With countless acclaimed guest appearances to his name, JuneLyfe has been steadily building his musical resume over the years while also running with the crews Cool Collective Reps, Retrospek and The Winners. Releasing an outstanding start to a series, ‘Mood Swings, to then have the Roxbury, MA native step out on his own with his long awaited debut solo LP, Lyfe or Def, he seems to be on a versatile wave. As the man says himself, this is quite literally his life in the form of a raw, gritty hip-hop vibes full of sharp lyricism, hard-hitting production, and impressive musicality. Those qualities can be tied back to his stomping grounds of Roxbury, where influential artists ranging from New Edition to Edo. G called home. And their influence on June’s music is firmly cemented as he carries the torch proudly for his neighborhood. His passion comes through whether he’s gritting his teeth through a menacing track, or flexing his funkier side on timeless charm sounding music. Everything about JuneLyfe’s albums comes together itself but also in the way that June talks about it. He’s frank in discussing the difficulties he overcame to figure out how he would represent himself as a solo artist, and he put in the work to define who he is as a person. “I had to live more, read more, be more empathetic, have more integrity, be a little more vulnerable,” he says. “All these things have helped in the manifestation of the growth presented on the record.”