21 year old Cape Town-based artist, MeccaMind (“The Holy Mind”) started making music at the tender age of 15 which quickly became popular amongst the skating and art community in Bloemfontein where he grew up.
“Straight Vibin” is the first song released from his debut mixtape ROSES, where the instrumental inspired the accompanying lyrics. It is clear from the carefully selected beats and modulations that MeccaMind’s inspiration found in Outkast, A Tribe Called Quest, Erykah Badu and the Soulection movement, helped craft and convey this tune.
“Straight Vibin’ is the first song I wrote when I moved to Cape Town last year and it is the second single I released from my debut mixtape called ROSES. When I got the instrumental right, the words just started coming out. The song is one of my favourites because it sums up how I felt after moving to Cape Town perfectly. I was sad, lonely and lost you can hear in the lyrics I paint it perfectly. As for the name “Straight Vibin’” I called it that because as much as it was chaotic around me and I felt all these emotions, there’s peace in the chaos and that’s one of the biggest themes for this mixtape, Finding peace in the midst of chaos, being in the middle of a tornado but sitting in the lotus position just Straight Vibin’”.
Watch Straight Vibin’
https://youtu.be/Bc0xG4acviQ
