www.zipcar.com/baltimore/zipsongs J Pope and the HearNow have been spreading their spiraling riffs, dirty grooves and poignant messages across the Baltimore indie scene since 2010. Their well-mixed smash up of hip hop, funk, and soul music have carried them from Baltimore basement parties to venues and college campuses around the country.

The Baltimore-based HearNow’s sound is a musical exploration into the deepest pockets of soul and Hip Hop, lined with the dirty sonic lint of funk, as well as the sudden, sometimes unexpected twists of bebop and funk fusion. The music is topped with the lyrics of front woman J Pope, who zigs and zags between clever, lyrical melodies and rapid-fire rhymes with a free-feeling flow and a sophisticated swagger.