New York City-based alternative rap artist and musician YAHYA has just released his latest EP, Made It Out Of Purgatory. Produced by Canadian beatsmith Antonio Lamar, the EP is the follow-up to YAHYA’s successful album, Pieces Of Me (The Full Story), which has garnered nearly two million plays online and received rave reviews from fans and critics alike.
‘Made It Out Of Purgatory’ tells YAHYA’s story of escaping destructive cycles that have kept him trapped for so long. The EP opens with ‘LOV3FLY’, the culmination of YAHYA’s purgatory process of burning into purity that inspired the project in the first place. It ends with the self-produced ‘Every Night,’ where the story begins. The songs on the EP see YAHYA trying to escape the self-induced nightmarish “dream life” where all is seemingly good, but only because of his natural choice to ignore his pain, emotions, and feelings in a bid to please others and do precisely what they expect from him, regardless of the damage it is causing YAHYA.
Between ‘LOV3FLY’ and ‘Every Night’ sit the impassioned ‘Reminisce,’ the trap-infused ‘Drowning In Your Love.’ The melodic trap offering ‘Fall For You.’ ‘Reminisce’ sees YAHYA naively extolling the virtues of only remembering the beautiful parts of the past without trying to acknowledge and heal from the bad parts. ‘Drowning In Your Love’ sees YAHYA feeling suffocated by his choice of masking his true feelings of the past with only positive memories. Finally, ‘Fall For You’ sees the Sudanese native accepting that he must leave these “positive memories” behind to improve his life.
‘Made It Out Of Purgatory‘ is a powerful and dynamic EP showcasing YAHYA’s artist skill and ability to tell a compelling story through his music.
