Nemesis
Day 22 of #35in35 • KANTIBUS

Step into the shadow with “Nemesis,” a dark-R&B/Chicago-Drill hybrid that feels like a power ballad whispered from the underworld. At a driving 145 BPM in C♯m, it layers sliding 808 glides and syncopated triplet hi-hats beneath a haunting bell motif and sparse, oppressive pads.

But the real knockout is the vocal: a measured, icy delivery that suddenly unleashes a 12-second melismatic belt—pure sustained power that hangs in the air like a challenge. Verses land like calm storms (“Fear I might storm through your fortress”), the hook hits with chilling precision, and the final cry—“Nemesis reigns—bow to the calm storm!”—echoes long after the beat fades.

💥 Drop a “💀” if that held note sent chills

Nemesis

KANTIBUS is an American producer/songwriter who has been creating songs since 1990.

It is a portmanteau of his first initial and last name. 

KANTIBUS started creating what would eventually become known as Drill or Trap Music, demonstrating expertise in both genres. 

As such, he is a pioneer of the "violent real life criminal" styles that exist still in the underground today. 

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