Shamir is 20 years old, he’s blowing up, and he’ll let you know about it. The Las Vegas native is already onto his second record label, moving from Godmode over to the illustrious XL Recordings. Marking the change comes “On the Regular,” Shamir’s first rap single and a celebratory ode to… himself.
Pumped full of cowbell, snapping beats, and bright melodic changeovers, “On the Regular” is nothing short of a jam. Shamir sits at the center of a diva synth-storm, joining the legions of alterative electronic rappers like Mykki Blanco and Azealia Banks. His entrancing rap has a bubblegum pop quality, and he almost delivers lines like “Don’t try me, I’m not a free sample / Step to me and you will be handled” with a wink.
After releasing “On the Regular,” Shamir jetted to Europe for a tour through the end of the year. There’s no full-length in the works yet, but we’ll probably have this track stuck in our heads through 2015 anyway.