Eito's Drops Stunning Debut EP 'While You Were Sleeping'
Acclaimed Pittsburgh battle MC Eito dropped his new EP this week ‘While You Were Sleeping’. -
The EP is a global patchwork of Grime, Boom Bap and House music, imbued with his innovative, confessional flow.
His upbringing wasn’t easy, in and out of group homes and foster homes around the DC-area for decades, but he made up his mind early on that nothing could hold him back. He absorbed the punk, house and boombap hip hop scenes and was soon renown as a force to be reckoned with in rap battles around the city. It wasn’t long before he knew his way around the studio, creating sophisticated sonic colleges that would come to define his sound.
“These songs are going to be things that people are used to hearing in the US, ” Eito remarks. “I’m always challenging the narrative going on in the clubs and on the radio.” Having previously released his music on the indie label ‘LXXXIV”, Eito is now gearing up to drop his own sophomore EP, While You Were Sleeping, serving up a conscious blend of chilled production and evocative rhymes, intended to positively affect the modern Hip Hop zeitgeist.
“I really seek to create music that is anti-disposable and stands the test of time,” Eito remarks. He namechecks Jay Z’s unmastered 4:44 as a high watermark for rawness, but ultimately prefers listening to artist’s demo work over ‘official’ productions. Reflecting on his own process, he comments, “I sweat the details, but I know the most important thing is to communicate emotion.”