SWAVAY – ATLANTA NATIVE & SOULFUL TRAP PRODIGY – RELEASES DEBUT ALBUM ALMETHA’S SON
ALBUM FEATURES JAMES BLAKE, G HERBO & DESTIN CONRAD
SwaVay – a native son of the original spirit and soul of Atlanta’s ever-evolving rap scene – drops his debut album ALMETHA’S SON via Giant Music/Def Jam Recordings. The album explores SwaVay’s personal journey and experience, his relationship to the city of Atlanta and to his family and upbringing, and effortlessly shows off the wide range of emotions and energies captured in his diverse, soulful music, from hard-hitting trap to Dungeon Family-esque bounce. In the run-up to Almetha’s Son, SwaVay released the deeply real tracks “JUGG” and “FACES” to both critical and fan acclaim. “There is profound intelligence in the matter-of-fact manner in which SwaVay states the reality of who he is, where he comes from, and where he plans to grow from here. To honour his words, we won’t discuss it – we’ll just point out its brilliance” says HIPHOP-N-MORE.
Powered by a hard-earned confidence that his own genre-traversing style is ready for hip-hop’s – and music’s – biggest stages, SwaVay arrives at the industry’s #1 hip-hop destination with the depth and dexterity that is typical of Dogwood City’s greatest. His brand of soulful trap fusion has earned cosigns and collabs from artists across genres and sounds, from multi-platinum producer Metro Boomin, to U.K. pop/electronic/R&B auteur James Blake.
In 2019, SwaVay shared a Grammy® nomination for his contribution to “Elevate” (with DJ Khalil, Cordae, Denzel Curry, and Trevor Rich), from the Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Versesoundtrack. In 2021, SwaVay appeared on “Frozen” (with Dreamville Records’ J.I.D), a track from Blake’s LP, Friends That Break Your Heart.
Inspired by the likes of Kendrick Lamar, J. Cole, and Drake, as well as golden-era greats like Jay-Z, Nas, and Snoop Dogg – SwaVay dropped his first solo project, Poet Talk (2012), while still in school. More indie releases followed, including TRVPLANTA (2015), and Before Eye Die(2016), as SwaVay found his place amid Atlanta’s competitive trap scene.
ALMETHA’S SON – TRACKLIST
1. INTRO ft. James Blake
2. GO SHORTY
3. BILLY
4. GRAMMY
5. GROWN MAN
6. MONEY CAN’T EASE YOUR PAIN
7. KICK DOOR ft. G Herbo
8. JUGG
9. 4+5
10. RUNAWAY
11. FORVER ft. Destin Conrad
12. FACES
13. FRIENDS
14. TROUBLE
15. DON’T JUDGE ME
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