Written By Monte Hieke
Chris Codeine releases a new project “Unpredictable” following up the release of his self entitled EP “Chris Codeine”. The 12 track project is all substance, there isn’t a bar wasted on this project. The 21 year old artist gives us his different styles with project, there’s Hip-Hop, Gangsta Rap, and R & B all mixed in what can be described as a time capsule piece of his art. Chris Codeine has been making music since the 7th grade and gives credit to Michael Jackson for his inspiration for making music stating “Michael Jackson influenced me to do music because he had the crowed control”. The artist states that his biggest inspiration though are his “mother and family". Though this record sounds more structured in comparison to his last project making it feel like “Chris Codeine EP” , giving more a mixtape vibe, was the baby and now it’s grown and matured quite a bit. Make no mistake, the last project is definitely a introduction to the artist, and a proud one at that, with tracks such as “Out My Way”, “Struggle Boy”, and his “Flex Up”. This time around you can telll the artist made it a point to separate himself from the rest, growing tremendously as a artist, having this to say about the difference in projects “My mindset to this project was to catch the audience’s attention and let them step inside my shoes and see and hear where I’m coming from”, continuing on to say “my music represents hustle, grind, motivation and respect”.
Notable Songs & Lyrics:
Better Place:
“It was times growing up
I didn’t want to live life
had the pole in my hand
trying to make a kill strike
Momma saying baby stop
why you want to go now?
It’s too much in this world
I ain’t want to stick around”
“Now you lay me down to sleep
I pray to lord my soul to keep
and if I die before I wake
I hope I’m in a better place”
Close To You:
“It’s kind of tough
nobody here I’m all alone
Thoughts of you here is a like a vision in my dome”
“I was coming home doing nothing getting settled
heard my sister crying
Going crazy I was worried
Asking saying sis are you okay?
Is something wrong?
She had said that pops had passed away
inside his home”
“I was down on my knees
I couldn’t feel myself breathe
Feeling like god done took
That nigga I love so much”
“I just wish that I was close to you”
“If I was there
would things have gone that way
I can’t believe you gone today
I got you on my arm
To show you love and what you mean to me
You made who the man I am”
Street Baby:
“Living in the slump
Pop used to live beside a dump
I was on the block
hanging wit them n*ggas wit the pump”
“I’m a street n*gga
we don’t say a word
we don’t speak wit you”
“I’m a dirty savage
I’m a play you like a game..boy!”
“GANG! GANG! GANG! GANG! GANG! GANG!”
Murder:
“Homie hit me up he said bro
I need you here
shit is getting crazy and I think you want to here
got up outta bed
Put on some clothes
and grab the keys
got inside the whip and started flying through the lanes”
“Pulled up at the spot
People everywhere
paramedics telling people move away from here”
“Mommas crying
People on the floor they looking hurt
damn I seen my nigga on the floor without a shirt!!”
Thugs Cry:
“If I die I hope I wake up in a better place”
“Please don’t cry and say that I was good, knowing that I won’t
Cousin in the front thinking damn it
why he do that Bruh?
“Pastor singing God is on my side and that I’m not alone”
“Thinking in my past did I accomplish everything I want?”
“For the people that I know
I just want y’all to know, I love you”
“N*ggas they made you getting paper
They just see you up in the scrapers”
“You got more haters
well get more haters
You got dumb millions
well get more millions”
The artist who’s known for tracks like “Clientele”, “Forgiveness”, and “No Safety” which features Dxn Creq. The artist has managed to gather over 59,000 streams on SoundCloud alone through his self promotion and rocking out shows. The artist is a force to be reckoned with and what a way to start the year. The artist successfully gives us the many faces he’s capable to wear in his music as well as the many sides of the artist himself. This project has layers that you can’t only help help but feel. We can only hope to hear more of Chris Codeine with the bar being raised so high, there’s a song for everyone on this and it shows that time has been put it in from this young artist. When asked what he wanted listeners to get from his music it was “that I came up different and that just by hustling and putting all the negativity to the side that you cane accomplish a lot”. “Unpredictable” is just what the title details with songs that are gritty like “Street Baby” & “Hitem Up Pt. II”, Heart felt pain in “Better Place” & “Close To You”, and turn up with “Leave Me Alone” & “No Safty”. Chris Codeine wanted to give listeners a insight to his life and he may have accomplished that and more with this project. The music speaks for itself and that has set the standard for the artist. Don’t just take my word for it! “Unpredictable” as well as other links related to the artist is down below!