Cory Patterson’s ‘SLEEPLESS’ Exposes the Pain Addiction Hides –

Cory Patterson, AKA CP, unveiled the brutality of addiction in his most candid release to date, SLEEPLESS. The Akron, Ohio rapper and songwriter writes from the real-life pressure of anxiety, stress, memory and recovery, using music as the place where difficult emotions can be exhumed. Not one to romanticise for easier consumption, CP is an artist who uses truth to put your tear ducts in a chokehold.

Between the grief-stricken bars reaching out to loved ones lost, CP allows listeners a chance to shatter any preconceptions they may hold about addiction, conveying the pain that drugs promise to numb in a piercingly relatable way. If you have never known what it is like to try and outrun your mind, or look for any means to numb it when it is frantically awake and snapping its teeth, SLEEPLESS will take you there.

It’s fierce enough to give any sense of prejudice towards people suffering from addiction an exorcism; expect your soul to be drowning with empathy when you reach the prelude in this heartbreakingly fierce track. CP has the conviction and cadence of Eminem, but his own wound-open delivery gives SLEEPLESS its force as he pours emotion like poison while his bars keep a steady grip over the minor-key piano melodies.

Five years sober, Patterson refuses to erase his past. Instead, he turns it into a reality-check anthem for anyone ready to listen properly.

SLEEPLESS is now available on all major streaming platforms. Watch the official music video on YouTube.

Review by Amelia Vandergast