The new single “Darkest Hour” from DawgGone Davis featuring Chago G Williams is a reflection of the times. Part heartache and having semblances of inspirational shout outs, “Darkest Hour” is a slow cadence, with transformative rock vibes, that gives a one-of-a-kind rapper like DawgGone a soapbox. Count “Darkest Hour” as keeping tabs on something new wildly independent in today’s music scene.
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DawgGone Davis, whose real name is Rebecca, lives in Kansas City, Mo. She’s been prolific the past few years, cranking out songs like “Middle Age Woman-Hip Hop Style”, “Weight of the World” and dazzling listeners with her devotional Neil Diamond covers. She’s been doing in this all within the last two years, a sort of second wave career undertaking. While it’s not clear from her press materials her influences, what is a given is that her electric spirit is fearless. She abandons any artistic restrictions and goes for it. Joining her journey are producer/rapper Chago G Williams, who is based in Long Beach, Calif., and Romain Duchein. (Duchein previously worked with DawgGone Davis on “Baby I Have Words” (2019) and “Judge Not Rap Yes” (2020).
It’s like a waging war, stuck in the darkest hour, with no lights at all, who cares if we fail, we’re stuck in the darkest day, Williams strikes. His voice is bolder than DawgGone Davis’. He’s holds some bitterness in his timbre. His flow is quicker, leaves less pause between words. Dare I say, he’s more aggressive? She is not happy-go-lucky, but she’s a realist. I think when she flows stuff like her opening remarks my brilliant bravado, ‘tis a rotten avocado, green and squishy, she opens the door to letting listeners in on the joke (a bit). As much as she says things like this and wants to be taken seriously, the listener has to keep the pace and wait for her to roll into flexing like wailing has been dealt, feeling sorry for myself, been a long slide down to this stricken hour. She’s telling her listeners that she’s going through something, she’s marinating in that melancholy. Because she’s based in the Midwest, I didn’t get a strong sense either way if she’s influenced by East Coast or West Coast rap styles. DawgGone Davis walks into a different territory about the mid-song mark – bringing up legendary “American Pie” singer Don McClean, referencing the classic pop song. I thank what she’s referring to is the idealist world we have in our mind, but that we can’t predict what will happen. We can’t just think it’s always going to be roses and flowers – the world’s path has several weeds and bugs lurking between the cracks.
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“Darkest Hour” skirts along and effectively curates a sense of wider spaces and arenas within its music bed. Duchein’s tone is searing. It illustrates a different pattern than the other music in the song, but compliments it. Between Duchein and Williams, the opposing forces against DawgGone Davis’ wholesome voice projects an incredible, novel track. Overall, “Darkest Hour” is a great introduction to a remarkably eccentric rapper and songwriter DawgGone Davis.
Troy Johnston
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