Today I have someone coming out of Gardena at the age of 18. I have been listening and following this guy for a while, thanks to my cousin who actually pointed him out to me and attended the same tennis program and as J.R. Cruise. When my cousin told me that he was a rapper I asked him to show me one of his songs and he had me hooked with his laid back music. I downloaded his mixtape and made a CD and it has been in my car playing over and over for the past 2 months, I am being real here too. His mixtape, Mr. Righteous, was well put from the beats he chose and the quality of it and just shows the confidence he has in himself and his music which is needed to make it in the game nowadays. The thing is he is not coming off cocky either as other rappers do in their songs, yes there is a difference between the words cocky and confident. He also throws in a few struggles of what up and coming rappers have to deal with such as haters but that didn't stop him from putting out good rhymes and flows. Also a lot of rappers metaphors nowadays are sports related but when was the last time you heard someone with a tennis related metaphor? Never, now that is 100% original just look at these lines "and I’m serving weak niggas that’s Agassi with no racquet", "and I got advantage like I'm about to win a tennis game"!This guy is putting that laid back music that we are craving when you are either chillen, smoking, thinking, studying. His songs are truly inspirational and motivating for me as it makes me think that I can also achieved my goals. J.R. has his dreams of becoming big and I think he can achieved them because its been a while a "New West" rapper stays active with their music. He is always putting out new music and videos. I most definitely support him and his music. So stay tuned for the interview and in the meanwhile follow him on Tumblr and Facebook
