Soupmakesitbetter
Soupmakesit
Austin, TX, USA
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Soup’s story begins in Compton, CA where his mother instilled in him the importance of combining commitment and a relentless work ethic with passion and new ideas, concepts that were foundational to her success as an entrepreneur and, as he would later discover, his own success in navigating the music industry. But it wasn’t until he moved to Houston that he began to explore his capacity for writing music, love of storytelling, and how the two could come together to form something special. It began with school-day freestyles and quickly evolved once he began to receive feedback from listeners expressing feelings of empowerment after listening to his music. It was then that Soup decided to share his personal experiences with more intention.
After a 2011 show, Soup met Dom Kennedy where he gave him his mixtape during a brief exchange, let him know the next time they saw each other it would be on stage. His manifestation came full circle after Soup opened for Dom Kennedy in 2012.
Soupmakesitbetter
Soup’s story begins in Compton, CA where his mother instilled in him the importance of combining commitment and a relentless work ethic with passion and new ideas, concepts that were foundational to her success as an entrepreneur and, as he would later discover, his own success in navigating the music industry. But it wasn’t until he moved to Houston that he began to explore his capacity for writing music, love of storytelling, and how the two could come together to form something special. It began with school-day freestyles and quickly evolved once he began to receive feedback from listeners expressing feelings of empowerment after listening to his music. It was then that Soup decided to share his personal experiences with more intention.
After a 2011 show, Soup met Dom Kennedy where he gave him his mixtape during a brief exchange, let him know the next time they saw each other it would be on stage. His manifestation came full circle after Soup opened for Dom Kennedy in 2012.
Joined Aug 14, 2017
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Foot on the fence
Soup opens the track with a melodic call for the homie to choose between
the seemingly high-risk, high-reward life of a hustler and anything else. He
empathizes, but encourages him to pursue an alternative. But the true
complexity of the verse is in the subtext which addresses the social
inequities of said “hood”, the challenges that come with overcoming fear-
based mindsets in this community, and the generational transfer of trauma
that often occurs in these scenarios.
K Like The Letter’s hook provides the listener with an opportunity to pause,
and reflect more deeply, both as a result of the sudden, but welcomed
melodic shift and the depth of his lyrics. Soup continues into the second
verse by juxtaposing what seem at first to be opposing mindsets, only to
reveal them to be two sides of the same coin.
The project comes from Soupmakesitbetters' own label Paid Better Records.more
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