Brandz & Zion unveil their ‘25/8’ mixtape

The fast-rising 21-year old North London rapper and singer Brandz and the 20-year old South London singer and songwriter Zion are setting the pace for 2020 with their brand new collaborative mixtape titled 25/8, that has garnered over 700,000 streams in just 5 days. Debuting at #2 on the iTunes Hip-Hop/Rap Album Chart, and breaking the top 50 on the worldwide iTunes Album Chart, the project comes on the back of an amazing 2019 for both of the artist.

Throughout their 25/8 project, Brandz and Zion are making statements, not only in the music. The artwork pays homage to an anime series and the cracks in it represent the ceiling both artists are breaking within the UK music landscape as they are setting their sound to be a fusion of UK Rap, R&B, Trap, Afroswing, and everything in between. The name of the project ‘25/8’ is a play on 24/7, representing Brandz and Zion’s work ethic and giving music their all.

Speaking about the inspiration behind the project, they say, “we have always been friends, and have always respected each other as talented artists. Working together was actually kinda random, friends were saying we should try and make music together, so we tried a thing, and we created ‘Intro’ there and then in Zion’s car. From there, we just kept creating together organically, and eventually we made 7 songs in only 4 days, which are now known as ‘25/8’. The title of the project is derived from 24/7, because we go the extra mile, and we put our all and more into our music.“

Adding that, “Our work ethic and grind is a lifestyle, that’s what this mixtape captures, and we think the track that perfectly embodies this is ‘Top’, which is all about us sharing our reality, where we’ve come from, our struggle to get to this point, and somewhat what we do music for, but there are also tracks like ‘Diamonds’ which appreciates our women of today. All in all, the whole project is filled with ‘feel-good’ and motivational music, from cuffing season R&B anthems, and exciting high energy trap records, to heavy hitting hip hop hits, and catchy afrobashment tunes – it has everything”.