Major Player Syracuse, New York
Upset City takes Major Player into a sunnier, alt-R&B-adjacent strain of music we call “satin funk”—at once beholden to the
cool of his trip-hop roots and the glitzy sheen of nu-disco and dance-pop.
The songs explore the mutation of the American dream at the hands of the internet; the backwards impact of social media on interpersonal relationships.
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