What Y’all Want To: Gritty Gospel of the Grind of Junya Boy.
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The young boy with the soul of a Southern dynamo blazing out of the Dallas streets is Junya Boy, whose voice cannot be overlooked. Junya Boy was born as Simon Ellis, and in a short time, he has transformed the regional spark into a national blaze with his irrefutable energy, originality, and lyricality. Supported by Nonstop Grind Records and co-signed by such celebrities as Bryson Tiller, Lil Flip, and NFL football player Jeremy Mincy, his name is getting louder with each drop. He breaks out of the underground in less than a year, and he carries with him a sound which is part street wisdom, part motivational heat. Not only a rapper, but a moving movement, he is redefining the sound of hip-hop across the South with heart, hustle, and heavy-hitting hooks.
The door-banging swagger of What Y’all Want To is all South. It does not need permission- it occupies the room. Riding the beat, which is all club-ready and thumping, Junya Boy attacks the rhythm with a flow that is not afraid and free as he switches between the gritty truths and high-octane flex. The track has a bounce to it- there is, however, a purpose: this is music of the underdogs, of the grinders, of those creating something out of nothing. His performance has the burden of experience, and all the bars are the bricks in a novel he is still creating. The hook is impossible to miss, the verses are slap-you-slap-you in their style and content, and the track is vibrating like a Southern summer, hot, unremitting, memorable. He does not simply spit bars, Junya, like a preacher at a sermon on the street.
It is not merely that what Y’all want to–it is more a marching cry of independence, of self-confidence, of doing things your way, What Y’all Want To. It is the type of song that dominates in the gym, rides in the whip, and is unforgettable after the beat. Fused together with industry veterans and acclaimed by the critics like Tony Neal, DJ Bay Bay, and OG Ron C, this release does not leave Junya Boy in the ascendancy, but rather, he is here in full force. Having more music on the anvil and with the ultimate momentum, he is ready to propel his Dallas sound nationally. In the meantime, it is plain and straightforward: Turn it up. Move how you want to. And do not slumber, Junya Boy–he is only now beginning.
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