‘Smood Criminal’, a song by young Dancehall artist X3myst. Released on March 11, 2018, the artist describes the song as “the thought process of criminals” and states that he is in no way promoting the lifestyle. Produced by Dre Day Productions, the song’s lyrics speaks about the perks that may come with the life of a criminal and what someone in that position might do to maintain their status. “You see the jewels, how the f*** we a lose?”, “me have sniper rifle pon di building a look out” and “a money me have me mind pon, this a forever like diamonds”.
The song’s visuals shot and directed by Rael Emmanuel depict a vividly what X3myst is singing about, capturing X3myst in scenes with a slew of attractive vixens and other scenes of him as a ‘Smood Criminal’ with prop weapons. “Cash on delivery, else its gonna be a unsolved mystery”. X3myst stated in a press release that “fans like to brand one drop as reality but all music is reality once it is singing about life. That is why I picked an inner city to film the video, because I wanted to show fans that look, before you begin to chastise me here is the proof”.
‘Smood Criminal’ has garnered over 13,000 views on YouTube. Following a promotional tour for his debut EP, he is currently getting ready to release new visuals in the coming months. Judging from this single and his reasoning behind it, X3myst is a calculated person and will undoubtedly be dropping more interesting songs/videos in the near future. His flows, melodies and lyrics are above average and displays confidence not seen in many young talents. “We are putting in the work and we work twice as hard. So we just want the industry to rally behind us because we making authentic dancehall”, X3myst.
