Norman Sann is a Houston-based rapper, producer, and multi-instrumentalist who operates almost entirely self-sufficiently – writing, producing, and recording most of his material independently, with J Patz as a recurring production collaborator. The Monsters They Made is a 14-track mixtape made available early to his community ahead of its wider rollout. The project title frames what Sann has been doing across his catalog: examining the environment, the pressures, and the systems that produce both the person and the performer. His production sensibility reaches beyond boom bap into a broader nostalgic territory that draws on church music, soul, and organic instrumentation, and his delivery ranges from technically focused rapping to melodic hooks depending on what the track demands. How Do I Move Forward, the lead visual produced by Noire, is a clear entry point – introspective, grounded, undecorated. For a Texas artist whose rise came partly through social media, the music itself is more rooted and traditional than the platform might suggest.
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