Featuring mellow bass work and a contrastingly light click of a beat with evolving trap tendencies, the single Universal Secret sees Unoking ride the groove of the soundscape with a varied yet consistently on-point flow and storyline.
Unoking is a versatile Upcoming artist in the business. He is a popping artist willing to craft Universal music for all humans to connect within any genre, who predominantly sings Trap and Rock.
Far from his introduction to the act but a heavy step forward in terms of complex bars and the sheer intensity of the voice, Universal Secret impresses its ability to hold your devotion on vocal ability alone.
The soundscape is simple, a little familiar, a beat, and a synth progression uniting to guide things along. Elsewhere it’s Unoking drawing you in, building a scene, and laying out the basics of the story.
In an equally simple way, the hook determinations cleverly inviting interest from the broader hip-hop community for that awareness and anthem-like recognisability. A varied flow and increasing pace meet with compelling, poetic and personal lyrics to elevate the whole thing in between these flashes.
While there’s a reasonably raw finish to the making and the vocals, this gives the song a kind of authentic, indie aura. And even in the face of borders, the songwriting is the key, and the way Unoking shifts up the flow, moves from lower tones to falsetto, rap to melody, all helps further that inherent groove that gives the single such a powerful energy and bounce.
Beneath it all, a simple keyboard progression offers a four-chord loop, a tripped-up beat retains things moving in the backdrop, and a longer-form, retro synth plays out an added melody to add further character and fill out the quiet spaces. Meanwhile., Unoking takes full command of the performance, meandering through these various sections with style, confidence, and faultless rhythm.
Really well done, an easy track to get on board with.
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