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"Scott Kid "Black Box""

"I’ve been mulling over the debut EP from this up and coming artist/producer Scott Kid for the past week. While, the content matter seems to fit more in this new genre of alternative R&B, the lead track “Girl Needs” really shines at night with a glass of pinot noir, or any red wine. If you like The Weeknd, check this out below, and you can grab the full EP at ScottKid.com" - This Is RNB


"Scott Kid "White Noise""

"A couple months ago I posted Scott Kid’s debut EP Black Box, and he’s back again with another EP that I have found a superbly intriguing listen. Scott Kid lets his emotion flow through his music. Blurring the boundaries between Soul, R&B, Hip Hop and Trip Hop, the young singer is seeking to express himself in continually unique ways. I’d put his sound as a sort of mash up between the Weeknd and Gorillaz - and at times its as far-out as that combination sounds, constantly stretching the boundaries for soulful music. This EP represents an effort to make seriously deep music and Scott Kid continues to grow in my book as a seriously forceful artist." - Bear Toons


"Scott Kid "White Noise""

"Los Angeles based singer Scott Kid has fresh new EP called White Noise. Although the name suggest more brighter atmosphere (his last material was titled Black Box) it’s still night music, ideal for gathering thoughts after emotionally very challenging day(s).

Magnificent seven tunes are carefully selected as a soundtrack for all the loner souls seeking refuge after being totally stretched by complicated relationships in common and unsecured everyday emptiness on one side and totally don’t giving a fuck on the other.

As usual, Scott Kid spoiled us and we didn’t expect nothing less than another fresh modern love soundtrack for all the lost’n’confused suburbanauts wandering WTF is goin’ on." - Loud and Sick


"Scott Kid "White Noise""

"It’s been nearly six months since the release of Scott Kid‘s Black Box EP. The Los Angeles based singer / songwriter virtually came out of the woodwork to deliver a dark, gritty debut that someone in the comments box compared to an indie rock version of The Weeknd. That’s high praise. While the details of who he is are still pretty sketchy, Facebook and Twitter accounts have been activated, and today we have a second installment in the mystery series of Scott Kid’s budding musical career" - Pigeons and Planes


""Black Box" Album review: upcoming artist debuts with provocative EP"

Hot, sweaty, and sultry is what comes to mind when trying to explain Scott Kid.

After listening to the “Black Box,” it feels as if you just had satisfyingly long sex.

From soft and slow to hard and fast, Kid brings you into a hazy realm where the line between love and lust becomes blurred.

Atmospheric synths, hollowed out bass drums, and a menacing piano draw you into this almost dazed feeling that leaves you on the edge of consciousness.

Kid’s voice seduces as he sings over these other worldly beats and melodies strangely having a singing style similar to 90s R&B like Dru Hill or D’Angelo.

Right from the opening track, “Girl Needs,” you’re caught up in Kid’s raw, seductive, and commanding singing and crooning, and he holds nothing back singing lines like “There’s no better way to fight than to f***/the best sex is the make up/I wake up early just to tie you up/well I keep thinking about your thighs/your hips wrapped around me with that cherry red lipstick/you’re leaving tracks down my back so you know just where you’re at with the lights on.”

It’s that blatant, raw emotion that attracts you to him – and singing “Girl your pleasure is my heaven let us pray to God” is sure to drop some panties.

Although this is sex music, he does get sophisticated and philosophical in the track, “This I Have Never Known.”

Here he speaks of cheating on his lover and asks the question “How do you fall in love?/How do you risk it all?/How do you reach the top when you are bound to fall?” It’s around this point where Kid’s message is starting to form and come across.

“Black Box” is a walk-through of the trials and tribulations of a relationship from a man’s point of view: the hunt, the courting, the sex, the temptation, the succumbing to said temptations, and hopefully the rise into a better man.

In “The Healing,” Kid sings, “I sailed on my crusades/I tried to make you wait/but no/I can be your better man” to appeal to the better side of his betrayed lover while a haunting piano plays as if it were her response to his every word.

Throughout this serving of sex, we’re introduced to rapper ChromeDome who lends his voice on three tracks.

Just like Kid he’s also new, but his talent shows otherwise.

ChromeDome’s rapid “in your face” rapping style juxtaposed to Kid’s slow and smooth singing make them a dangerous duo who work very well together, and it wouldn’t be surprising if they hook up again in the future.

As a side note, ChromeDome’s sound and style is reminiscent of Andre 3000.

The track “The Truth” is probably the most different track out of them all. Kid dabbles in some dubstep production which starts off good and ChromeDome pops in to drop some lines, but quickly after the production gets chaotic almost making the song skippable.

Nonetheless, “Black Box” brings you into another world where lust is mistaken for love, where emotions aren’t as simple as what they seem to be, where a man’s indulgence can lead to his enlightenment.

All while sounding sexy and dirty at the same time.

- Southern News


"Scott Kid "Black Box""

"This is one hell of a ride through mysterious highways and ports of bay! Comes out of nothing, hijacks you and drops you out in the middle of the desert than picks you up and takes you on a sighsteeing over Milky Way, then chills you up in the ocean by surfing the tsunami and then it stops like nothing ever happened. But you know you will never be the same." - Loud and Sick


"Scott Kid "Black Box""

"I have no idea who or what Scott Kid is, all I can say is his Black Box project is intriguing. Its not easy putting a relationship into musical form but that is what Scott Kid has done. The lyrics, vocals, beats and instruments together convey the joy, pain and confusion of a romantic relationship. I can’t really categorize this; its sort of The Weeknd meets Citizen Cope. Calling something ‘draining’ is not usually a positive thing, but after listening to this 8 track EP I feel dirty, drained and utterly confounded….but in a good way." - Bear Toons


"Scott Kid "Black Box""

"I’m so glad I came across this ep on a gloomy day like today. Scott Kid hails form Los Angeles, California, and gives some more of that abstract R&B that we’ve all been craving lately, and doesn’t stop there. If you took The Weeknd, Citizen Cope, Frank Ocean, and rolled them into one big novocaine filled blunt, that session still wouldn’t land anywhere close to Scott Kid. As a matter of fact, even trying to compare this man to any other artist is simply rude. See if you can put your thumb on this one, either way, enjoy."
- Cultured Citizen


"Scott Kid "Black Box""

"Aside from the fact he’s from Los Angeles, we don’t know too much about Scott Kid except that he’s a very talented singer/songwriter. “Black Box” is a short but sweet eight track EP that puts dark, more up to date twist on modern R&B reminiscent of The Weeknd. The EP was entirely produced by fellow Los Angeles native, Roger Romero, who also did some songwriting as well. The production through out is flawless but the rightest moments are when Kid lets his emotional, stretched vocals take the spotlight. Any fans of The Weeknd, Frank Ocean, HTDW or James Blake will love this but we recommend checking it out either way." - Keep On Repeat


"Scott Kid "Black Box""

"Black Box is an eight track EP that leaves you feeling dirty, emotionally drained and covered in sex. Each track is like the chapter to a book that tells the story of courting, love, separation and the gritty rekindling of something forbidden. Musically it ranges from r&b to alternative, hip-hop to progressive." - Pigeons and Planes


Discography

"Black Box" EP- September 2011
"White Noise" EP- March 2012
"Holy Ghost" EP- January 2013
"Solitary Man" EP- TBD

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Bio

Scott Kid hails from Los Angeles, California.