CUZ Lightyear - Blue Dot

Mixtape highlight from an Atlanta upstart

Posted by The Pulpit on January 7, 2018

CUZ Lightyear is not a name I’m intimately familiar with; WHAT UP CUZ, released back in late September, was the first I’d heard of the rapper formerly known as SL Jones. According to Wikipedia, Lightyear was born in Flint, raised in Arkansas, and moved to Atlanta to pursue music. A tour with Killer Mike preceded his latest mixtape, highlighted by its first three tracks. “Blue Dot” is my favorite of the three, bringing quick 808s and some staticky synths to pair with Lightyear’s low-register, skillful bars detailing his trap lifestyle to create a futuristic song easily thrown on repeat. The song is solid on its own, and the tape is a good introduction to Lightyear. Here’s to hoping he has more like this on the way in 2018.