{"id":35820,"date":"2018-05-11T15:51:53","date_gmt":"2018-05-11T14:51:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/?p=35820"},"modified":"2018-05-11T15:51:53","modified_gmt":"2018-05-11T14:51:53","slug":"kugar-black-drops-4-track-ep-playing-in-the-shadows","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/2018\/05\/kugar-black-drops-4-track-ep-playing-in-the-shadows\/","title":{"rendered":"Kugar Black Drops 4 Track EP &#8211; &#8216;Playing in The Shadows&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"35821\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/2018\/05\/kugar-black-drops-4-track-ep-playing-in-the-shadows\/image-18-3\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/image-18.png?fit=602%2C602&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"602,602\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-title=\"image (18)\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/image-18.png?fit=602%2C602&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-35821\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/image-18.png?resize=640%2C640&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"640\" \/><\/p>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>British rapper and producer Kuger Black released his debut EP, &#8216;Playing In The Shadows&#8217;, on 12 March.<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Kugar Black started rapping when he was 20, taking his inspiration from the likes of Drake, Kanye West, and Kendrick Lamar, but at the same time he&#8217;s stayed true to his roots, having been brought up on Elvis Presley, James Brown, Michael Jackson &#8211; and hip hop giants such as Run DMC, Cypress Hill, and OutKast. Combining all these influences, Kugar came up with his own style fashion and music.<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<!-- Random Ad stuff --><br \/>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display: block;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-2076862002005673\" data-ad-slot=\"3107208401\" data-ad-format=\"auto\"><\/ins><\/p>\n<p><script>\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The EP, &#8216;Playing In The Shadows&#8217;, has two love songs spliced in between two powerful trap tracks. Kugar makes references to martial arts and anime in the final song, &#8216;Always In My Zone&#8217;, two of his passions, while EP opener, &#8216;Superman&#8217; is a song jam-packed full of self-confidence and reaching for the stars. His love songs are more personal, and focusing on the polar opposites of relationships. &#8216;Time&#8217; is a &#8220;love at first sight&#8221; song, while &#8216;My Love Will Never Die&#8217; is an ironic look at a spiteful relationship full of cheating and lies.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8216;Playing In The Shadows&#8217; is available on Spotify, iTunes, and Soundcloud. You can find Kugar Black online on <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KugarBlack\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Twitter<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/KugarBlack\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Facebook<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/kugarblack\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Instagram<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/kugarblack\/sets\/playing-in-the-shadows-ep<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>British rapper and producer Kuger Black released his debut EP, &#8216;Playing In The Shadows&#8217;, on 12 March.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":35881,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_seo_schema_type":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[57,9],"tags":[14280,6119,236,286,1870,7357,1664,4943,14278,376,77,14281,14279,666,6247,78,304],"class_list":["post-35820","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-new-artists","category-new-releases","tag-cypress-hill","tag-drake","tag-elvis-presley","tag-ep","tag-hip-hop","tag-james-brown","tag-kanye-west","tag-kendrick-lamar","tag-kugar-black","tag-michael-jackson","tag-new-release","tag-outkast","tag-playing-in-the-shadows","tag-rap","tag-run-dmc","tag-singer","tag-songwriter"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5yMhl-9jK","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":34265,"url":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/2018\/03\/r3vo-releases-new-single-frozen\/","url_meta":{"origin":35820,"position":0},"title":"R3VO Releases New Single &#8216;FROZEN&#8217;","author":"Lisa Hafey","date":"26\/03\/2018","format":false,"excerpt":"R3VO, aka Daniel Opone, is a teenage rapper and hip hop artist, whose latest track 'Frozen' was released on March 18. 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