With every generation of artists, we find new styles and emerging trends. And seemingly more so now than before, there’s sadly less of an emphasis placed on the artist’s message, and more of a desire to capitalize off the latest wave. Nonetheless, every now and again an artist comes along to elevate the genre and push the culture forward.
As a founder of the Atlanta-based artist collective, IMG (Instrumentalist Music Group), T.R.3 has been on the grind for several years. Building off his previous releases, along with the momentum of his viral hit, "Statistics", T.R.3 deliverers a moody and introspective body of work on his long awaited opus, "Together Alone" which later evolves to his latest full length album "Triangles". Placing a level of self-awareness that belies his years, combined with a social commentary that touches on everything from police brutality, race relations, shady politics and fake religion, T.R.3 forces listeners to wake up.
With his new project, "I was write." T.R.3 proves once again that he is far more than just a rapper; from "Black Nirvana", a truly all-around alternative project with an activist's soul, back to the boom-bap story telling roots of his latest release "I was write." serving as yet another journey into his SoundCloud oasis, with soon to be veteran sample-driven producer, Johnny Minds, bringing the nostalgia element to each of T.R.3's journal entries all written/recorded between December 2015 to November 2020 as his last message of 2021.