Drive Slow

Underground veteran Nix Northwest brings his usual effervescent charm and profound songwriting on new picturesque and earnest single ‘Drive Slow’. The enigmatic artist is one of a selected group of UK rappers that can call themselves story tellers, fusing mediated imagery and condensed flows with subtle and artistic beats to create a unique and understated timbre. On Drive Slow, we hear the best of Nix’s ever developing writing style and vibrant, majestic production. The track is supported by a video full of gorgeous colours and funky outfits/dancing.

The instrumental consists of a sensual, emotive guitar melody combined with busy percussion that gives the chilled song some pace and rhythm. Some grooved bass and gorgeous synth melodies decorate the beat, offering some nuance and sonic ascension to the giving, warm soundscape. The writing is striking and diligent throughout, with Nix rarely wasting a word. He talks of where he wants to be in comparison to where he is now in a way that not many writers can - spraying ideas of hope and solitude intrinsically in every direction. 

Engrossing and introspective, with dazzling lyrical imagery and soaring melodic work, this is a special song from an artist who has shown himself to be one of the best in the game at what he does. Wider acclaim seems inevitable.