“Homegrown” Finds Nippa Between Strength and Vulnerability
Nippa, the London singer-songwriter, has a kind of natural magnetism and warmth that come from his humble beginnings, blending almost seamlessly with the intense but necessary toughness that comes from not having everything handed to you on a silver platter.
That strange combination of having your head in the clouds while keeping your roots firmly planted on the ground, where strength gradually gives way to vulnerability, is an essential part of “Homegrown,” his first EP with Warner Records. The project blends rap, R&B, and danceable rhythms while delivering a coded message of gratitude and reverence, hidden beneath a severity that seems to function as a form of self-defense.
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Nippa can sound confident, even defiant, and then allow a sense of concern to surface, changing the weight of what he is singing.
“Say It With Your Chest” comes in with a distorted vocal that adds a sense of chaos, while “Cherries Freestyle” finds a space in rap to let his character unfold. Both tracks add intensity to a body of work that also needs room to breathe.
“Bittersweet,” meanwhile, captures much of the complementary duality that d...