Zelooperz Zones In on 'Dali Aint Dead'

Summary

• Bruiser Brigade rapper Zelooperz has dropped his latest studio album, Dali Aint Dead
• Inspired by Salvador Dali’s surrealist art, the album spans 16 songs and includes features from Zack Fox and Paris Texas

While many musicians assert themselves as “artists,” Zelooperz is a true embodiment of the term. Hailing from Detroit, Michigan, the Bruiser Brigade rapper is also a painter, a part of his honed-in creative artistry that greatly informs the music he makes. He even paints his own album covers from time to time. Zelooperz’ latest long-form studio record just might be his most poignantly painted masterpiece yet; as suggested by the name, the multitalented artist draws direct inspiration from Salvador Dali on his thirteenth studio album Dali Aint Dead, offering up a truly striking portrait of sonic surrealism.

Across its 16 tracks, Dali Aint Dead hears the rapper reinterpret Dali’s artistic voice through some of his most sharply written bars and striking production, culminating in one of his most introspective releases to date. With a myriad of well-received projects under his belt thus far, it’s clear Dali Aint Dead is the next leg up for the rapper, a more focused and confident foray that finds him slowly stepping from the underground into the mainstream rap circuit.

He’s still true to his original form, though, switching – sometimes seamlessly, other times not – between tones and voices, as well as backing beats and melodies. He still thrives in the transitional periods.

Zelooperz’s enticing creative vision encapsulates the entirety of the genre-jumping tracklist, bolstered by just two features – Zack Fox on “Push Me Around” and Paris Texas on “NDA.” Both aforementioned offerings mark particular high points on the album, both Fox and Paris Texas’s Louie Pastel and Felix finding an effortless back-and-forth banter with Zelooperz atop each track’s frenetic beat.

1. First Instrument
2. Mona Lisa Left Eye
3. Bebe Kids Lyrics
4. Push Me Around ft. Zack Fox
5. Hypnagogia
6. NDA ft. Paris Texas
7. Fuck Cigarettes
8. Broke Ass Hoes
9. Opposite Sex
10. Describe
11. I Mac
12. Shrooms
13. Take Me Im Drugs
14. Lebanon James
15. Art of Seduction
16. Play W your Pride

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