New York City’s winter was mild this year because Jay Wirth harnessed the cold with his new EP "HELLinikon". Every bar of this seven track mammoth drips with brutal honesty and an unshakeable depression. Some of the most transcendent rap openly embraces depression, but a big divide in music comes from the fact that hip-hop is a genre that's competitive and fueled by power. When combined with the brutal capitalism of the music business, hip-hop can be an environment where depression is brushed off as a weakness. Jay Wirth puts his life on display and its jarring, but he manages to walk away from the mic hopeful. He rips through every turn of a perfectly unpredictable production to reassure himself that we will be okay.
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