Eskeerdo Sets the Tone on “Weekend Behavior”

Miami’s Eskeerdo drops off "Weekend Behavior," the first single to hi upcoming album Cuban Jesus. The record is crazy smooth, finding Eskeerdo crooning about a shawty he's having a great time with. The Infamous, Agency and German-produced records is a slow burner that sets the mood for any late night endeavor. Eskeerdo stepped out from the background last year and released his self-titled EP in March. In the past he has helped craft hit records for the likes of Rihanna and Trey Songz. Not the songwriter is ready to be the star.

"Hip-hop is second nature to me," he explained to Billboard about his transition for songwriter to artist. "I started off doing a bunch of urban stuff in the songwriting world, then I transitioned into pop music. I don't wanna be in just one genre. But when it came to myself, it was always about finishing the dream. I wanted to be an artist at the beginning. I didn't know how to be an artist. I didn't know what it took. But I know I wanted to be an artist, I knew I wanted to get in these buildings. I said, "OK, they don't wanna let me through the door as an artist? I'mma come through the window as a songwriter, but I'mma be in the building." Once I'm in the building, they can't stop the artist. Once I learned the business and the back end of the music, I was a little more knowledgeable about the artist stuff. Until I actually became an artist, I figured out it's a whole other fucking ballgame. But, I'm enjoying it every step of the way. We're putting out quality music and quality visuals and telling a story that isn't heard. The emotion that I'm putting in the record is being reciprocated by the love that I'm getting. I have not stopped writing music, but I'm just lucky enough that music's all I do. There's time for both. When there isn't, I'm just gonna be an artist because that's what I want to do. That's exactly what the end goal is: to tell my story and to touch people with my actual voice."

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