Jon Connor

Jon Connor has been here for a while but I feel a lot of people are sleeping on him (He even knows this by naming one of his albums While You Were Sleeping). Even though he hasn't put out anything out lately, I feel its not to late to simply just try to convince you why Jon Connor is the most underrated and slept on artist right now.

Jon Connor just seems to get better and better and it blows my mind that he is not signed and that he is not as well known among casual hip hop fans. With a hand full of mixtapes Jon Connor is always consistent. His lyrics are raw, honest, personal, deep, and intelligent. His flow is excellent and makes the songs engaging to listen to, you get the feel that Jon Connor is hungry to be known by just letting it all go on his tracks. He can be serious, laid back, or just go hard. He has lots of range and can nail each one.

If I had some complaints about Jon Connor it has to be two things. 1: The production on his mix tapes are decent but I feel if he collaborated with a producer he shares chemistry with he could really achieve more success and get more well known. 2: His lyrics are great and on point but at times he seems repetitive rapping about how the current state of hip hop is lacking substance and how he is the real thing.

 Although those two complaints kinda pointless since Jon Connor does not sound like he wants a huge audience. He is content on just giving it his all for the true fans that listen to his music. He is a rapper that raps for his fans and only for his fans; Jon Connor is not worried about achieving a great mass audience. He knows his music is not for the radio, he knows his music is true hip hop. He claims he is 'The Peoples Rapper' and I fully agree.

Jon Connor did something that completely blew me away last year. He released a mixtape titled The People
Rapper LP. Being from Detroit, he decided to rap over Eminem beats on the entirely mixtape. Now Im not a fan of Eminem, at one point in time Ill agree that he was really good though. I was nervous about the listen at first since it sounds like he might be doing a sort of beat cover album that lacks Jon Connor. I was wrong, way wrong, Jon Connor borrowed these beats and honored the Detroit legend by showing love with shoutouts in the beginning. Jon Connor set fire on each song, lots of the songs had a great aggressive energy that the beats provided. He totally made the beats his own and dropped some of his best lyrics, showing his more aggressive and personal side.

So in 2013 don't be sleeping on Jon Connor cause he literally is The Peoples Rapper and he is hear to give you good music. Make sure to check out The Peoples Rapper LP and While You Were Sleeping, free downloads on DatPiff.com.