Nothingness introduces its first original music project, marking a shift into sound with a collaboration between two visionary artists: rapper Shing02 and producer Hiroto Uyama. Titled Prime Audio, the track is a meditative ode to beginnings—first sights, first sounds, first loves. It blends Shing02’s poetic lyricism with Uyama’s smooth, jazz-tinged production, evoking a deep sense of nostalgia and creative urgency.
From references to childhood sneakers and magazine covers to reflections on hustle, heritage, and identity, the lyrics trace a personal timeline of artistic awakening. Shing02’s verses explore the tactile beauty of analog life—paper, ink, factory-made products—while drawing parallels to the rhythms of daily hustle and the spiritual act of making. The chorus repeats like a mantra: “Primordial, the first sight, the first sound. Prime audio, always free on the daily like cardio.”
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Lyrics:
Primordial, the first sight the first sound
Prime audio, always free on the daily like cardio
Air was different back then in the studio
Can’t knock the hustle, check my portfolio
The world I was brought into
And the trials that I’ve been through
Rode a few cycles, kept it simple
Wrote a couple letters, lead on paper
Alphabet soup, the raps come later
Nevertheless the first time I held a full color print
And the cover of the magazine
The lettering seemed alien, neon green
And the smell exquisite, French vanilla bean
Though I didn’t quite understand
The subtle level of involvement of the human hand
Took for granted what was made in a factory
But wait a minute, it’s all coming back to me
My first dope kicks was an Asics
I would put it on the table on the box in amazement
Sketch the outline and lace it
Wear matching socks to school, back to basics
Primordial, the first sight the first sound
Prime audio, always free on the daily like cardio
Air was different back then in the studio
Can’t knock the hustle check my portfolio
Now I’m talking to the artist vibing to this
On the subway or the bus riding to hits
Your day’s around the corner no stress about all the
Obstacles ‘cause they only make you stronger
Obsessed like a maniac once possessed
In the shed sharpening tools, years to invest
In the craft until you start to see the patterns emerge
God given gift for you to use it, just splurge
Idol worship is a thing of the past
No matter how hard the media push it on blast
Fast on the feed and listen to the beat
With your eyes closed reminiscing days so sweet
Like an elementary crush, primary blaze
The ones who do it for the love not a phase
Forget the brand name, it’s the same ol’ same
In it to win it on my name, tell fame
Primordial, the first sight the first sound
Prime audio, always free on the daily like cardio
Air was different back then in the studio
Can’t knock the hustle check my portfolio
Sweet like an elementary crush, primary blaze
The ones who do it for the love not a phase
Forget the brand name, it’s the same ol’ same
In it to win it on my name, tell fame
