Review: NAYT - “Letter Q”

Nayt, aka William Mezzanotte, is not a new-fangled rap rookie, on the contrary…

You just need to look at his discography to understand that he's been churning out bars and records for a decade now. However, Nayt's main quality is his ability and talent in writing.

This attitude of his comes to you like a flash while listening to “Lettera Q”. A surprise that will leave you dazzled!

William, through careful work on words, manages to discover and reveal truths, pushing the listener to stop, reflect, and listen and not just listen distractedly. A research, which combined with his voice, transmits a sense of awareness, managing to make its way through thoughts and giving people the opportunity to stop and truly listen.

The album explores the world of his generation — Nayt is thirty years old — the difficulties in relationships, the thousand obstacles in finding one's place in the world, and the need to interrupt cycles and break loops. The central symbol of this path is the letter Q, which represents the idea of interrupting a predetermined path and reworking experiences in the light of a new awareness.

The result is an open dialogue, capable of going beyond the monologue and rejecting imposition. Nayt, in her work, explores complex themes relating to the relationship with society, the feminine, her generation and future and past generations. Seek to ask deep questions that push toward authentic growth, progress, and evolution.

Musically nayt draws all the colors of urban. It travels from the most direct and rough rap ( The Debt, The Great Escape), to the softer and more purple urban flows (It's not luck, If you run), passing through pop (Some lies), the songwriting and the intimate and heartfelt spoken word (it is incredible and beautiful To tear down the walls (18 Women)). Around everything there is always an elegance in the production and in the arrangements rich in continuous inserts of wind instruments, strings and orchestrations that give the sound project a stylistic maturity that should not be underestimated.

Only two feats on the album. the one with Hernia in If you Run and the delicate voice of Scotland in Monalisa. A very precise and commendable choice for nayt oriented towards the quality of the content rather than the quantity.

“Letter Q” undoubtedly represents Nayt's most ambitious project to date, the work that could definitively and finally establish him as one of the most relevant voices of his generation. Ready for Sanremo?

TO LISTEN NOW

It's not luck – To break down the walls (18 Women) – Monalisa

TO BE SKIPPED IMMEDIATELY

Nothing. It's really worth listening to!

SCORE: Score 7.50

1. The Debt – Rating 7.50
2. It's not luck – Rating 7.50
3. Certain lies – Rating 7.50
4. To tear down the walls (18 Women) – Score 8.50
5. If You Run feat. Hernia – Rating 8.00
6. The great escape – Rating 7.00
7. Yesterday – Rating 7.00
8. Bad vibes – Rating 7.00
9. Monalisa with Scotland – Rating 7.50
10. TV Series – Rating 7.00
11. Another road – Rating 7.25
12. Being able to choose – Rating 7.25