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Fresh off his first single entitled Keep Looking Up featuring Bilal, Hezekiah is hitting the spotlight. He recently released his second album and it keeps cycling on my playlist. I caught him first on VH1 Soul and he is one of my favorite emcees right now (including Median). He’s got Freeway’s Philly flow with of twist of funk and a dash of soul. His production on I Predict a Riot (2007) is incredible too - reminds me of Hi-Tek.

How can I not give props to a Delaware-raised former choirboy turned producer, emcee? It says in his bio that, “Once he came out of highschool, he linked up with arguably the only Hip Hop crew to ever exist in Delaware,” during that time. Who’s arguing? I still don’t see any Hip Hop crews here in Delaware!

But anyways, Hezekiah roughed it for a while selling over 2,000 hand-to-hand copies of his mixtape on the streets and at shows. Then he finally linked up with the right people more recently providing songwriting and production for artists such as Musiq Soulchild, Bahamadia, and The Jazzyfatnastees. That got him his record deal with SoulSpazm Records and he went on to sell more than any of his previous compilations or mixtapes.

Outside of being from Delaware (woo woo), Hezekiah is a quality lyricist. He brings attention to the story of man in different situations of life. I like the way he ties his lyrics into one another to form a story. The album can definitely be listened through the whole way and there are alot of quality tracks. If you like the intro track above, be sure to check out Looking Up (feat. Bilal), That Filling (feat. Freeway), and Moments In Time (feat. Aaron Livingston).