This week artist of the week is an artist by the name of Tarica June. When i first heard her i was already sold on her soon as she dropped the first bar. She is a very influential artist that has a lot of substance unlike most upcoming artist these days. She is very down to earth and humble as well. I cant wait to get a chance to see her rocking the crowd in the future. Show love and checkout her mixtape the link is located at the bottom.
Tarica June's sole mission is to represent the moonlight --that is, to be a light in the dark. Upon reluctantly attempting to categorize, she describes her style as a lyric-heavy combination of hip-hop and spoken word. She prides herself on making music that can’t be boxed-in-- love letters to the b-girls who color outside the lines. She writes with purpose, going out of her way to ensure that her flow does her subdued, non-club-friendly beats justice. The result is a highly unique, poetically purposeful sound that’s worthy of notice.
Her path to music was unconventional. She first came to love and appreciate the power of the word at the age of eight when she started penning poetry and songs. Using the creative process for cathartic purposes, and keeping her music safely tucked away in private spaces, her first introduction to the D.C. music scene came much later (around 5 years ago) as part of the Movement where she found herself being creative in another way--crocheting and knitting custom pieces for a local artists. Through these connections she linked with a number of producers and musicians, and began recording her previously unshared musings.
Tarica June’s influences are extremely diverse-- she names both poets and musical artists -- Joni Mitchell, Sonia Sanchez, Nas, Ntozake Shange, Blackstar, Tracy Chapman, Meshell Ndgeocello, Dead Prez, Rah Digga, OutKast -- when discussing her most pronounced influences. She is currently working on her first album, and her highly anticipated mixtape: Moonlight Revolution is now available for download on her website: http://www.taricajune.net/.
Track List
Moonlight Revolution
Slow Down
Angels
Flyyy
Love/Hate
Let It Go (Munch's Mix)
Is There?
Put On
Interlude
Crazy Girls
Main Topix
Why I Write
F.C.G. (Black Gurl Song)
Cloud 9
In the Air
Download link: http://taricajune.bandcamp.com/
Soundcloud (for song embed): http://soundcloud.com/moonlightrevolution
Tarica June on YouTube: http://youtube.com/missjunemusic
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