Houston up-and-comer SVN has every reason to be feeling pretty good about life right now. His single, “9000 Bissonnet,” has climbed organically past 31K plays on Soundcloud in the few months since its release. Additionally, his follow-up project “Second Sunday” is in the can and set for a September 29 release.
Produced by Anthem, “9000 Bissonnet” is a slow-moving yet addictive track that moves at a pace that feels comfortable for an artist from Houston. But while SVN embraces and embodies all thing H-town, his flow and lyrics cannot be boxed up quite so easily. Born in the infamous South Park area on Houston’s South Side, birthplace to legends like Scarface, Lil Keke and of not surprisingly, South Park Mexican, SVN has branched out, spread his wings, and relocated to the South West side, a far more racially diverse area of town, but one with a less than stellar reputation.
In the first paragraph of the area’s Wikipedia page, it reads, in part, …..The apartment complexes bordered by Southwest Freeway) and Bissonnet Road, including properties along Bellaire Boulevard and Gulfton Drive, are dense and known for crime…. Not to give the impression that South Park doesn’t have its own issues but SVN left his comfort zone, “where everybody knows your name” and found himself alone, unknown and forced to fend for himself. “9000 Bissonnet” is that story.
