Music Existence Because of Music, We Exist
Jru Anthony’s funky and rhythmic Life For Now LP was released on September 23. The collection is full of psychedelic soul and genre-jumping vibes. All the tracks were written, performed, and self-produced by the 19-year-old Washington, D.C.-born and raised artist.
Reflecting back to creating “97 Chevy” Jru said, “When I made this track, I was really just inspired by a real-life situation I was going through. I felt like I needed a song to really say how I felt and lay it all out there for this girl. Needless to say, it worked out. At least for a little while.”
Watch the video for “97 Chevy” https://youtu.be/2OE2gvKzsSU
Life For Now is a strikingly mature album from an artist yet to enter his twenties. Throughout the set of songs Jru explores the emotional highs and lows of life and relationships. Fresh Hop-Hop & RnB calls it “Diamonds In The Rough.”
Jru – pronounced Drew – grew up in a musical household, but it was his phone that got him interested in creating his own sounds. He got a phone in seventh grade and used YouTube beats to craft compositions. When his father, DC Go-Go band leader Frank “Scooby” Sirius (The Chuck Brown Band, Sirius Company), let Jru use his computer, it was like a new world opened up. Jru started producing original compositions. “It was fun, and it was a good way to get my thoughts and feelings out onto something that I could go back to later and connect with,” Jru explains
