Categories: New Music

The critically acclaimed, Dallas-based hip-hop titan Jesse Is Heavyweight releases his highly anticipated music video for “Don’t Drop The Ball Freestyle” featuring Splash Wilder.

I want to share an insight that’s currently fresh in my mind: you really can never underestimate the power and impact of hip-hop music. And this has come as a realization after sinking my teeth into Jesse Is Heavyweight’s newest track, “Don’t Drop The Ball Freestyle,” a captivating, empowering, and thought-provoking masterpiece that has garnered positive buzz on the international music scene, elevating this highly underrated artist to global acclaim. For those who have been with him since day one, they feel this should already have happened, but they are content with the fact that it is finally happening, and now the rest of the world can catch up to this hip-hop phenomenon who walks like he talks it.

With sharp wit, magnetic and innate charisma that can only be earned and not given, the work ethic of a relentlessly driven individual, and a matchless pen game, Dallas-based Jesse Is Heavyweight is what hip-hop music has always been craving for. After taking a hiatus following the pandemic that took a heavy toll on the music world as much as any other industry, he is back and better than before!

“Don’t Drop The Ball Freestyle” already has over two million plays on Apple Music and was featured on one of the most globally revered hip-hop platforms, The Joe Budden Podcast, highlighting its genuine authenticity and rawness that resonates with personal appeal.

A tour de force that borrows inspiration from Jesse Is Heavyweight’s journey, all the adversities and doubts he had to overcome, proving himself worthy in an industry that wasn’t so welcoming and more often than not looked down on him, “Don’t Drop The Ball” is an empowering jam and an ode to perseverance, resilience, and determination to outshine your adversities and setbacks and forge a successful path for yourself no matter what, hence the refrain, “Don’t drop the ball.”

With flows, masterful verses, soulful rhymes, and intellectual wordplay are all wrapped nicely as a lyrical gift that is such a joy to receive, delivered poetically over that stunning production that resonates with skillful execution, providing the perfect backdrop for Jesse Is Heavyweight’s distinct vocal delivery.

The music video elevates this jam to new heights; it is a simple yet visually striking work of art that perfectly complements the song, both in essence and storyline—focusing on the lyrical substance as art and not overdoing it, thereby creating an amazing viewing experience for the listener.

If you think I’m lying, how about you check it out and let me know how you feel about this raw masterpiece and its equally captivating visual tour de force.

 

Delvin

Founder of Tunepical, a blog dedicated to sharing my love of music with you. I believe that music is the key to life, and if you're listening to the right songs at the right time, everything is possible!

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