Quadeca

From Me To You

Huh, maybe y’all YouTube rappers ain’t too bad after all.

Benjamin Lasky, also known as Quadeca, is an American rapper and YouTuber. With nearly 2 million subscribers racked up, Lasky stopped uploading consistently to focus on music, taking a break from uploading to his main channel for five months before announcing his long-awaited 𝘍𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘔𝘦 𝘛𝘰 𝘠𝘰𝘶, originally slated to be released on March 18th and later delayed by a couple of weeks.

I was only ... read more

Corny. Bloated. Faux-experimental. Boring. Oversentimental. Overblown. Overrated. The 7 key words that describes the latest album from rapper, singer, producer and youtuber Quadeca entitled 'From Me To You'. I've never watched that many videos from Quadeca or heard much of his music but what I have heard has never really impressed me, he just seemed like another YouTube rapper to me but what made him stand out a little bit from his contemporaries was the fact that he latched onto an Emo Rap ... read more

7.2 - Really Good

It’s crazy that even though I just listened to one of the most wild albums I’ve heard, Neō Wax Bloom, this still managed so surprise me.

Quadeca was an artist that I’ve always known “existed,” and not much else. I hadn’t heard the greatest things about his work in the past, and he didn’t really standout to me as anyone who would make an “interesting” release. However, my expectations were subverted with Sisyphus, a track ... read more

Progressive Hip-Hop is here, and Quadeca is the unlikely spearhead for it.

While he has moments of corniness in his writing and delivery style, and not every risk pans out on this record, you'll be hard pressed to find a better produced album this year, with the entire project sounding lush, extravagant and absolutely massive, while also being very glitchy and experimental throughout, which really adds a lot to the beats on here. The flow is near impeccable, as even my least favourite songs on ... read more