Jared Evan

I know, I usually don't write blogposts about lifestyle and all I do on here is criticizing society and stuff like that but I thought that it's time to like change my blog a bit. I wanted to start recommending new, unknown and amazingly talented musicians to my almost 2000 readers on here. Just because they deserve more attention and...because i can.

So, my first music recommendation is Jared Evan, an independent singer-songwriter, rapper and producer from New York. After he split ways with his label because they didn't support his musical vision, he started releasing music and touring on his own, without a label.

He released the EPs The 4^th Chapter and Pieces and started working on the collaboration projects Boom Bap & Blues and Boom Bap & Blues 2 (Still Blue) with Statik Selektah which all came out within the last 3 years. He worked with producers like Pharrell Williams and Dr. Dre and writes and produces songs by himself, for himself AND for other musicians such as Hoodie Allen who is one of his closest friends and who brought him on tour.

You can't deny that Jared, who started as a drummer, is amazingly talented, I mean, he writes and produces his own songs and tries to help his friend's projects out as well. But apart from that he's such a genuine and precious person and I know that the following is going to be really cheesy but I won't apologize for that because it's just the way I – and many others – feel.

I just need to tell you about it because people like Jared, who've been through difficult times, changed their lifes and started using their bad experiences to make other people happy by writing the most honest songs you'll ever listen to, deserve to get attention and success.

Charlie Brown and Falling Down made me fall in love with Jared and his music because I felt so well-understood. His songs explain everything that's going on in my head and I think I'm never going to be able to make clear to anyone on this planet how much that means to me. I never knew how to explain what it felt like to get bullied and how helpless you are.

Everything I did in those situations was listening to music because music was my therapy, music is still my way to get things off my chest. Singing gave me strength and power and courage to go on, to give a fuck about what other people thought about me and I just started being me again. And Jared did the exact same thing. Music was his therapy and i guess it still is and you can feel that. Everyone can feel that, everyone can see that, seriously.

He's trying to cheer us, his fans, up when we're down. He's the most active musician on Twitter, he's tweeting us all the time, telling us that he appreciates every single one of us and it just makes everyone so happy. And a lot of people know the feeling when your favourite musician answers or favs or retweets something from you, it just makes you feel warm and cozy and you're so thankful.

His gratefulness and love for his fans is unbelievable.

But now, a few days ago, on June 2, 2015, Jared Evan this little piece of...no I'm trying to be nice in this.

Okay. Sooo. Jared Evan just pulled a Beyoncé and surprised everyone with a FREE mixtape which everyone can download on his website (http://jaredevan.com/theartformofwhatever.php). He called the project The Art Form Of Whatever which he created from scratch in 4 days. 10 songs. In 4 days. He came up with the idea on the flight back to New York after the European Tour with Hoodie Allen a few weeks ago and executed it a day later. He got help from the producer The Arcitype who produced most of the songs and Jared also painted the actual artwork by himself.

And now the most important question is: WHAT EVEN IS THIS GUY?

This is what Jared said about his new project:

„I wanted it to be a project that showed a different side of me, something bold. So on my flight back to New York I started conceptualizing what the project could be like. I wrote down titles on my laptop, and one of them really stuck out to me 'The Art Form Of Whatever'. I started geeking off of the title and then knew exactly what I wanted it to be. I went to Boston and in literally 4 days created 10 songs from scratch. I've never been more proud of a project. It went from my brain to reality in the span of a few days. I really dug inside my creative chest for this one. I even painted the album cover myself.“

And now I'm pretending to be a music journalist (I actually wanted to study that at uni but oh well) and rating and explaining every song on this album (of course I just talk about MY opinion and MY thoughts so please don't judge me, thanks).

1. Stella features Jared on the first track The Art Form and Jared shows again that he's working with the best artists in this industry because Stella wrote the hook for this punchy rap song and makes it even more enjoyable.

2. Karate features Moe Pope and all I have to say is that this song seriously is karate, they both throw the lyrics right into your face and they both show their listeners that they are two of the best rappers in this industry.

3. One of my personal faves is Signals („These walls they're covered in flames, they're gonna burn down“), it's catchy and just different and you just have to listen to it to understand what I mean.

4. The Art Form Of Whatever also includes the song Home which is one of my favourites as well just because it's so gentle and quiet but then again it's so expressive and it just blew me away („But my dreams will keep me company“).

5. The song Bad Guy kinda reminds me a bit of Signals, amazing hook and really interesting rap parts in between with ironical lyrics such as „And I'm not calling you a slut or whore, but that doesn't mean you weren't one before“.

6. Etch-A-Sketch is another outstanding track on The Art Form Of Whatever. Jared Evan, Reks and Skyzoo rip into the uptempo and light produced track.

7. Sadie (feat. MAX) is about his little niece and the lyrics are as touching and cute as the whole song and production itself („Oh that's my Sadie, I never thought someone could make me feel this love“).

8. About his song Cookie Dough Jared says „I won't be a cookie cutter artist. My art is raw and I won't ever let anyone mold me into anything.“ and that's all you have to know about the song

(Just listen to it because it's called Cookie Dough and Cookie Dough is delicious af).

9. Me vs Me is an interesting track because Jared kinda battles himself on it and shows both, his rap skills and his amazing voice.

10. The final track on the album is called Of Whatever. Jared talks about his development and the individuality of his music and says that the industry annoys him because you always have to fit in one genre but he doesn't want to fit in, he just wants to do his own thing („I'm sick of being tired, I'm tired of being sick of all these liars“).

All I have to say about this album is that it's a masterpiece. You don't have to be a fan of Jared but you seriously have to become a fan of The Art Form Of Whatever (You'll become a fan of Jared after you listened to it). People who love to figure out lyrics and love to rap while taking a shower should definitely listen to it, everyone else...should listen to it as well. You'll love it.

So it took me almost 4 hours to write this blogpost but I wanted to make it special because Jared is special to me as well. He means so much to me and I'm glad that he always cheers me up when I'm sad and anxious and with this blogpost I promise to support him as long as he wants me to (not only because I got his handwriting tattooed on my body lol) and I will always try to make him happy. I appreciate him so much and getting to know and talking to him changed my life in a non-creepy and non-fangirly way because special people always change your life.

The Art Form Of Whatever is a project which combines every EP, every mixtape Jared has ever released but Jared seems to be more poised and mature and watching him develop into what he is now is just an amazing experience and I'm so excited for everything in the future.

I hope this post wasn't too long and that you had fun reading it!

Loooooooooove,

Vivi.

PS.: You're considered a fool, until you're considered a genius.