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}In spite of the appealing name, theThe hood of Passaic is not a pleasant place to grow up. It's a dangerous neighborhood full of drugs, gangs and poverty that drains the spirit out of nearly everyone who lives there. Which makes the story behind Nickz And Scrillz moniker all the more astonishing. Despite the obvious violent allusions, according to Scrillz. who, along with partner Nickz, comprise this up-and-coming rap duo--the term has more to do with basketball than the violence these childhood friends lived through as youngsters.That single-minded determination is key to the pair's success. Adopting an "all for one, one for all" attitude, Nickz And Scrillz have been gunning at their craft for nearly 3 years, honing their talents on both the mean Passaic streets and, more recently, Newark Streets."Around the time I first met Neef, I Was Going To this GED course in Jearsey City ," recalls Nickz.Soon after that, the pair took their newfound abilities to school, and the action really began to heat up. "Scrillz used to have crowds around him on the block, with the girls going crazy and all that shit," laughs Nickz. "He started a rap off for me and told me to spit that motherf*cker. I just kept going with it, and it got crazy."Their reputation for spitting out hot rhymes grew, and by Each year. Then they linked up with a child hood friend Barry Bondz who became sort of like a mentor/manager and began attracting interest to the passaic duo. That attention, plus the challenges and distractions that can come with being touted as "the next big thing," only deepened the duo's determination to stick together."This game is crazy, but as long as we're together, nothing can break us up," says Scrillz. "It's a game that makes a weak nigga break, and if we'd have been weak niggas, we'd have been broke. I learned that we're real strong, and nothing can take us apart.""We were at Game Beats office one day and he brought in some beats," remembers Scrillz, noting that, though "G.M.B Anthem" is the debut single from the recording, he and Scrillz, together and separately, perform on most of the disc's other tracks, too. "It was some old school party shit, and when the beat came on, that's what came up in our heads. We went over the bass line, and laid that down in like 20 minutes. That's all it took. The verses weren't hard to do, and once we came up with the hook, that's all we needed, because the hook is what makes the song. The hooks and the beats, that's how it went."Date Not Mentioned, Nickz And Scrillz will release their premiere album, (No Name Provided). Though that album title could readily refer to their rough-and-tumble upbringing, or perhaps the fly girls of their hometown, it actually carries a deeper, far more personal meaning for the duo.Growing up in Passic plainly affected Nickz and Scrillz in more ways than one. The bond between these two young brothers-in-arms is clearly tight, and the Group are determined to tough it out--together--in the hard-hitting hip-hop arena."Ain't no young cats out here like us, talking about the stuff we talk about," boasts Nickz. "In Passaic, you grow up early, and you learn everything. Ain't no young boys bringing it about the girls, about the street stuff, about whatever. It's real. Real rap."They're young, they're tough and they're hungry. With that combination of talent and drive, it's only a matter of time before these 2 emcees and their brutal beats will be blazing from speakers around the world.
