In his debut single titled “Levels“, Lion Savage doesn’t go for a certified hit… he goes experimental, walking a thin line between ghetto hip-hop bravado and effortless Western flow without attempting to be a copycat of Kendrick Lamar.
It is a curiously dangerous experiment seeing the waves that ghetto hip-hop has created and the following it has marshalled around Jovi’s ‘Mboko God‘ and more Big G Baba. But he experiments, showing a great mastery of what will not label him into a street wannabe. Like Moses in the Bible, Lion Savage parts the streets with his style which is considered to be groovy and rhythmic but brutishly unapologetic!
The song is not meant to top charts, it is meant to chart new grounds for a unique style that is both mainstream and ghetto without falling into the trap of alienating both groups. The styles do not compete, they complement. I do warn you… as Lion Savage makes good use of the “N” word (Nigga) throughout the song. So if you’re not one who fancy’s the use of the “N” word, then this song might not be for you. However, what else is new in the world of hip-hip?
