{"id":82047,"date":"2023-06-09T07:36:25","date_gmt":"2023-06-09T05:36:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/?p=82047"},"modified":"2023-06-09T07:36:28","modified_gmt":"2023-06-09T05:36:28","slug":"its-a-double-header-as-slick-naim-releases-second-single-and-video-from-his-latest-album-with-scary-slope","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/2023\/06\/its-a-double-header-as-slick-naim-releases-second-single-and-video-from-his-latest-album-with-scary-slope\/","title":{"rendered":"It&#8217;s A Double Header As Slick Naim Releases Second Single And Video From His Latest Album, With &#8216;Scary Slope&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Following on from &#8216;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/2023\/06\/slick-naim-releases-finessed-flex-track-in-the-vault-the-title-song-from-his-most-recent-album\/\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/2023\/06\/slick-naim-releases-finessed-flex-track-in-the-vault-the-title-song-from-his-most-recent-album\/\" target=\"_blank\">In The Vault<\/a>&#8216;, Slick Naim shows that he really does have more brilliant work stashed away, with &#8216;Scary Slope&#8217;.<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The track takes a close and intimate look deep into the mind of the creative, and with a sombre beat, Slick pours out his heart as he shares the struggles of keeping all his interests in check. The music video, once again directed by his wife Reema, sees him face directly to the camera, as he tells his listeners just what it takes to juggle two careers, and how to avoid second-guessing. For all his success, Slick Naim is the first to admit his own failings, and with &#8216;Scary Slope&#8217; he wants to share what he&#8217;s learned along the way.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Watch the video for \u2018Scary Slope\u2019 below, and find out more about Slick Naim and his music online on his official&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/www.slicknaim.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">website<\/a>,&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/instagram.com\/slick_naim\" target=\"_blank\">Instagram<\/a>,&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Slick_Naim\" target=\"_blank\">Twitter<\/a>, and&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/tiktok.com\/@slick_naim\" target=\"_blank\">TikTok<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"epyt-video-wrapper\"><div  style=\"display: block; margin: 0px auto;\"  id=\"_ytid_86492\"  width=\"640\" height=\"360\"  data-origwidth=\"640\" data-origheight=\"360\"  data-relstop=\"1\" data-facadesrc=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/J1ETMIoVTIo?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 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=\"\u201cSCARY SLOPE\u201d by Slick Naim (Official Music Video)\"  src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/J1ETMIoVTIo\/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><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Following on from &#8216;In The Vault&#8217;, Slick Naim shows that he really does have more brilliant work stashed away, with &#8216;Scary Slope&#8217;.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":82086,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"Following on from 'In The Vault', Slick Naim shows that he really does have more brilliant work stashed away, with 'Scary Slope'.","jetpack_seo_html_title":"It's A Double Header As Slick Naim Releases Second Single And Video From His Latest Album, With 'Scary Slope'","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":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[7,9,21453,21445,21446,21449,640],"tags":[11720,77,370,1945,666,116,31085,10677,31084,81,22992],"class_list":["post-82047","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-music","category-new-releases","category-new-singles","category-reviews","category-single-reviews","category-video-reviews","category-videos","tag-lisa-hafey","tag-new-release","tag-new-single","tag-new-video","tag-rap","tag-review","tag-scary-slope","tag-single-review","tag-slick-naim","tag-video","tag-video-review"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5yMhl-lll","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":82214,"url":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/2023\/06\/slick-naim-speaks-to-us-about-how-he-manages-to-fit-everything-in-his-career-his-inspirations-and-his-family\/","url_meta":{"origin":82047,"position":0},"title":"Slick Naim Speaks To Us About How He Manages To Fit Everything In His Career, His Inspirations, And His Family","author":"Lisa Hafey","date":"16\/06\/2023","format":false,"excerpt":"Algerian-American hip hop artist Slick Naim, who makes Brooklyn his home shows that not only does he want it all, he also has it all, and does it all. With new singles, 'In The Vault', and 'Scary Slope', he's aiming for the stars, but at the same time he has\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Music&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Music","link":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/category\/music\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Slick-Naim-photo-4a-horiz-c-scaled.jpg?fit=1200%2C801&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Slick-Naim-photo-4a-horiz-c-scaled.jpg?fit=1200%2C801&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Slick-Naim-photo-4a-horiz-c-scaled.jpg?fit=1200%2C801&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Slick-Naim-photo-4a-horiz-c-scaled.jpg?fit=1200%2C801&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Slick-Naim-photo-4a-horiz-c-scaled.jpg?fit=1200%2C801&ssl=1&resize=1050%2C600 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":82048,"url":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/2023\/06\/slick-naim-releases-finessed-flex-track-in-the-vault-the-title-song-from-his-most-recent-album\/","url_meta":{"origin":82047,"position":1},"title":"Slick Naim Releases Finessed Flex Track &#8216;In The Vault&#8217;, The Title Song From His Most Recent Album","author":"Lisa Hafey","date":"09\/06\/2023","format":false,"excerpt":"With his new single, 'In The Vault', the title track from his 2022 album, Algerian-American hip hop artist Slick Naim, who makes Brooklyn his home shows that not only does he want it all, he also has it all, and does it all.","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Music&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Music","link":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/category\/music\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Slick-Naim-photo-4a-horiz-c-scaled.jpg?fit=1200%2C801&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Slick-Naim-photo-4a-horiz-c-scaled.jpg?fit=1200%2C801&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Slick-Naim-photo-4a-horiz-c-scaled.jpg?fit=1200%2C801&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Slick-Naim-photo-4a-horiz-c-scaled.jpg?fit=1200%2C801&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Slick-Naim-photo-4a-horiz-c-scaled.jpg?fit=1200%2C801&ssl=1&resize=1050%2C600 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":12399,"url":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/2015\/07\/stuart-mccallum-city\/","url_meta":{"origin":82047,"position":2},"title":"Stuart McCallum &#8211; &#8216;City&#8217;","author":"Lisa Hafey","date":"29\/07\/2015","format":false,"excerpt":"Manchester guitarist and composer, Stuart McCullum is set to release 'City', his fourth album.","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Concerts&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Concerts","link":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/category\/music\/concerts\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Stuart-McCallum3.jpg?fit=1200%2C800&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Stuart-McCallum3.jpg?fit=1200%2C800&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Stuart-McCallum3.jpg?fit=1200%2C800&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Stuart-McCallum3.jpg?fit=1200%2C800&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Stuart-McCallum3.jpg?fit=1200%2C800&ssl=1&resize=1050%2C600 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":88109,"url":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/2024\/09\/new-rap-gospel-track-and-video-i-feel-good-from-mike-teezy-gets-us-in-party-mode\/","url_meta":{"origin":82047,"position":3},"title":"New Rap Gospel Track And Video &#8216;I FEEL GOOD&#8217; From Mike Teezy Gets Us In Party Mode","author":"Lisa Hafey","date":"13\/09\/2024","format":false,"excerpt":"Mike Teezy's latest release, 'I FEEL GOOD' is a rap anthem of self-confidence, with a slick, upbeat, and at times intriguing, music video.","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Music&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Music","link":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/category\/music\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Mike-Teezy.png?fit=694%2C712&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Mike-Teezy.png?fit=694%2C712&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Mike-Teezy.png?fit=694%2C712&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":64340,"url":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/2020\/08\/koth-my-time\/","url_meta":{"origin":82047,"position":4},"title":"KOTH &#8211; &#8216;My Time&#8217;\u00a0","author":"Lisa Hafey","date":"13\/08\/2020","format":false,"excerpt":"Quite a number of KOTH's singles have garnered praise from esteemed publications, such as The Hype Magazine, and Elevator, and the Seattle artist has supported the likes of Slick Rick, Mobb Deep, and Mos Def, not to mention selling out The Crocodile in his home town, with TylerxCordy. Latest single,\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Music&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Music","link":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/category\/music\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/KOTH-press.jpg?fit=1158%2C1178&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/KOTH-press.jpg?fit=1158%2C1178&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/KOTH-press.jpg?fit=1158%2C1178&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/KOTH-press.jpg?fit=1158%2C1178&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/KOTH-press.jpg?fit=1158%2C1178&ssl=1&resize=1050%2C600 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":30671,"url":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/2017\/10\/magnus-murphy-releases-new-single-lightning\/","url_meta":{"origin":82047,"position":5},"title":"Magnus Murphy Releases New Single &#8216;Lightning&#8217;","author":"Lisa Hafey","date":"04\/10\/2017","format":false,"excerpt":"Based in Brisbane, Australia songwriter, producer and model Magnus Murphy's music is anthemic with a very distinctive delivery, which comes from his background in the theatre. His new single, 'Lightning', which was released on September 29, is an uplifting summer-tinged track with slick production values and instrumentation by Magnus himself.","rel":"","context":"In &quot;New Artists&quot;","block_context":{"text":"New Artists","link":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/category\/music\/new-artists\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Single-Publicity-Shot-Vevo.jpg?fit=1200%2C1200&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Single-Publicity-Shot-Vevo.jpg?fit=1200%2C1200&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Single-Publicity-Shot-Vevo.jpg?fit=1200%2C1200&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Single-Publicity-Shot-Vevo.jpg?fit=1200%2C1200&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Single-Publicity-Shot-Vevo.jpg?fit=1200%2C1200&ssl=1&resize=1050%2C600 3x"},"classes":[]}],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Slick-Naim-photo-4a-horiz-c-scaled.jpg?fit=2560%2C1708&ssl=1","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82047","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=82047"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82047\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/82086"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=82047"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=82047"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=82047"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}