Unison Collective

Unison Collective
Unison Collective consists of many elements. You have solo artists, a group, producers, promoters, and so many other talents. Unison Collective, even with their diversity and individuality that they possess, they move as one force with good music as the fuel for their vehicle to success. You have Tislam The Great, E.Q., Mzery, and E.T. All who currently live in Baltimore but each one comes from a different background. The entity was established in 2005, but they where not strangers up to this point. Tislam, who already had been making his mark in the Hiphop scene in Baltimore, meet Mzery at a local open mic that he was involved with. Tislam was impressed by Mzerys talent and decided he would like to work with her. A couple years after that he meets E.Q. through Belovid a mutual friend/MC/Producer.
As the friendship began to build they started to work closer with one another and as time past they also started to perform together at shows. They began opening for known acts such as J-Live, Vast Aire, Jean Grae, Diverse, Mr. Lif, and Akrobatic. The name Unison Collective had still yet to be born. Then one day the three found themselves doing a lot together and decided that they need to form a unit. Soon there after making that decision the birth of Unison Collective accrued. All their efforts, time, energy, and rewards were caused by these individuals doing it in Unison and Collectively, hence the name Unison Collective.
Tislam came from his attribute acquired from becoming a part of The Nation of God and Earth. Tislam is also an acronym, which means Truth I Study Learn And Master. The Great was added after reaching a point of greatness in his life. E.Q. is his birth given name initials which also can be related to the musical term for equalizer. EQ & Tislam are the duo E.T. The name is more than just the first letter of each of their names. Its also partially related to the Steven Spielberg film E.T. They feel like aliens in the scene of Hiphop. They stand out with their unique style of expression lyrically. The talents of these two are beyond just lyrics. EQ and Tislam also produce music.
Mzery has gone from open mic MC to doing full sets on her own. She is known for bring the reality and the truth in her rhymes. One of here quotes are I bring the truth, sometimes the truth brings pain and usually when theres pain, there be my name. She has proven that a female MC can rock the mic just as good if not better than the males.
Now that you have met the group and the talent that make up the group lets get into what they have done thus far. Having a deep passion for uplifting the community, Unison Collective has done many events for the youth. They have done many shows for The Village Learning Place a community library and learning center and other community based organizations such as The Community Action Agency in Annapolis to raise community awareness for poverty-stricken families. You name the local club or venue in the tri-state and they have been there. Also appeared in the Baltimore Music Conference 2005 and will be performing at the one in 2006 and D.C.s H Street Festival.
Unison Collective has been doing shows not only in states but also out of the country. They had a chance to perform in Toronto, Canada for Styles In Progress Festival 2005 and a private show in Welland, Canada at Club Social. And still have many invitations to other states and countries. Unison Collective also has recently opened up for KRS-ONE, De La Soul, One Be Lo, and Q-Unique.
Soon they will be releasing their own projects. Mzery is currently working on a EP and a full length album. Tislam is working on his solo project and the E.T. project with E.Q.. And be on the look out for E.Q. to release solo projects. All have done and continue to work with many of the other local HipHop artist. Unison Collective is a movement that may release a project of its own as time moves on and possible new members are added.
As you can see Unison Collective is a fast growing entity that has put in work. They are now on the verge of taking the world by storm. Soon U will C!