This subject matter is focused on proving their skills as lyricists and stands out among their peers at that time. The results are some great quotes like; “I’m just like confusion, hard to understand” and “start snapping pictures and I’ll keep on posing”, and “Come to me hard and you’re going to leave a broken man.” They build it up lovely for the grand finale with some speed rapping and human beat boxing that creates an ill vibe.
I know I thanked "Romeo", but I don't think he has any idea of the profound impact that his mentorship had on me. He made me believe I could be an MC. To me he is ranked as a legend to the highest degree, right next to my other all time favorites.... Steve "Romeo" White, wherever you are, I don't know what you saw in me, but I'm glad you recognized something and allowed me to gain experience from your brillance as an MC and devotee to this Culture called Hip Hop. Respect.
All in all, A.G. is on his 21st year of recorded music and is every bit of passionate as we was at the start. He's made a couple appearances Fifth Element over the last year and each time he hasn't been able to leave without spitting a raw freestyle...that's when you know someone loves their craft, they have to represent every chance they get.
D2thaS (Dedicated To The Streets) is The Legendary Traxster, K-Tone, & DJ Kaoss 1.
First off, they had one of the great rap names… D2thaS just sounds ill. It was inventive for the time, yet it has a hint of Old School sentiment, reminiscent of “A to the K” from Wildstyle.
There’s a range of reasons why albums got shelved. Sometimes the A&R responsible for signing the artist got fired, as that position is often a revolving door, and then the artist was left in limbo. Sometimes labels got excited seeing MCs in national competitions like the New Music Seminar and signed them up right away, often because it was a great publicity moment and then they didn’t put any real effort in releasing the album. Or the most ridiculous and damaging, several major labels had moments when they felt “rap wasn’t in” and completely dismantled their whole rap departments; dropping all the artists and shelving all the projects.
One such gem is that of Talent Fest in Chicago circa 1995. Read on to discover more about Beathole Records and the notorious Artists of a ground breaking era.