Anti-Lilly is an introspective lyricist from Houston, Texas. He is one of a few young artists whose careers I steadily follow, and I've already seen a lot of growth in his music. He shares, "Ever since Phoniks first reached out to me and started sending music I knew that we would have an amazing chemistry together. My first time listening to his production, the horns immediately put into a zone which allowed me to express myself like no other way before. His sound reminded me of J Dilla or Pete Rock... After Memoirs I was looking to keep more of classical jazz sound; after recording a few songs together we both decided it only made sense to create an album. What we ended up creating is without a doubt my greatest work up to date. I’m sure Phoniks feels the same. Sonically everything was inspired by an older era of Hip-Hop, I personally drew inspiration from Black Star, UGK, Scarface, Nas and other great storytellers from that time." From what I've heard in 'Stories From The Brass Section' and 'Memoires & the 90s', his potential is limitless and what I dig most is that I can hear the therapy in his bars. After-all, what is art if not something that makes you FEEL? I'm definitely keeping an eye out for more from both artists and Don't Sleep Records. Dig in...