The artist formerly known as Kayser9soze who has rebranded both his name and signature sound returns with another scorcher. "Never meant to be" tells the story of the sacrifices artists often have to make in order to chase their dreams. The track opens up with line after line building up the vision of his pains, his regrets, and the toll the pursuit of his career have taken. Better known for commercially savvy songs such as "Rockstar" and 2008's smash single "Moviendo Cuerpo" it seems that Soze has undergone a growth process of sorts in transition from virtual unknown to an artist that caters to the realities of both life and love. This is a huge step from the norm for an artist with an ecclectic history of blending the genre's at his will to give us something truly extraodinary. Electing to release unmastered songs has not hurt the efforts on his pending mixtape "L.i.f.e" as can be testified from my sneak peek into the final print of the c.d. it gives the overall feel of the mixtape a down home and personal feel, one I am sure will be a cementing process between listener and even the biggest of critics. The album full of fiery tales of caution and presented from a story tellers point of view takes it's consumer on a journey that I don't ever believe an artist has taken his fans on. On "More than friends" Soze paints the pre-cursor to the track afformentioned, taking a sinister approach in delving a delicate balance between friendships and love he puts us in the passenger seat and drives us through what I can arguably say is one of 2011's best songs. On "Back from the dead" he paints a victory vs defeat picture about the pitfalls of success and the struggle that success can have on someone unprepared for the limelight of the music industry. Considering "L.I.F.E" will be a free release mixtape I suggest everyone pick it up as it's the precursor to his long awaited follow up to 2010's "My legacy". Some might think that these are songs that didn't make the cut for "Alpha & Omega" due out this fall but they couldn't be more wrong. This is the same artist who released 350 plus free singles over the span of 4 years due to his remarkable ability to produce and release song after song after song.
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