During the fading final notes of “Big Plans,” the cloudy closing track on Jayaire Woods’s August EP Woodside Lane, a coterie of the rapper’s pals shouts the song’s succinct chorus a cappella. The effect is reminiscent of how Woods, who grew up in the western suburb of Bellwood, is so skilled at songwriting his most potent verses can linger and entice you to shout them out whether you’re listening to his music or not (I’m guilty of the latter, and thankfully I’m usually in the privacy of my own home when it happens).…
During the fading final notes of “Big Plans,” the cloudy closing track on Jayaire Woods’s August EP Woodside Lane, a coterie of the rapper’s pals shouts the song’s succinct chorus a cappella. The effect is reminiscent of how Woods, who grew up in the western suburb of Bellwood, is so skilled at songwriting his most potent verses can linger and entice you to shout them out whether you’re listening to his music or not (I’m guilty of the latter, and thankfully I’m usually in the privacy of my own home when it happens).…