After a series of singles throughout 2019 that gained more and more attention and love from bloggers, fans and playlisters, Brooklyn hip-hop artist, professional tap dancer and actor Leo Manzari is set to release what promises to be an epic album.
To help promote the announcement of the 2020 release, Manzari wrote, filmed and starred in a new video short tease called “Tattle Tale,” which will not appear on the album.
“‘Tattle Tale’ is a purging track,” Manzari says. “It’s a track that calls out those slacking on their responsibilities to be truthful and straight forward. It uses his creative and imaginative lyrics to playfully jump around the metronome, throwing all kinds of triplets, 16th notes, and 32nd notes.”
The song is filled with lyrical acrobats mixed with a hard, bass-heavy beat produced by fellow New York artist, VISIONNAIRE.
“There’s nothing cleaner than well-articulated lyrics, and precise word placement to make a good song even better,” Manzari says.
The song’s music video demonstrates the songwriter’s unique ability to direct pure emotion through every limb of his body. This double-time visual footage of Manzari’s performance entices the viewer to be hypnotized by every word, and really lock onto what every word means to the songwriter.
Some folks think that we should only feature “indie” music. Well, what is that? DIY hip-hop is also indie, by definition. Plus, we have no issue with broadening our listener base with some dope sounds from other genres – that, again, are still DIY/indie.
This guy is going to be big. In addition to a string of new singles, Manzari also appeared in Hozier’s new popular music video “Sweet (Almost Music)” and was the first tap dancer to perform with the Philly Pops Orchestra.