It’s a special feeling to have artists from my home state bring forth talents that are fitting yet distinguished within the hip-hop industry (since it is so infrequent) and a group of young guys called OXYxMORON allowed me the opportunity to express my Carolina ardor with their newest EP titled The Woods. OXYxMORON is composed of three guys from a small town called Florence, SC, who met while attending Francis Marion University, and made a unison decision to evolve their musical talents instead of studying the theory of evolution. Now speaking in terms of South Carolina, there aren't any artists that I know of who have a sound similar to OXYxMORON. In fact, the only artists I can compare them to is Nappy Roots or a triplet version of Big KRIT and when you listen to The Woods, you will understand my comparison. Read more about OXYxMORON here and give a listen to The Woods below.
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Tony (left): This album is my struggle, it’s my hopes and desires to get my family in a better place. This is album is my faith in God
MENT (center): This album is literally my last hope. I dropped out of school, so all my eggs are in one basket. My dad is unemployed and my mom has a home daycare. They struggle so much, and I HATE watching it, especially since they’re such good people! It had to be as perfect as possible to potentially put me and my family in a better place, so that’s where the raw emotion comes from.
Pedro (right): For me this album is my journal. I’m not the best speaker so often times in conversation I’m not able to say exactly what I want or express myself how I want to, but with this body of work I was. I’m just starting to fully understand the whole concept of trusting in God ‘cause I’ll admit I worry ‘bout shit more than I should at times. Just as hard as God shows abundant blessings, Satan works just as hard to tear that down and the back and forth battle for your soul can tear you down in the process at times. So for me, this album is me reaffirming my faith and coordinating my inner with my outer…finding oneness.