Keed Tha Heater – Money
âBirthMarKcâ sets a new standard in sound and style for
Dallas-based rapper Keed Tha Heater
DALLAS, TX â At a time when thereâs a blur between creativity and mediocrity, rapper Keed Tha Heater is redefining hip-hop with authenticity. Keed is set to launch his third album in a three-album trilogy.
The first was a project launched in 2011 called âUltrasound.â It was a project that he started at the very beginning of his career, before he had any children. As he was looking for a name for that debut album, his girlfriend at the time told him she was pregnant â and the idea of the metaphor of an ultrasound seemed obvious to him. Practically, it was something that allowed a person to see the gender of the baby and prepare for whatâs coming, and metaphorically he wanted the name to indicate the same things about his music. The project therefore showcased all types of his sounds â from serious to street to party to Atlanta-based Trap.
Keed followed that up with the album âContractions,â which he launched a year later in 2012. Having established metaphors around the phases of pregnancy, it seemed obvious that his second album â which was more introspective and gave fans an inside peek to the grittier, darker pain of making the album â should be called something that would be analogous to that pain.
His third album, which is currently available for download across all digital platforms, is the culmination of the journey he started six years ago and is, in his opinion, the birth of something new. The album is therefore entitled, âE16HT: BirthMarKc.â
âAug. 16 is my birthday and Iâm from Kansas City, where the area code is 816,â Keed said of the title of the album. âAnd this is the birthmark â the day that new music is born. It took me this long to do this because I really wanted to put it out on a higher level. And honestly, I thought by this time that Iâd be signed and would get a deal and do it real big. But life has obstacles and paths that you have to go through that arenât what you plan. I came to a point where I was fighting between music and family and trying to balance both and just always frustrated. I didnât even know if I was gonna do music again because of all the sacrifices it takes to get the notoriety I wanted. But I decided before I write it off, I was gonna finish the trilogy. I decided to just let it flow and not think too hard about it. And since Iâve been in Dallas, everything has kind of changed for me â my style and energy is different. Where Iâm from in Kansas City is real serious and gritty, but here, thereâs a different energy â itâs more party and upbeat. Iâm in a happier place than I was back then. Itâs a new me, and this album reflects that.â
Keed referred to the album as âmore bouncy and up-tempoâ than any of his previous work, and it serves as a display of all the âunique-nessâ that makes him different than anyone else in the game.
To listen to Keed Tha Heaterâs music or to follow him on social media, please visit:
https://www.facebook.com/KEEDTHAHEATER
https://www.instagram.com/keedthaheater_/
https://twitter.com/Keed816
https://www.youtube.com/user/KeedThaHeater
https://soundcloud.com/keedthaheater
Bandcamp- Keedthaheater
Snapchat- Itzkeed
âE16HT: BirthMarKcâ
https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/e16ht-birthmarkc/1370110659
https://open.spotify.com/album/0TQxkWxC3dN2udIz2FLhGU?si=RygQodyfTZ2UQWdQYnSDew