

Cole and Joey Bada$$ seep their way into J.I.D’s performances, which are often jittery in their own way not necessarily in a manner that’s evocative of, say, Logic, in that J.I.D isn’t relentlessly spitting fast bars, but he certainly retains an angular punctuation to his flow for much of the record that gives it an occasionally off-kilter bounce. The likes of Kendrick Lamar, Logic, Vince Staples, J. Route’s flows, too, are somewhat of a mishmash of other rappers’ deliveries. Paak, The Never Story sees J.I.D hop on a variety of production styles that range from a slightly modernised approach to the classic, East Coast boom bap approach to a contemporary trap sound. With a skittish edge to his high-pitched, somewhat nasal voice that recalls an inflection like that of Anderson. Cole’s Dreamville Records, Destin Route, supposedly coined his recording moniker of J.I.D based on a nickname given to him by his mother, due to his jittery nature as a child, and, upon hearing his debut full-length album, The Never Story, it seems that the MC is as jittery as ever.

Atlanta rapper and newly-signed recording artist for J.
