A lot of artists try to escape the shittiness of human existence with their music, but Philadelphia MC Ryshon Jones wallows in it with the hope of finding some sort of greater truth. His latest track, “What iDesire, iProtect” is a perfect example of his penchant for staring directly into the void. He kicks off the song with, “Uphold my stability, cuz society killing me, and anxiety filling me…”
The intense and claustrophobic song will appear on Jones’s upcoming full-length, You’re Safe Now.Like “What iDesire, iProtect,” Jones’s new album lyrically investigates why we’re all so fundamentally fucked up.
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