11.17.23
Florida Rhymer Wizz Havinn Puts On His Cape with Super Wizz Project
The Tallahassee Native Shoots the Breeze with Veeze in the Trap Happy Video for Project Highlight “Eminem“
Spanning 18 Tracks, with Guest Spots from Jeezy, YTB Fatt, and More, the New Tape Establishes Wizz Havinn as a Money-Getting, Hard-Working Neighborhood Hero
Critical Praise:
“…it’s straight-up Southern fly shit. It’s the type of song that I can imagine becoming the motivational soundtrack for SEC defensive lineman, with emphasis on this line: ‘I make music that can make you get yo’ own money.’ The soul may be old, but the mood is timeless.” – Pitchfork
“Wizz’s Havinn’s adlibs sound like they were recorded in a cave to maximize the amount of echo he gets. It rules, and it’s probably the reason why my own inner thoughts have started to come with a little bit of echo…It’s a good snapshot of what makes Florida’s rap scene so exciting right now: They’re pulling in influences from all over the country and from eras of rap without losing any of their homegrown identity.” – The FADER
“Wizz Havinn’s Mr. Too Sticky dropped a few days before Christmas, but I’ll call it the first good rap tape of 2023. On ‘C Class,’ the Tallahassee rapper sounds like he’s having a conversation with his seat leaned all the way back.” – The FADER
The Project + Video:
Faster than a speeding airboat and more powerful than a gator’s jaws, North Florida standout Wizz Havinn is the hero we need right now. Taking to the skies with his latest body of work, the rapper shares Super Wizz, a kinetic collection of hustle-hard hood anthems. Wizz is known for his supremely laid back flow that helped define the sound of the rising Tallahassee scene, but his blasé demeanor belies his superhuman focus on stacking paper. In his own words, Wizz makes music that “makes you want to get your own money”–he learned to rhyme to escape his circumstances, and he hopes to be a shining example for others in his community.
“Right now, I’m just in a different place in life,” says Wizz Havinn. “I’m in super status. I ain’t the same regular me. I’m super with all the work I got done and everything I achieved. I’m taking care of business right now. I’m trying to be a superhero for my hood–I’m giving back, I’m encouraging all the youngins around the area, and I’m making sure everybody straight in the community. I’m always showing love and motivating everybody in the trenches. And the biggest thing: coming from the hood and then going somewhere then coming back and showing this real life proof and everybody can be something. That’s a real hood superhero.”
Spanning 18 tracks, with contributions from Florida beatsmiths like Ddot Freezing, Super Wizz is a sterling example of the new Tallahassee sound (“Tallahassee has made a major stamp on the world,” says Wizz. “We came out with a sound that nobody’s ever heard.”). The tape is packed with simmering, synth-heavy slow burners like “Flaw,” the imperiously confident single “Check Me,” and the electric keyboard driven atmosphere of “One Thing” ft. Lil Double 0. Other highlights, like the driving “Residue,” which borrows from the darker trap sounds of Atlanta and Memphis, raise the temperature, while songs like the cinematic “New Wave” are ideally-suited for smoked-out drives down South Florida freeways.
Along with the new tape, Wizz Havinn shares the music video for “Eminem,” a collaboration with the similarly soft-spoken Detroit rapper Veeze. Dancing around gently-plucked acoustic guitars and thunderous blasts of distorted 808s, Wizz enumerates the many reasons why he’s sicker than your average: his opps can’t step to him, their girlfriends want a piece of him, and whenever they annoy him, Wizz just buys a new grill. Veeze follows Wizz’s lead, rapping about his luxury accoutrements and lamenting that all his sons in the rap game won’t give him gifts for Father’s Day. In the video, the two rising street rappers get their operation up and running in the Sunshine State, as they count cash and relax backstage.
Featuring additional appearances from Jeezy, Wizz’s fellow master motivator, and YTB Fatt on the recent single “Real Drip,” Super Wizz is available everywhere via Open Shift Distribution.
With his new project under his belt and much more to come, Wizz Havinn’s hood heroics are just beginning.
Stream Super Wizz: https://openshiftdistro.lnk.to/SuperWizz
Watch “Eminem” ft. Veeze: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UMDI6AA7CgM
Super Wizz tracklist:
1. One Of One
2. Check Me (Prod. by Ddot Freezing)
3. Not Worthy feat. Jeezy
4. Kill Switch
5. One Thing ft. Lil Double 0
6. Money Fein
7. Re Up
8. Residue
9. Eminem feat. Veeze
10. Make It Work
11. Life’s A Gamble
12. Flaw
13. Real Drip feat. YTB Fatt
14. SRT
15. In Advance
16. New Wave
17. Smackdown
18. Last Song
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The Background:
First emerging in 2022 with songs like the Pitchfork-praised “Water Running,” Tallahassee native Wizz Havinn immediately made an impact with his flow, which sits slightly behind the beat, ending each line with an upward inflection that makes him sound surprised by his own high-quality flexes. His flow inspired the sound of fellow Tallahassee breakout Luh Tyler, who has credited Wizz as a direct influence. In December 2022, Wizz garnered critical acclaim for his debut project Mr. Too Sticky, earning praise from Pitchfork and The FADER, who called Mr. Too Sticky, “the first good rap tape of 2023.” The tape gave a permanent home to street hits like “Mode,” which generated over 1.8 million views on YouTube, “Not Worthy,” and the FADER-acclaimed “C-Class.” When not rhyming, the young father enjoys fishing in the Panhandle’s abundant swamps and cooking up meals in his kitchen. The rapper just shared his new album Super Wizz, with guest appearances from Jeezy, YTB Fatt, and more.
Links:
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Super Wizz: https://openshiftdistro.lnk.to/SuperWizz
“Eminem” ft. Veeze: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UMDI6AA7CgM
“Real Drip” ft. YTB Fatt: https://openshiftdistro.lnk.to/RealDrip
“Check Me”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wJvImtz9Uro / https://openshiftdistro.lnk.to/CheckMe
“Luh Tyler Flow (Freestyle)”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fkK3Op5HYos
“Mode”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iAt2wqNa3sY&ab_channel=WizzHavinn
“Not Worthy”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f8po8soLB1E
Mr. Too Sticky: https://ingrv.es/mr-too-sticky-uft-i