CONTACT INFO:
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352 425 2135
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SONG CATALOGUE:
2002 - Watching You
2004 - The Best
2004 - Let Me Get That
2004 - What You Want
2005 - I Aint Comin Home
2005 - What I'm Going Through
2006 - Drop That Ass feat. J-Mag
2006 - Checkmate feat. J-Mag
2006 - Remember Me?
2006 - So Fisticated
2006 - Renaissance Man
2006 - Take You Home
2006 - I Aint Stoppin feat. Lena Rey
2006 - Rebel Without a Cause
2006 - Lay it Back
2006 - Voices
2006 - On My Own
2006 - Let Me Get One Thing Clear
2006 - Lookin'
2006 - One Step Ahead
2006 - Cash Talks
2006 - Put it on the Line
2006 - All I Got
2006 - Childhood Dreams
2006 - Fly Away
2007 - They Don't Know
2007 - Dear God
2007 - Knockin Doors Down
2007 - The Best Rapper Around
2007 - Money in the Bank
2007 - Oh My God
2007 - Funky Shit
2007 - Bobbin My Head
2007 - Like Oh
2007 - Tha Business
2007 - Real Like This
2007 - Yellow Haired Girl
2007 - Trouble
2007 - True
2008 - 7,8,9
2008 - I'm Back
2008 - Leave You Alone
2008 - End of the World
2008 - That's Cool
2008 - Put Ya Hands Up
2008 - Aint No Sunshine
2008 - Kickin it '08
2008 - Don't Have to Act
2008 - When It's Over
2008 - Feelin' Good
2008 - Don't You Worry
2008 - I'm Gone
2008 - What You Feel Like
2008 - Your Love
2008 - Sweet Dreams
2008 - Sirius
2008 - Out of Touch
2008 - Home Again
2008 - Paradise
2008 - Where Do We Go
2008 - Like a Prayer
2008 - Keep Me Hangin' On
2008 - Second Chance
2008 - Don't Dream It's Over
2008 - Tell Me Lies
2008 - Battlefield
2008 - Jammin'
2008 - No One Knows
2008 - I'm Still Standing
2008 - Hollow
2009 - StreetLights
2009 - The Mirror
2009 - Lettin' It Go
2009 - Sensi
2009 - Everything
2009 - My Bad
2009 - A Dream
2009 - Last Night
2009 - Just Cold
2009 - You Aint Bout Fucking
2009 - Kickin' It '09
2009 - The Future
2009 - Hope I Wake Up Tomorrow
2009 - The Morning After
2009 - Renaissance Man Intro
2009 - Hit The Road
2009 - Sunglasses At Night
2009 - Fast Car
2009 - I Ain't Crazy
2009 - Simple Dude
2009 - I Could Die Today
2009 - Something To Say
2009 - One Day
2009 - Take Me Through That Door
2009 - Lost in the Music
2009 - Pawn Shop Gun
2009 - Nowhere To Run
2009 - I Ain't Coming Home
2009 - Matches
2009 - Let Me Go
2009 - Wish I Knew
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BIOGRAPHY:
Spending night after night in smoke-filled, dimly-lit bars and venues, soaked in live, loud, local music will begin to shape an artist's perception on reality. It's here among the groupies and scenesters, drunks and pill-poppers, bright lights and vast stretches of highway that separate the days from nights as an artist on the road, that D.P. draws inspiration for his debut album 'Bar Tab Blues'.
D.P., born Danny Perez, pounded out his first piano melodies at the age of six, and hasn't stopped since. Trained in blues and classical piano, D.P. uses his knowledge of music to create original works of art completely from scratch. His music is often straightforward and to-the-point, relying heavily on strong chord progressions and melodies. This self-classified genre, 'piano-rap', is a blend of traditional hip-hop with strong doses of pop and rock mixed throughout, all held together with sing-a-long choruses. Guido Stern from RapReviews.com comments on the style, "Perhaps the most impressive quality D.P. displays is his uncanny ability to write and sing affecting, catchy hooks. There are thousands of American rappers who can spit a hot sixteen, but so few who can write a chorus worth hearing."
After releasing several promotional mixtapes and EPs to generate buzz both locally and online, D.P. released 'fortyeighthours.' in 2009, an album titled after the amount of time it took the artist to create the 11-track disc. The song 'The Mirror' received rave review on DJBooth.net, and Kevin Nottingham blogged about the album and the youtube webisodes that documented the entire two-day process on his site, leaving readers with the note, "it’s one I’ll be keeping on my ipod for a while." 'fortyeighthours.' was less a situation of D.P. showing off how quickly he can make a unique and powerful album, as it was a chance for the artist to give his listeners and the world a glimpse into the entire process of creating his music. This coupled with the reality-TV inspired webisodes and incredibly strenuous time-constraints made the album one of the most interesting listens of the year.
Hot off the buzz of 'fortyeighthours.', D.P. has just released 'Bar Tab Blues', a 17-track concept album and his first full-length official release. The album is an introspective trip through the life of a struggling musician, told through stories of 20-something youths navigating the world of failed relationships, drug-addiction, all-night parties and faded dreams. D.P.'s bluesy piano style shines on this expertly crafted work of art. The tracks often rely heavily on powerful and often epic song-structure, creating a soulful backdrop upon which D.P. belts out one addictively catchy hook after another in his smoke-and-whiskey battered voice. This is the most exciting new voice in hip-hop today, and D.P.'s debut album will take you on a trip down the dark and desolate alleys of wasted youth through a unique mixture of storytelling, piano-bar licks and haunting melodies. The lead single 'Hollow' is just starting to hit college radio nationwide, supported by a music video that can be seen on youtube.
D.P. books and plays shows in his hometown of Gainesville, FL on a regular basis to capacity crowds at some of the best venues in the city, often with a full band re-creating the sound on-stage. He'll be playing the Harvest of Hope festival in St. Augustine, FL in March 2010, as well as heading out on an east-coast tour (his second) to promote the album 'Bar Tab Blues'. In the meantime, fans can catch D.P. playing shows in cities accross the southeast, in a smoke-filled, dimly lit bar near you.
