Trek Life just released his new album, Everything Changed Nothing. The album is the culmination of years of collaboration between Trek and producer Oddisee that began with the remixes of Price I’ve Paid, Trek’s debut LP. Undaunted by the thousands of miles separating them, the pair have crafted yet another example of how a producer and an artist with the right chemistry can maintain a winning streak.
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Trek Life – I’d Rather Be feat Olivier Daysoul (prod. by Oddisee)
The album’s title stems from the emcee’s role as a father. Speaking affectionately of his daughter, Trek says, “I was thinking how much she means to me and how she’s literally everything I ever wanted, but the reality is life, in general, goes on.” The album speaks to the real life of nearly everyone. The personal struggles, trials and tribulations quite simply don’t act as roadblocks to the freight train that is life. It’s a sobering fact that Trek seems to have a good handle on. On tracks like “So LA” and the soul-scorching “Jump Out There” Trek makes clear his reality-to-fantasy ratio is stacked well in favor of the former. Gritty tracks of urban reality cross-pollinate with songs that deal with romantic desire such as the Bootsy Collins inspired “I’d Rather Be“.
