GRAMMY-nominated, multi-platinum artist, producer, and songwriter Pyrex officially unleashes his new album Sincerely, Rex. A 15-track offering that continues to ignite momentum for the budding star, it serves as the Baltimore native’s follow-up to Guns N’ Romance, released at the top of this year. Powered by the singles “Wat im On,” “Screamin,” and “Met Gala,” Sincerely, Rex is Pyrex’s most candid release to date.
Write on my headstone, the greatest one to ever live,” croons the longtime member of Southside’s 808 Mafia on “Burning Bridges,” the pensive, surf psychedelia ballad that opens the album. It isn’t a declaration so much as it is foreshadowing; as a key architect for the dominate sounds of 2010s hip hop and beyond, Pyrex has fully come into his own as an artist. Sincerely, Rex reflects that evolution. With a swirl of surrealistic production, unfiltered emotion, and disembodied melodies, Sincerely, Rex, reaffirms his status as one of hip-hop’s most dynamic creators.
Spread across various styles, sounds, flows and moods, Rex builds on his foundation as a vocalist and songwriter across all 15 tracks. New single “Met Gala” arrives as a centerpiece for the album, with an official music video coming soon. On “Void”, he weaves a painstaking tale of love lost with hazy guitar and reverb-drenched, warped vocals, with his customary 808s now absent. Pyrex’s natural poetic dexterity shines throughout: “Why I let you bring me down, every time you come around? My heart can shake the ground, your heart don’t make a got damn sound!”. That song bleeds into “DND”, flowing seamlessly into the brutally honest tale of two hearts yearning for unconditional love and the cold realities that often unfold within toxic relationships, all on a bed of intricate, yet masterfully reductive Pyrex production. Previous singles “Wat im On,” “Screamin,” and “Vacuum Sealer” round out the album with a distinct and unique point of view, driving home the sincerity of the body of work.
The paradox that from immense pain comes great beauty is especially true on Pyrex’s debut full-length album. Sincerely, Rex is a modern masterpiece: as experimental as it is disciplined, with Pyrex balancing his singular vision with fresh spurts of personal innovation – it’s Rex in all of his multitudes, and without features, there’s no room to escape his eclectic energy.
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