{"id":59244,"date":"2020-01-22T15:49:36","date_gmt":"2020-01-22T15:49:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/?p=59244"},"modified":"2020-01-23T12:11:50","modified_gmt":"2020-01-23T12:11:50","slug":"altuz-bitchin-and-altuz-baby","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/2020\/01\/altuz-bitchin-and-altuz-baby\/","title":{"rendered":"Altuz &#8211; &#8216;Bitchin&#8217; And &#8216;Altuz Baby&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>More and more, music these days has become all about fusion, with most popular artists refusing to be pigeonholed into one particular genre, and it&#8217;s something that the charts are having a problem accepting: case in point, &#8216;Old Town Road&#8217; by Lil Nas X, which fused perfectly rap and country music, causing the Billboard Charts compilers to have a near coronary.<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Altuz may not yet be a household name, but don&#8217;t count on that being the case for long. He could well be the source of\u00a0 the next smash hit crossover-single.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Always working at the intersection of styles, Altuz blends hip hop, rock, blues, electronica, and pop. His latest single, &#8216;Bitchin&#8217;, is a funky, slamming track, with a backwoods slide six-string riff, a chant-along chorus, and a sublime rhyme like you got no time.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Before he got into music, Altuz was a video director, and he uses this talent to good effect in the clip for &#8216;Bitchin&#8217;. Altuz and his crew are deep in the country, rapping for their lives, with all the fluidity and confidence, not to mention cleverness, that have always been the artist&#8217;s hallmarks.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Watch the video here:<\/p>\n<div class=\"epyt-video-wrapper\">\n<div  style=\"display: block; margin: 0px auto;\"  id=\"_ytid_61821\"  width=\"640\" height=\"360\"  data-origwidth=\"640\" data-origheight=\"360\"  data-relstop=\"1\" data-facadesrc=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/gOtaKqDLgZA?enablejsapi=1&#038;origin=https:\/\/essentiallypop.com&#038;autoplay=0&#038;cc_load_policy=0&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;loop=0&#038;fs=1&#038;playsinline=1&#038;controls=1&#038;disablekb=0&#038;color=red&#038;cc_lang_pref=&#038;rel=0&#038;autohide=2&#038;theme=dark&#038;\" class=\"__youtube_prefs__ epyt-facade epyt-is-override  no-lazyload\" data-epautoplay=\"1\" ><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" data-spai-excluded=\"true\" class=\"epyt-facade-poster skip-lazy\" loading=\"lazy\"  alt=\"Altuz - Bitchin&#039; (Official Music Video)\"  src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/gOtaKqDLgZA\/maxresdefault.jpg?w=640&#038;ssl=1\"  \/><button class=\"epyt-facade-play\" aria-label=\"Play\"><svg data-no-lazy=\"1\" height=\"100%\" version=\"1.1\" viewBox=\"0 0 68 48\" width=\"100%\"><path class=\"ytp-large-play-button-bg\" d=\"M66.52,7.74c-0.78-2.93-2.49-5.41-5.42-6.19C55.79,.13,34,0,34,0S12.21,.13,6.9,1.55 C3.97,2.33,2.27,4.81,1.48,7.74C0.06,13.05,0,24,0,24s0.06,10.95,1.48,16.26c0.78,2.93,2.49,5.41,5.42,6.19 C12.21,47.87,34,48,34,48s21.79-0.13,27.1-1.55c2.93-0.78,4.64-3.26,5.42-6.19C67.94,34.95,68,24,68,24S67.94,13.05,66.52,7.74z\" fill=\"#f00\"><\/path><path d=\"M 45,24 27,14 27,34\" fill=\"#fff\"><\/path><\/svg><\/button><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Second clip, &#8216;Altuz Baby&#8217;, shows that matching guitars to hip-hop drums isn&#8217;t the only string to his bow &#8211; he can straight up rhyme with the best. In the video we see Altuz taking\u00a0 the stage in a typical dive bar, delivering his fiery rhymes to a near empty room. On closer inspection, we discover that the few members of the audience are actually Altuz, in different costumes. He takes a break to catch his breath, and we see the barflies take up the slack.<\/p>\n<div class=\"epyt-video-wrapper\">\n<div  style=\"display: block; margin: 0px auto;\"  id=\"_ytid_19299\"  width=\"640\" height=\"360\"  data-origwidth=\"640\" data-origheight=\"360\"  data-relstop=\"1\" data-facadesrc=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/jYc44Pzqul8?enablejsapi=1&#038;origin=https:\/\/essentiallypop.com&#038;autoplay=0&#038;cc_load_policy=0&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;loop=0&#038;fs=1&#038;playsinline=1&#038;controls=1&#038;disablekb=0&#038;color=red&#038;cc_lang_pref=&#038;rel=0&#038;autohide=2&#038;theme=dark&#038;\" class=\"__youtube_prefs__ epyt-facade epyt-is-override  no-lazyload\" data-epautoplay=\"1\" ><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" data-spai-excluded=\"true\" class=\"epyt-facade-poster skip-lazy\" loading=\"lazy\"  alt=\"Altuz - Altuz Baby! (Official Music Video)\"  src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/jYc44Pzqul8\/maxresdefault.jpg?w=640&#038;ssl=1\"  \/><button class=\"epyt-facade-play\" aria-label=\"Play\"><svg data-no-lazy=\"1\" height=\"100%\" version=\"1.1\" viewBox=\"0 0 68 48\" width=\"100%\"><path class=\"ytp-large-play-button-bg\" d=\"M66.52,7.74c-0.78-2.93-2.49-5.41-5.42-6.19C55.79,.13,34,0,34,0S12.21,.13,6.9,1.55 C3.97,2.33,2.27,4.81,1.48,7.74C0.06,13.05,0,24,0,24s0.06,10.95,1.48,16.26c0.78,2.93,2.49,5.41,5.42,6.19 C12.21,47.87,34,48,34,48s21.79-0.13,27.1-1.55c2.93-0.78,4.64-3.26,5.42-6.19C67.94,34.95,68,24,68,24S67.94,13.05,66.52,7.74z\" fill=\"#f00\"><\/path><path d=\"M 45,24 27,14 27,34\" fill=\"#fff\"><\/path><\/svg><\/button><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">You can find out more about Altuz online on his <a href=\"http:\/\/www.altuz.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">official website<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Altuz may not yet be a household name, but don&#8217;t count on that being the case for long. 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