Hot off the heels of the FernoSpazzin-produced hit record “Since I’ve Got On,” North Carolina-based MC Kevin Powers returns with “Talkin’ Like,” produced by perennial collaborator Whit Kane (Ayo Whit!). Backed by an eerily catchy melodic sample with precisely placed 808s and tightly-sequenced hi-hats, Powers shows his progression as one of music’s young heat seekers and delivers once again, and grandly: with a heavy concoction of melodic power and lyrical curiosity. 

On “Talkin’ Like,” we get to see a new and more complex side of Kevin, as he raps about acknowledging his newfound position in the landscape of rap and R&B. Taking the license of multiple perspectives, Powers gives the nod to past, present, and future loves, and alludes to a career, that unlike most of his peers in music don’t dare to admit, “can get boring.” Tickets for his upcoming headlining slot at Winter in The Carolinas in Durham, North Carolina, are available now.

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