XV
Bright, sample-heavy hip-hop that bridges the gap between geek culture and soulful street anthems. Ideal for nostalgic afternoons and creative focus.
Bright, sample-heavy hip-hop that bridges the gap between geek culture and soulful street anthems. Ideal for nostalgic afternoons and creative focus.
Donavan LaMond Johnson, known professionally as XV, is a hip-hop artist from Wichita, Kansas. He adopted his stage name to mark the age he started his musical journey. After gaining significant recognition for his twelfth mixtape, Everybody's Nobody, which earned two DJBooth.net awards, he secured a major recording contract with Warner Bros. Records in 2010. The rapper, singer, and songwriter continues to build upon his early career success.
Shares studio polished, analog warmth, sample based (production style); midwest hip hop, conscious hip-hop (subgenres)
Shares conscious hip-hop, pop rap, midwest hip hop (subgenres); analog warmth, studio polished, layered dense (production style)
Shares midwest hip hop, conscious hip-hop, pop rap (subgenres); confident, nostalgic, playful (moods)
Shares studio polished, sample based, digital clarity (production style); conscious hip-hop, abstract hip-hop, indie pop (subgenres)
Shares conscious hip-hop, abstract hip-hop, midwest hip hop (subgenres); sample based, analog warmth, studio polished (production style)
Shares midwest hip hop, conscious hip-hop, abstract hip-hop (subgenres); analog warmth, layered dense, sample based (production style)
Shares rap (vocal style); digital clarity, sample based, studio polished (production style)
Shares midwest hip hop, conscious hip-hop, sample based, abstract hip-hop (signature)
Shares video game sample flips, midwest hip hop, conscious hip-hop, sample based (detail)
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