The Abyss - Dax (Rap) Dax returns for the third time to the blog with yet another epic and well produced music video to accompany an equally impressive track, “The Abyss.” In every song we’ve heard from Dax (each one better than the last, by the way) we are impressed with the level of vulnerability on display. The songs are diary entries, and Dax brings his whole heart to every vocal performance. With “The Abyss”, Dax takes us on a walk through his darkness, and expresses a unique and mature analysis of his relationship with it—it’s a mound of pain and despair but it also fuels his art. It’s a double edged sword for Dax, who even expresses anger that it’s his pain that brings him attention through his music—that he needs to hurt to be lauded, that it’s what the world wants from him. It’s incredibly deep and personal, with a fiery Kanye-esque flow to match, and that moment in the second verse when you hear him almost choke up—damn.
Best Lyric: “I’m making music that you cannot just define by the numbers on my Spotify.”