La'Tosque Adams
| La'Tosque Adams | |
|---|---|
| Born | La'Tosque Lee Adams February 28, 1991 (Age 29) Centreville, Illinois |
| 🏳️ Nationality | American |
| 🎓 Alma mater | Cahokia High School |
| 💼 Occupation | |
| Known for | "She Just Wants To Party", "Boss Ya Life Up", "Come Thru", "GO", "4 Page Letter" |
| Notable work | "Come Thru", "The Playlist" |
| 🌐 Website | LaTosque.com |
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LaTosque Adams (February 28, 1991 – Present) is an American songwriter and musician[1] born in East Saint Louis, Illinois. LaTosque resides in Phoenix, Arizona. As of Spring 2020, he is working on his self-titled debut album there and plans to release it in the Fall of 2020. He is known for his performances, lyrics, and smooth demeanor. Notable tracks are "Boss Ya Life Up", "The Playlist", "She Just Wants To Party", "La Familia", and more.[2]
Early Career
LaTosque started making music as a kid. In the 5th grade, he produced his very first mixtape on cassette and sold them to his family. In middle school, LaTosque began rapping under the moniker L-Gizzle, after being influenced by the latest Snoop Dogg video. Under that pseudonym, he began writing and selling poems and love letters to classmates around the school until he got in trouble for selling contraband on school grounds. LaTosque moved to Phoenix, Arizona in 2016 and formed the company Speaking Into Existence, LLC, where he used the company to release and publish his music and advised artists on many things from stage presence, set design, set structure, creative writing, and more.
Discography
- So Far, Long Way To Go[3]
- Growth EP
- She Just Wants To Party[4]
- La Familia[5]
- Life In The Clouds
- Frequencies
- Felt Cute, Might Score a movie l8r
- GO
- She Just Wants To Party (Remix)
- Come Thru
- JODECI (2020)
- Debut Album 2020 (Working Title - LATOSQUE)
Lifestyle
His hobbies include traveling, dancing, reading, and writing.
His favorite books are *In The Dust of This Planet* and *the Alchemist*.
He is an avid cannabis consumer and often shares pictures and recipes on his Instagram account.
LaTosque had a health scare in 2018 that forced him to try a different lifestyle and switch his diet. He practices the vegetarian lifestyle and visits the gym regularly.
Performances and Reviews
- "LaTosque is best reserved for the end of the night, when the party is still in full-force, but the time for reflective nature isn’t off the books. You can party with LaTosque, but he’s going to leave you with new ideas to chew on before you leave. His instrumentals seem inspired by the lady-killing production of early 90s R&B boy/girl groups like SWV, New Edition, and Exposé, but contain a flow more associated with classic rap. Luckily for LaTosque, the experience of his flow overtakes the downside of early rap, leaving out the inexperience, clunky flow and lyrics of a different time, while retaining the aesthetic and modern flow of the rappers who built the genre up. I don’t know what’s going on in East Saint Louis, but LaTosque seemed to be chock-full of bars with a lifetime of inspiration." --YabYum Music & Arts[6]
- "When I interviewed St. Louis transplant and present-day Arizona artist La Tosque, his straight-to-the-point answers reflected his approach to the music I saw on stage, dating back to the Wowee album release show at Pueblo Revival. When LaTosque enters the stage, there is a certain lack of pretension mixed with cool intent which carries the vibe of the evening. Whether he’s alone or backed by a live band, he stresses the vocal importance of unity among the community between songs. Saving his 2018 single “La Familia” featuring Lee Water as a highlight during his sets, he signals the audience to join that family as well — figuratively, of course.
After seeing him perform twice, it’s safe to say there’s no Manson Family bullshit in the midst: much of LaTosque’s catalog lyrically tackles the tribulation of taking life one day at a time while accepting the growth, celebrations, and pain along the way. One of my favorite singles to see him perform live is “She Likes To Party,” a lighter track from his catalog, but a single which always gets the party going whether you recognize the song or not. The sleek hook sung by artist Vince in the studio possesses the smooth riff classic R&B is known for, with a contemporary structure. When asked what his favorite track was, LaTosque kept it brief, saying it was difficult for him to choose.
Local music junkies around the valley might also recognize LaTosque from his continued work around the valley producing shows for local acts, both inside and outside the Hip-Hop scene. In December, LaTosque booked prolific nerdcore rapper Mega Ran alongside the aforementioned Optimystical and Snailmate, and expressed the diversity of emotions one can feel while performing and producing a show simultaneously:
“Producing shows [and] performing are amazing,” says LaTosque Adams. [Doing both] in the same night can be amazing and [cringeworthy] at the same time, however, I love it. Mega Ran was the headliner of the first show I went to after moving to Phoenix [and it was] like a full-circle moment [having him on the bill for my show].”[7]
An excerpt from an article written about a performance seen of LaTosque's in 2020, featured in YabYum Music & Arts
References
- ↑ Stories, Local. "Meet LaTosque Adams of Speaking Into Existence". VoyagePhoenix - Phoenix. Retrieved 2020-06-26.
- ↑ https://open.spotify.com/artist/2dVJux1H1S34ul24tisbnY?si=sGksIvBnSn6X_fnAE-QhCA
- ↑ LaTosque – So Far (Long Way To Go), retrieved 2020-06-26
- ↑ LaTosque (Ft. Vince) – She Just Want To Party, retrieved 2020-06-26
- ↑ La Familia (feat. Leewater), retrieved 2020-06-26
- ↑ "DaDadoh + The POC 'WOWEE' Album Release Party at The Pueblo Revival". YabYum Music + Arts. 2019-01-22. Retrieved 2020-06-26.
- ↑ "Hip Hop Artist Spotlight: Optimystical, Snailmate, + LaTosque | YYM+A". YabYum Music + Arts. 2020-03-25. Retrieved 2020-06-26.
Further reading
- Important book to know about
- Important e-book to know about
- Important article to know about
External links
- Facebook https://www.facebook.com/tosque
- Twitter https://mobile.twitter.com/latosque
- Instagram https://instagram.com/latosque
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