Hip-hop/R&B artist K. Forest’s sound is as inspired by his contemporaries as by his predecessors. Adventurous DMV soul singer Brent Faiyaz’s “Why’z It So Hard” mirrors Forest’s style, with its rap-influenced production and flippant lyrical content. Houston crooner Don Toliver's “No Idea” also reflects that hybridized approach, a modus operandi initially introduced by ‘90s street R&B masters Ginuwine and Jodeci.