Last week I got a small glimpse into the daily activities of up and coming artist like Young Dose, The Supreme Team and Luchie Santiago, these guys are really on the verge of breaking grounds in a multitude of ways.
First I would start of with Young Dose, a rapper who was work with everyone from Rick Ross to Future and many more in between, he allowed me to get some shots of him coming up with concepts with R & B star Luchie Santiago and even allowed me to grab some exclusive footage of him at the video shoot of him, Future, and Young Scooter for the smash single "Anything u Want."
ATLFAME.COM Correspondent Imhotep Mujahid sits down with members of Sykawana( pronounced Syke-a-wanna) at their lab down in Fort Valley and talks about how they came together, what they hope to accomplish and much more.
This is part of a mini series over time we will interview all members of Sykawana. This one is comprised of the Supreme Team( The producers) and Riki Ryta from the BlackHeart Gang.
I apologize in advance for misspelling the name of Sykawana in the video twice..but hey it be like dat.
Words I thought I’d never say as an Atlanta native. Hip-hop bloggers, tastemakers, purists and even fair weather rap fans all consider dre a.k.a. Andre 3000 one of the best rappers of our generation if not the best rapper of the past 15 years. As ½ of the greatest group of all time dre dropped some of the most introspective, soulful, smart, funny and real verses in the history of hip-hop. Even the most biased east coast critic couldn’t deny his lyricism and wit, and most if not all Outkast albums are regarded as classics. His latest work on various collaborations leave much to be desired.
For those who live under a rock, The Weekend is one singer from Canada who is slowly taking over the underground and periodically even gets play on the radio. The style of music is unique, alluring, and whimsical at the same time. Melodic beats over soft vocals is sure to get a party popping for the ladies in good way, but I'm not here to really talk about him, I'm here to talk about the video..
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Wasting no time in the New Year Albany born Atlanta breed rapper Ness Lee has kicked it off with a bang, releasing his new track and video entitled “Lord Knows”, the track is a rebuttal to the Loaded Lux and Murder Mook track and video “True or False”, in the video Loaded Lux and Murder Mook have pictures of southern rappers and are literary ripping them apart while yelling false. They are yelling false because in an interview awhile back Jay Electronica had an interview and ask “True or False up north cats got rich jacking our slang, True or False it’s rappers down south than will burn up north rappers alive, etc…”
The video Ness Lee(@NessLee) put out was kind of a throwback based on today’s standards of the holy rap trinity of “Bling, Bitches, and Blunts” it was Hip Hop, I mean old school break dancing, you and your crew beat boxing in the back hip hop, very creative with the deep saturation and different angles used in it. Looks like they had fun recording it, I should know because I was there.
At the conclusion of the video shoot I sat down with Ness Lee a.k.a Ham Perkins to understand his motives for the upcoming year. Below is the interview, the actual video, and of course links to his facebook and twitter pages. 2012 is going to be an interesting year.
