![]() Life in ‘Adept’ was a valuable learning curve for a young Raheem. He picked up plenty of useful habits but the claustrophobic nature of a group didn’t afford him the space to grow as an artist. He played his position but yearned for the well-rounded education that comes with the freedoms afforded to a solo artist. He would get his chance when the group naturally disbanded after school. Raheem took these influences with him to university, enrolling at the University of Bedfordshire to study Media Production. It was his first time living alone and he flourished in his own space, using the freedom as an opportunity to find himself as a man and a chance to finally get serious about his craft. He spent vast sums of his student loan on music equipment: a few monitors, a soundcard and a mac book, the later of which he still pins as his most important investment to date. ![]() #RAHEEM BAKARE LUCID SOUL DREAM VK ITUNES MAC# In the years that have followed Raheem has steadily built his confidence and cultivated his sound in private, until 2014, when he was at last ready to unveil his talent to the world. It culminated in the release of his debut EP AWOL. The eight-track project premiered on Hypetrak and was a meld of R&B and Soul that marked Raheem’s down as one to watch in the years that would follow. “This is the beginning of what is to come from me,” he remarked of the the R&B influenced effort that came with a vivid palette of searching choruses and delicate chords. #RAHEEM BAKARE LUCID SOUL DREAM VK ITUNES MAC#.
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