LZee

Welcome to LZee’s ‘L4ZY TOWN’ – a kaleidoscopic, nine track voyage into the eclectic and musically diverse world of 16 year-old rapper LZee.

Where other UK artists might fall into one of a few distinct categories, be they rap, drill or grime, north London rapper LZee enters into each genre on L4ZY TOWN with unique flair – whether that’s the colourful stoner inflections on “Elementary” or the laid back and lightly jazz-inflected vibe on something like “Nothing But Vibes”. “It’s a melting pot of loads of different things,” he says, speaking on the various pockets and beats put across on the mixtape. “When people hear it, they’ll be hearing all the different sounds I can do.”

LZee’s voice is the product of growing up in a rich period for UK music. He’s been raised on several generations worth of grime music, from the genre’s early days right up to the present. Him and his school friends vibe to drill, trading bars from that genre of music on the playground in the same way previous UK legends might have spat a Risky Roadz influenced verse to their peers. And when hanging around his uncle and his dad, he has soaked in the sounds of UK garage. Really though, LZee’s favourite music is rap. It kicked off with the Chipmunk records his sister would play around the house when he was growing up. Later he found his own taste – in UK stuff like JME and Skepta’s Boy Better Know crew, as well as “American OGs” like Jay Z and 50 Cent.