the ORIGINAL ESHARP

FIRST GENERATION RAPPER (circa 1985). CARRYING ON ORIGINAL TRADITION OF 1ST GENERATION HIP HOP WITH THE ADDITION OF A GANGSTA RAP. E-SHARP'S STYLE IS INCLUSIVE OF A DISTINCTIVE STYLE WITH ILLUSTRIOUS LYRICS AND A DIRECT APPROACH TO TODAY'S ISSUES. HIS INFLUENCES CARVED THE WAY FOR SUCH ARTISTS TO BE EXPRESSIVE, BUT ALSO KEEPING AN ACUTAL MUSIC VIBE AND RHYTHYM WITHOUT COMPROMISING HIS STYLE AND GROWTH AS AN ARTIST.PART OF A FOUR (4) MEMBER GROUP-KNOWN AS THE LEGENDARY "GANG SOCIETY", E-SHARP HAS BEEN A PART OF A GROWING GENRE OF MUSIC THAT HAS CHANGED THE FACE OF POP CULTURE OVER THE YEARS. IN 1994, GANG SOCIETY'S DEBUT ALBUM, "G's TILL WE D*I*E", HELPED BREAK GROUND WITH NEW STLYES OF LYRICAL ART THAT WERE UNPRECEDENTED-THEREFORE MAKING A NEW BRAND OF MUSIC THAT WAS BOTH INITIALLY UNIDENTIFIABLE AND POSSESSED THE LUSTER OF A NEW HIP HOP STYLE. THE ALBUM WENT ON TO SELL OVER ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND COPIES LOCALLY AND REGIONALLY WITH CLOSE TO MINIMAL PROMOTION. TO TRUE HIP HOP HISTORIANS, "G's TILL WE D*I*E" BECAME AN INSTANT CLASSIC AND STILL REMAINS SOMEWHAT OF A CORNERSTONE FOR SOUTHERN RAP ARTIST IN THE REGION.GANG SOCIETY LATER WENT ON TO RELEASE THEIR SOPHOMORE ALBUM ENTITLED "THE GAMES FINES". NOW UNDER A NEW LABEL WITH A FRESH START, THE GROUP HAD A HANDLE ON THE DIRECTION THAT HIP HOP WAS HEADED. WELL RESPECTED BY THEN, EACH INDIVIDUAL MEMBER HAD THEN ATTAINED INDUSTRY KNOWLEDGE AND INCORPORATED STRATEGIES WHICH WOULD HELP TO MAINTAIN THEIR DRIVE IN ACHIEVING A RECOGNIZED STATUS.FROM THIS DEVELOPMENT, E-SHARP HAS BEGAN THE CHASE OF SOLO PROJECTS WITH CONTINUING COLLABORATIONS WITH FELLOW "GS" MEMBERS AND OTHER AFFILIATES WHICH WERE THE PRODUCT OF RELATIONSHIPS ATTAINED THROUGHOUT THE HISTORY OF HIS CAREER.THROUGHOUT THE EVOLUTION OF DOWN SOUTH HIP HOP, A DISTINGUISHED STYLE EMERGED THAT APPEARED TO BE THE "SIGNATURE" OF SOUTHERN RAP. ALTHOUGH E-SHARP'S PERCEPTION OF HIP HOP REMAINED RAW AND UNBIASED, THERE HAD SEEMED TO BE NO STYLE OF EQUAL CONTENT. THIS PARTICULAR NOTION OF A MORE COLORFUL SOUTHERN GENRE IS UNDOUBTEDLY STILL PRESENT IN THE REGION. UP TO THIS POINT, UNFORTUNATELY, THIS STYLE IS STILL RELATIVELY UNRECOGNIZED; PERHAPS LIKE AN OIL-WELL UNDISCOVERED, THEREFORE "UNTAPPED".THE WAIT IS SOON TO BE OVER--THE WELL NOW DISCOVERED! WITH NO FURTHER ADO......LADIES AND GENTLEMEN OF THE INDUSTRY, I NOW PRESENT........E-SHARP IN "UNTAPP'D"