# LA Indie Rapper ToBy Playing NYC – Headlining May 17, supporting Johan Lenox May 26 – Debut Album L’Esprit Out Now

- Link: https://www.nyrdcast.com/la-indie-rapper-toby-playing-nyc-headlining-may-17-supporting-johan-lenox-may-26-debut-album-lesprit-out-now/
- Published: 2022-05-13T17:00:00-05:00
- Author: Eugene Tierney

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“_With his debut album, L’Esprit, the Miami rapper returns with an eleven-track 
offering that melds together ToBy’s disparate influences, manifesting as a unique
blend of pop, hip-hop, R&B, alternative rock, and cinematic ambiance that you’ll
have to hear to believe_.” – **Ones To Watch**

“_His debut album cufflinks deeply intimate moments with a dazzling and wide open
sound as ToBy chronicles some of the struggles and triumphs he’s had as a person
and musician…  The result is an album that testifies as hard as it rocks_.” – **
Grimy Goods**

“_L’Esprit stirs and stuns with passion, purpose, and feverish feeling. He [ToBy]
pours his heart out in an intimate and vulnerable multidimensional record that longs
for release, recognition, and ultimately, understanding_.” – **Atwood Magazine**

“_Any attempt to pin ToBy down should feel utterly fruitless just a few songs into
his album debut.. Maintaining fairly loose bounds serves him well throughout, allowing
him (and, through archival recordings, his Haitian grandmother) to tell a transformative
personal story in an aptly creative and unconventional manner._” – **Cabbages**

“_You can think of any genre of music, and it is probably in the Miami native’s 
debut album, L’Esprit. He brings these wide variety of sounds together to make an
overall, cohesive and quite frankly, beautiful project_.” – **Sheesh Media**

**LA Indie Rapper
ToBy

Performing In NYC, Headlining May 17Supporting Johan Lenox
May 26

**Debut Album _L’Esprit_ Out Now _via_ Magnetic Moon Records**

**MAY 13, 2022 (New York, NY) **– Following the release of his genre-bending debut
album [_**L’Esprit**_](https://reybee.us13.list-manage.com/track/click?u=f67b4587af2b2ef9aa80ed984&id=51b9545b8d&e=615f2b8493)
last year, LA-based indie rapper **ToBy** will be coming to NYC for two very special
performances. He will be playing his first ever east coast headlining show on **
Tuesday, May 17** at **Arlene’s Grocery** at **7:00 PM.** Tickets can be found [here](https://reybee.us13.list-manage.com/track/click?u=f67b4587af2b2ef9aa80ed984&id=4769595988&e=615f2b8493).
On **Thursday, May 26 **at **9:00pm,** he will be performing at **Mercury Lounge**,
supporting [Jonah Lenox](https://reybee.us13.list-manage.com/track/click?u=f67b4587af2b2ef9aa80ed984&id=d87555ecfc&e=615f2b8493).
Tickets can. be found [here](https://reybee.us13.list-manage.com/track/click?u=f67b4587af2b2ef9aa80ed984&id=c8716d5920&e=615f2b8493).

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**ToBy**
**Photo Credit**: Natalia Fernandez

Blending elements of modern rap music, introspective pop, and indie rock, _L’Esprit_
follows a narrative that is loosely based on ToBy himself, constituting his most
personal work to date. It details specific instances in ToBy’s life involving depression,
anxiety, grief, lost romance, and self doubt with the intent of connecting with 
listeners who have similar stories. The 11-track album showcases ToBy’s versatility
as an artist perfectly. On _L’Esprit_, ToBy bounces from different genre and mood
effortlessly, while the record as a whole still remains a cohesive body of work

**Says ToBy**: “I hope people take away that they are not super alone in this world.
I hope that by hearing my story and hearing me bare out my soul, as this is the 
most personal music I have ever made and I have never injected this much of my real
life in my music before, people take away that the enormity of life is so grand 
and so vast and so much that the most we can do is experience it to its fullest;
all the good, all the bad, and all the in-between.”

ToBySZN - Are We Ridin (Official Music Video)

[⌊ToBySZN - Are We Ridin (Official Music Video)⌉⌊ToBySZN - Are We Ridin (Official
Music Video)⌉
Watch this video on YouTube

**“Are We Ridin” by ToBy**

**_L’Esprit_** by **ToBy** is out now _via_** Magnetic Moon Records **[across all DSPs](https://reybee.us13.list-manage.com/track/click?u=f67b4587af2b2ef9aa80ed984&id=af244a9b6b&e=615f2b8493).

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**ToBy – **_**L’Esprit**_
1. Let It Go – Winter2. Boyfriend3. Day By Day4. 2FUKKINCOCKY5.
Want Me To Do6. Remind Me7. Sinners8. Ghost9. [Are We Ridin](https://reybee.us13.list-manage.com/track/click?u=f67b4587af2b2ef9aa80ed984&id=98247edfd9&e=615f2b8493)
10. Similar Road11. 40 Miles

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