About Me
First and foremost, I'd like to thank everyone for taking the time to view my page and listen to my music. My peoples convinced me to make this page, and at first I was skeptical of the feedback I would get, but it's been great so far, and its giving me more inspiration and ambition to get this shit done, being putting real music out there. Not only that, but helping the ones who didn't get a chance. I too have a great deal to learn and will take advice and constructive criticism from real people.
The name Quiet Storm came from me being shy at the age of 16 - 17 but also having a storm inside me, a passion for whatever it is I put my mind to. I was in a band when I was 16, called LPF (Lower Psychic Foundation) and my man APB and DJ Tony Survola heard me flow and gave me the name from there. They said there was a quiet storm about me. Now there's a lot of other Quiet Storm's out there, no disrespect, but it's real right here! And I can't change my name, cause that's who I am. Its kinda like going to the store, coppin the same sneaks or if you a female, the same dress. Somebody has to go home and change, and the real must stay. I'm here to stay.
When I think of music, I think of a sound that creates a sort of capsule that traps up. In my case, I've been trapped since the age of eight years old. I grew up listening to Run DMC, Beastie Boys, Aerosmith, Public E, Doug E. Fresh, Slick Rick, Dela Soul, Teena Marie, Rick James, Phil Collins, Black Sabbath, Chicago, Al Green, Marum Gage. Heres the head turner, even White Snake. Top Authority, Ice T, Tupac, Biggie, B Porter, Tuffy Tuff, MC Lyte, Grand Master Flash, Sugar Hill Gang, NWA, Sheena Easton, Poor Righteous Teachers, Cool G. Rap, CL Smooth, James Brown, Chi-Lites, The Delfonics, Big Daddy Kane, Eric B. and Rakim, EPMD, Special Ed and so many more. So my knowledge for music is extensive. Some of these artists I didn't even know until I was old enough to understand what they were truly expressing and who they were. I've been an EMCee since the day I could remember. I remember watchin Fab Five Freddy and Yo MTV raps and tryna be like the rappers on TV. I believe this is truly what the Lord wants for me. My bro would want this for the family as well as I do. This is not just for the blood family, but people under the wing span. I evolved thru the years developing a style which is compared to none. A style which I have mastered. I tried to get signed, recorded, but I had few offers and the ones I did get did not meet my standards. I worked so hard, how could I just let someone take that away. My cousin died a year after we talked about ownin our own label. We weren't going to diss other labels, just show them the real us. Things got tough, I was only 17 at the time. My cousin DIG was gone and the street is what we leaned more into. I'm not gonna sit up here and tell you the whole story thru the rough periods, as it still is. Thats what the music is for.
At the age of 23, that's when one of my brothers got murdered and music, my style, my music era went down altogether. The bad periods grew worse until I found the Lord, or should I say He found me. My nightmares turned to dreams again. I started focusing on writing music again. Performing was a field that I didn't venture into until I was 25 years old. I traveled to New York once again, I figured what better spot than New York. I sold two thousand copies of my first album called When I Was Born. A couple venues were touched but none too familiar to certain people. A club called 180 and a spot called the Yacht Club. I came home later that year, cause home is where the heart is.
My plan is to give you real music beyond its grasp, and when I say real, I even mean live as well with me on the sax. I met and lost people but I'm most grateful to the real people I have gained through-out my obstacles. We all have obstacles my advice, Go thru them with your eyes open and your hands in front of you in case you fall. I want to continue to thrive on a real fan base. My music is a soul capturing capsules full of energy, negative and positive. It is how you take it. I want to do more shows and become more in touch with my fans and people who support QS. And Damn I'm Good Records, Thank you.
God bless and keep it real.
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RIP to all our fallen heroes and everyone we lost on 9/11. The truth will surface, no matter what, in every aspect.
