic guitar-sampling beats-“6 AM in NY” and “Bankrolls”-lack the country soul of similar production behind Deep South singing rappers like Rod Wave and Rylo Rodriguez. On the introspective “Bad Luck,” Sleepy smoothly delivers evergreen reflections about living in fear of death, “Demons at my door say ‘they just wanna come inside’/Shots fired, opps shot, another opp died/Cops shot another black guy”-lyrics that resonate harder than usual as the current wave of protests against police brutality continue.īut Sleepy’s sound is so bare that one misstep derails the entire track. On the gloomy “Anxiety Freestyle” he delivers his bars with an appealing looseness that makes pain sound like a good time: “Pop a perc now I’m back to life.” On “All In,” he tackles a flip of Weldon Irvine’s “Morning Sunrise” that has been done better before-Just Blaze’s iconic “Dear Summer” beat comes to mind-but his vocals are sharp and infectious. Like Polo G-though not nearly as melancholy or polished-he blends the rushed cadence of traditional drill rapping with a rugged singing voice. The Brooklyn-raised twenty something has a refreshing style. Sleepy Hallow shines when he keeps it minimal like this. But the song, clocking in at under two minutes, is perfect for endless replays, and has become the viral soundtrack for TikTok dance videos, a treasure chest of New York quotables (“My body different”) and the biggest Brooklyn drill song not made by Pop Smoke. But figuring out your sound on the go is part of the charm.Ĭheck out previous Ones, and listen to new rap from Sleepy Hallow and more on our Spotify playlist, Apple Music playlist, and SoundCloud playlist.Listen to Sleepy Hallow’s early 2020 single “Deep End Freestyle,” and it’s straightforward: a single verse, no hook, the beat a simple looped vocal sample. Though with a melody that can be one-note and some sloppy songwriting (“You ain’t really what you say you is/You be actin’, here’s a Grammy,” he says, apparently confusing a Grammy for an Oscar), Sleepy, like many rappers in Brooklyn, is still rough. Among a number of standouts is “Dis Summah,” a cold and reflective track that doubles as a warning shot: “Don’t make me catch a case dis summah,” advises the Flatbush, Brooklyn rapper, in his deep voice. On Halloween, Sleepy released his debut mixtape, Don’t Sleep, in which he makes the case that he can hold together a record on his own. Through tracks like “ Panic Part 2” and “ Panic Part 3,” a feeling emerged in the borough that Sleepy had a gift for storytelling similar to Sheff. ![]() A year ago, Sleepy Hallow had little music outside of a few collaborations with his childhood friend and Brooklyn drill figurehead Sheff G.
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