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Auckland-based hip-hop artist JessB today releases new track “Pon It”, the first taste of new music from the rising rapper in 2020. The release arrives as a self-assured flex to her artistic abilities, featuring sass-fuelled rhymes, slick production and thumping basslines, to cement her status as one the most exciting acts emerging out of New Zealand. The single marks the first to be taken from a soon to be announced mixtape, arriving on July 31.
Crafting high-level rap, JessB’s powerful and unapologetic sound is delivered with precision, exuding a level of confidence likened to a modern Missy Elliot. With lines ‘and if it ain’t what I want, ima jump back it’ and ‘there’s not another like me, and that’s one in a billion’, “Pon It” masterfully splices an impactful directive of self-love with the sleek pop beats that have allowed her to fearlessly deliver message-driven hip-hop through way of the dancefloor.
Since bursting on the scene in 2017 as the first female emcee on Red Bull 64 Bars, the auspicious rapper has taken her unique style and sound to the global stage, spending time with creatives in London, Amsterdam, LA and New York, before performing at Venice Biennale, Splendour in the Grass, Red Bull Music Festival and most recently, Laneway Festival. In just a few short years, JessB has released two acclaimed EPs, New Views and Bloom, taken home 2019’s MTV Europe Music Award for Best New Zealand Act, as well as a feature on Baker Boy’s fiery dance track “Meditjin” which landed in 2019’s triple j Hottest 100 countdown. Jess has also garnered the support from streaming platform Spotify, popping up on the global playlist A1 Hip-Hop, as well as performing at the flagship Spotify A1 Live event, celebrating the next generation of hip-hop. Beyond her own success, Jess continuously seeks to uplift and support the creative communities around her, including her role as co-curator for the popular Filth club night with regular collaborator Half.Queen.
“Pon It” promises more music and dizzying hip-hop heights are looming in the future for the talented emcee, with more to come as she rolls out a new mixtape this July.
lyrics
Yeah, uh uh
JessB
(wana ride pon it)
Hook
You wana ride pon it, ride pon it
Wana, come then go just like the tide pon it
You wana, hit me on my phone then come and slide pon it
You wana, take me to heaven like I died pon it
X2
Verse 1
I guess the feels flowing, open for the right moment
Swerving left, right, driving like the whip stolen
I’m a poet, got you sipping on my love potion
Follow my lead baby, like its hypnosis
What’s ya motive, what’s ya name, what’s ya sign?
Time is of the essence, tick tock the design
Hands tryna be on your rotation every night
This that midnight hour, we gon’ shine
Bring em to the front – girls wana have fun
Every man try, go one by one
Wave em bye bye, no bread, not a crumb
Gonna make a bank run, wana have fun
What you bringing to the table baby
What you offer?
What moves are you making
Yeah we tryna prosper
I’m into big brains, big game, big talker
… If it ain’t A1… Don’t bother
Hook
You wana ride pon it, ride pon it
Wana, come then go just like the tide pon it
You wana, hit me on my phone then come and slide pon it
You wana, take me to heaven like I died pon it
X2
Verse 2
If we in a coalition, best be politicking
Put your hands up to the ceiling if you feeling the feeling
With all this wheeling and dealing
And all the height to be reaching
Theres not another like me
… And that’s one in a billion
I see you baby, yeah, freak-a-leak
I do it real good, real easily
Practise makes a person that the people seek
And how you treating you, is how you treating me
And if it aint what I want, ima jump back from it
I’m too iron, too iconic
I don’t judge, I just am honest
I don’t want debt, I want love and profit
If I get down, ima get down real
Buss down on ya, ima close that deal
Only speak big facts, but my game unreal
Half queen, half monster, word to Shaquille (wasssup)
Hook
You wana ride pon it, ride pon it
Wana, come then go just like the tide pon it
You wana, hit me on my phone then come and slide pon it
You wana, take me to heaven like I died pon it
X2
You wana ride pon it, ride pon it
You wana ride pon it, ride pon it
You wana ride pon it, ride pon it
Come then go just like the tide pon it
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