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Biography
I LIVE AND BREATH MUSIC. BEFORE I STARTED M.C.ing I USE TO AND STILL DO MAKE BEATS. I WAS THE BROTHA BEATBOXING IN THE CIPHER SO OTHERS CAN FLOW. BORN & RAISED IN JERSEY........I STARTED RHYMING IN THE EARLY 90's. IT WAS THEN THAT I ACKNOWLEDGED HIP HOP AND REMEMBER HEARING OL'SKOOL SONGS. SONGS LIKE METHOD MAN'S (METHOD MAN) AND SIR MIX ALOT'S (BABY GOT BACK). I ALSO REMEMBER HEARING SONGS FROM SNOOP, DRE, AND LUKE&THE CREW. ALREADY INVOLVED IN THE ART OF BEAT BOXING & PRODUCING BEATS, IT WOULD BE ALL A MATTER OF TIME BEFORE I WAS INTERESTED IN RHYMING. I BECAME DEEPLY INVOLVED WITH HIP HOP THE MORE I BECAME AWARE OF THE WU-TANG CLAN. BECAUSE ME & WU-TANG SHARE A COMMON INTEREST, MARTIAL ARTS. ANYHOW, I EVENTUALLY STARTED LISTENING TO OTHER HIP HOP ARTIST. ARTIST SUCH AS NAS, BIGGIE, BIG PUN, BIG L, CHANNEL LIVE, BUSTA RHYMES, MOS DEF, ETC.......
IF I HAD TO DESCRIBE MY SOUND/STYLE, I WOULD SAY ITS EAST COAST RAP/SOUTHERN INFLUENCED/LYRICAL WORD PLAY AND CATCHY PATTERNS & HOOKS. I HAVE HARDCORE GRIMMIE WU-TANG TYPE OF SOUND BUT I ALSO CAN MAKE COMMERCIAL/RADIO SONGS. I HAVE DOWN SOUTH BOUNCE SONGS, RESPECTFUL SONGS FOR LADIES, AND PARTY SONGS......ALL THAT GOOD SHIT!.....
IN 2001 I ATTENDED THE ART INSTITUTE OF PHILADELPHIA. IT WAS HERE WERE I RECORDED MY 1ST. ALBUM "THE HEARTLESS ARTIST." THE ALBUM INCLUDED 18 SONGS AND THE BIRTH OF CHIEF LYRIC. SINCE THE AGE OF 16 I'VE BEEN WRITING RHYMES AND IDEA'S DOWN. BOOK AFTER BOOK OF RHYMES, VIDEO CONCEPTS, FUTURE GOALS AND PLANS ALL ON PAPER. DURING MY 4YRS IN PHILADELPHIA I MET SOME INCREDIBLE PEOPLE WHO SHARE MY VISION AND HAVE DEFINITLY HELP ME ALONG THE WAY. I RECORDED ABOUT 2 ALBUMS WORHT OF MATERIAL WHILE ATTENDING COLLEGE. I DID SONGS WITH BOTH PHILLY & JERSEY ARTIST AS WELL AS PERFORMANCES....
I CAME BACK TO JERSEY IN 2005 AND RECORDED ANOTHER ALBUM ENTITLED "HERE COMES THE PAIN." THIS ALBUM WAS RELEASED MAY 20TH, 2006 WHICH INCLUDED 7 SONGS...IM ABOUT TO RELEASE THE TRACKS I RECORDED IN PHILADELPHIA. THIS ALBUM IS ENTITLED "GUTTER LIKE NO OTHER," AND INCLUDES 15 SONGS...AFTER THIS I WILL THEN RELEASE "CIRCULATION." A 23 SONG HIP HOP MONSTA! WHICH IS ALREADY COMPLETED. JUST WAITING TO BE MIXED & MASTERED AND PROMOTED......
LATELY, I'VE BEEN KEEPING MYSELF BUSY READING MUSIC BIZ BOOKS AND PLANNING MY CAREER CAUTIOUSLY. AWAITING THE PROPER ENERGETIC TEAM TO HANDLE MY CAREER AND REPRESENT ME ACCORDINGLY WITH PERSISTANCE. IM A BIG PROMOTION MACHINE. I PROMOTE MYSELF 24HRS A DAY BY PASSING CD'S OUT TO PEOPLE, LOCAL BODEGAS, GAS STATIONS, BOARD WALKS, ETC...VISUAL MERCHADISE WISE I HAVE POSTERS, FLYERS, MY SPACE PAGE, YOUTUBE VIDEO'S, A STREET TEAM THAT RANGES FROM PLACES LIKE NY/FL/ARI/TX/DC/VA/MYLD/PHILLY/. IM ALSO FEATURING ON LOCAL MIXTAPES AND LOCAL SHOWS........IT SOUNDS LIKE ALOT, BUT THIS IS JUST THE BEGINING.
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