Toast is a song in celebration to the everyday men and women who handle their responsibilities, take care of their families, and push forward to becoming the best they can be. - Joe Nance

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Northern California hip-hop artist and rapper Joe Nance lands on our pages for the first time with his latest Closed Caption Vol.1: Motivation EP. For those not in the know, Joe is a founding member of Avid Roots Ent. (an endeavor that was conceived to bring together top quality artists, which would help to bring a higher level of musicianship to the masses.) I was immediately impressed by the quality of Joe's music and his ability to share positive messages through hip-hop. All three of the songs on the EP are huge. I could see these tracks in movies and commercials.

Closed Caption is just the first part of a three-part series of releases to come out this year. Each EP will feature an emoji symbol that represents the song. So all the covers will have matching emojis in correlation with their releases. As you can see on the album art for TOAST there are two glasses clinking together in a cheers gesture that form a letter “A” of the title. The emoji that correlates to the TOAST artwork is pretty obvious, but with each release the matching emoji will become more immersed in the artwork. This gives the album a nice clean and fresh look while adding a little something special to the look of the release.

Connect with Joe Nance
www.avidroots.com
Facebook.com/joenancemusic
Twitter.com/avidroots