Nashville-based musician Namir Blade makes self-reflective yet surrealist hip-hop that draws from his own experiences as well as science fiction and video games. He first received national attention for his mellow, introspective 2020 release Aphelion's Traveling Circus, then collaborated with producer L'Orange on the following year's bluesy, psychedelic Imaginary Everything. The complex, dystopian Metropolis arrived in 2022.