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A little thought can be a dangerous thing. Take Booth fave Yonas, for example—what started as a simple urge to put words down on paper quickly blossomed into an unstoppable drive to understand the world around him. Now, on his latest effort, the NYC native’s graduated to racking his brains over the meaning of life. As he puts it, “I’ve been searching for a reason—a reason to live, a Reason to Breathe.” No armchair philosopher, however, Yonas keeps his feet planted firmly on the pavement even as he’s contemplating his innermost thoughts and feelings; over Sean Ross’ slow-rolling yet driven, eminently head-noddable piano-breakbeat groove, the artist makes clear that his mission as an artist is much bigger than him: “I’m usin’ my music to improve on what’s left—It’s sorta like I’m movin’ mountains when I’m movin’ the clef.” Bringing peace and harmony to the populace via hot beats and rhymes is a tall order, but Yonas’ sizable Booth fanbase attests to the number of lives he’s already touched. If you count yourself among that group, you’ve likely already downloaded Yonas’ Booth fresestyle,the final entry in our long-running series—but, just in case, you can stream and download Get ‘Em here!
This song first appeared on the
Independent Chart
on July 18, 2011
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I don't know about you, but listening to quality music gives me a reason to breathe. Amongst many other things...
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| Posted on Jun 28, 2011 |
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This is what gives me a reason to breathe
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Yonas has mad consistancy
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Anything YONAS creates is pure genius.
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| Posted on Jun 28, 2011 |
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Well, songs like this always give me a reason to breathe...
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| Posted on Jun 28, 2011 |
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Yonas never lets you down...and he's been releasing a lot of music lately.
This guy is dope and people should take the time to check him out a little more. |
| Posted on Jun 28, 2011 |
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Gold I tell you...GOLD!!!!
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| Posted on Jun 28, 2011 |
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Yonas is quickly becoming one of my go to artists. This song is a little different than his other stuff (It's more laid back) but it is still a great track.
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| Posted on Jun 28, 2011 |
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Yonas is one of my favorite rappers out there right now. I haven't heard one song by him i don't like. And once again, he releases some gold. Keep goin Yonas. HOW HAS NO ONE SIGNED HIM YET?!?!
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Very Dope. I love the piano ballad with the hot very hot beat. He is very creative rapping about the content he rhymes about with his deep thoughts tryin' to find a reason to live.
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| Posted on Jun 28, 2011 |
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The man is fire. Every track. This one is not his best and is still 4 stars. Always Dope.
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| Posted on Jun 28, 2011 |
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This Sh*t's real!
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This song is just what I've been wanting to hear, not just from Yonas but for myself, massive rough patch in my life so I can connect with this track alot, flawless Yonas, flawless
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| Posted on Jun 29, 2011 |
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The reason to breathe is so you can survive. After you can do that, it's music like this that makes you want to.
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| Posted on Jun 29, 2011 |
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This kid needs to keep breathing and livn. Love this song.
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| Posted on Jun 30, 2011 |
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Again, and again, and again, and agian, and yet again, this man keeps putting out top notch tracks. I mean honestly here people....what is it gonna take for someone to sign this guy???
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| Posted on Jul 01, 2011 |
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You can never go wrong with yonas...I wonder why he hasnt blown up...one of the biggest mysteries out there
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| Posted on Jul 04, 2011 |
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| Posted on Jul 05, 2011 |
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Philosophy will always, ALWAYS, have a slice in rap to call its own. When it's gone, it became something else.
Whatever that something else is, it's not on this level. |
| Posted on Jul 06, 2011 |
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he pretty raw he's rapping about life and witch people kind of wonder about
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| Posted on Jul 12, 2011 |
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nice one
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| Posted on Jul 13, 2011 |
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| Posted on Jul 31, 2011 |
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won't submit a rating seeing i produced the song...but Yonas definitely ripped this beat glad he hopped on it!
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| Posted on Jul 31, 2011 |
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