Andrew Veeder on February 24th, 2015

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Rapper Sin Marlee is in his mid-20s; from the mid-city, Carson to be exact; and he is on the Los Angeles-based label 6J Recordings. On “King of Nazareth,” a single released last summer, he raps over smooth, jazzy production by Foisey, filled out with drums, horns, and sirens, with a flow equally as smooth about his dreams, family, and spiritual journey, spitting, “My pops treat me like I don’t exist / My moms treat me like I don’t do shit / But everybody got they own demons / I bear fruit in my own season / I realize things don’t happen for no reason / Lord Jesus.” Toward the end of 2014, Marlee put out “Red Cotton,” a solid 11-track album from front to back that highlights his diverse rapping prowess. First track “Y” sets the stage with some dark and lumbering production by Khompono, Marlee’s wordplay raw and with purpose, while “True Story” unfolds as a real-life tale of every day struggles, a subtle melody percolating under the shaker-boom-bap beat from Imari Vinyl that swells in the chorus.

||| Stream: “King of Nazareth,” “Y,” and “True Story”