Searching Sylvan
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| Searching Sylvan | ||||
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| Released | September 2, 2014 | |||
| Genre | Hip hop | |||
| Length | 72:57 | |||
| Label | Visionary Music Group | |||
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Searching Sylvan is a mixtape by Miami rapper Sylvan LaCue, known at the time as QuESt, that was released on September 2, 2014. The mixtape was released under the Visionary Music Group label that QuESt was temporarily a part of.
QuESt states that Searching Sylvan was a tale of his life since May 10, 2012.[2] The mixtape is in a timeline of events, with The Source explaining how Searching Sylvan explains QuESt's relationship difficulties, family issues and all that he has endured.[3] Such events in Searching Sylvan include the murder of QuESt's friend over an iPhone in, the street culture in Miami based on the murderer and other events in QuESt's life.[2][4]
Composition
The album begins with a cold open, with the first track happening after the final track in the mixtape's timeline, representing QuESt going back to square one. QuESt uses flexible flows throughout the mixtape and his lyrics show his emotions in rhymes about daydreams and real-life issues, such as having a friend becoming paralyzed after being shot.[3]
