Hold You Tight

Blues-rap with a swung pocket and stomping backbeat, battling banjo riffs against a blazing harmonica; verse rides sparse guitar, handclaps, and low bass while the pre-chorus opens with rising harmonica bends, the chorus hits with gang shouts and call-and-response. Painful male vocal, close-mic and cracked in the verses, doubled on the hook with gritty ad-libs, plus short delay throws on key lines. Ear candy: slide-guitar turnarounds, breathy harp pickups, and a hard stop before the final chorus. Mix is raw, warm, and front-row intimate., blues, rap, soulful, vocal