Member Since: 9/16/2006
Band Website: The one you lookin at....
Band Members:
Me & New Block. New Block consists of tha hottest musicians on tha block, Ya boi Yung, DJ Spyda, J-Beatz, Kaos & AMP. We also have a talented graphic designer who goes by the nickname Speical K. She's extra nice with designing and I wouldn't rather have anyone else lace our designs but her. Lyricists, DJ & Production. New Block bout to have tha game locked. Tell em' Yung said that. Email me at [email protected]
J-Beatz (Official Yung Chri$ Producer/Artist)
DJ Spyda (Official Mike Leone/Yung Chri$ DJ/Producer/Artist)
Mike Leone (Engineer/Producer/Artist)
Kaos (Producer/Artist)
Influences: Favorite Hip-Hop Albums of All Time
Hip-Hop at its finest. Lauryn's voice is one of the greatest to grace the mic, and she can spit lyrically far above any female or male rapper in the game. Reason why: Vocab plus she can touch on subjects that most of can't. Or won't. Either way her debut solo album stays in rotation on my Pod. If I ever get to do a song with the great L-Boogie Imma make sure to come with my A-Game yo. No punchlines, strictly vocab with a touching subject.
Yeah, American Gangster was nice, and Blueprint 2 was beautiful throughout it's two discs of material, but Hov really caught me when he dropped this helluva classic. 14 crazy joints filled with a smooth swag that nobody had seen since Rakim, this was truly a remarkable record. Some of his biggest hits we're right here, and it's also crazy how this album still went platinum even if it did drop on 9/11.
I jammed this album at least past a million times, real talk. 1st disc was hot, but the 2nd disc was clear perfection. Pac touched on many of topics, from personal ones to straight thug party music. The best thing about Pac though was his delivery, you felt it. Every word you heard and knew. It wasn't really about wordplay with Pac, just lettin' you know straight up what was up, and we loved that. If you love hip-hop then I know there is one song on here that's your favorite. RIP Pac.
If Ready to Die was a classic, Life After Death was a masterpiece. Filled with gangsta stories and a few party cuts, this was a helluva an album. Biggie already portrayed his self as a sick lyricist, but he outdid all of his work with this one. When I first heard Somebody's Gotta Die, I knew this would be one of favorite albums of all time. He came to raw with that one to not go hard on the rest.
Pimp C put together some of the sickest basslines and drum patterns together on this joint. The lyrical content was on point, and every track felt like a new favorite until you heard the next. This was the south at its best, and also helmed as some rapper's favorite album of all time. I agree, Bun and Pimp came hard as ever on this one, and really gave a huge contribution to the south's movement in the hip-hop game.
The greatest album unreleased commercially. From the first track to the last, beautiful guitar and drum patterns fill nearly every track. The production was on point and the lyrical content had a huge focus, bring Hip-Hop back. Seriously, this is the album hip-hop needs if we gon help keep her alive. Mike Leone, rather you get there or not my nigga, you'll always be my fav on the mic. Holla back or gimme my dolla back.
The reason I punchline. Wordplay ever track, sick production and a delivery that 's one of the rawest. Banks was already a monsta on the mixtape circuit, but when he drop this he became a household name. G-Unit was surely doing big things, and Banks was holding down the lyrical side. Just the whole swag of Banks make you wanna say fuck the world and only care about you and your click. People gon debate why this on the list because of the randomness of some of Banks tracks, but I'm basing this on the bars strictly. Fuck the storytelling, will leave that all to B.I.G. The day I lace a track with Banks is the day I've gotten to where I wanna.
TIP was definitely on his lyrical tip with this one. He had three commercially successfully singles from this one, and all we're bangers. Rubberband Man is what converted me to a fan, and Let's Get Away got me to buy the album. There's also a bunch of other hits on here that coulda been singles. And none of em we're ultra commercial like most southern artists we're putting out at the time. Even though this was definitely an album for the local D-Boy, it still shows T.I.'s real reason why he is King.
Mixtapes had been murdered and even though him and Paul we're done, Cham came harder than ever with this one. The intro is still one of my favorites, and right after that a banger was fresh out the gate. Continue on and you will find party joints, southern car bangerz, smooth hits for the women and songs filled with storytelling close to that of Biggies. Wordplay was on point, and definitely certified Cham as one of the best southern lyricists.
I was gonna put College Dropout here, but then I though about how Late Registration was better, and then I though how Graduation killed em all. Nearly goin' Platinum within' the first week, this is definitely Kanye at his best, lyrically and on the production. Although there are no instant head bangerz like Gold Digger or Get Em High, this is an album that quickly grows on you and shows you how far Kanye has come.
I am influenced by a variety of musicians...... Lauryn Hill, Chamillionaire, Lloyd Banks, Jay-Z, T.I., Mike Leone, Beanie Sigel, Fabolous (before the mega commercial south change), Kanye West, Talib Kweli, Rakim, UGK (R.I.P. Pimp C), Outkast, Kanye West, 50 Cent, Twista, Ludacris, Young Buck and much more..... I love East Coast Rap, its the style of rap I grew a passion for once I got seriously into Hip-Hop. The lyricism, the words, the chemistry....all poetry in motion. I got love for the South also, but I feel the best part of Hip-Hop is when you can rip a track in half lyrically. I only know a few in the South who can do that, of course Chamillionaire, myself and a few others unsigned. I'm not knockin' other southern artists, I enjoy the club joints, the catchy choruses, but lyricism will forever be my favorite part of Hip-Hop.
I also enjoy a quite a bit of other genres, from Rock, R&B, down to even some pop music. I don't have any favorites in other genres, just basically favorite songs. So whateva sounds good works for me.
Sounds Like: Nobody, I'm on somethin' different......I got a southern feel with a New York influence. My style is of my own tho, you ain't neva heard nobody quite like me. No cockiness, just confidence. Incredibly lyrical and that nigga who smash any beat he touches. I eat tracks for lunch nigga, real talk.
Record Label: New Block Entertainement
Type of Label: Indie