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SINCE NAMES AREN’T OF IMPORTANCE, LET’S CALL HIM “OLE BOI†[SHALL WE?] EMBRACING US WITH HIS DIVERSE SOUND AND HIS VERY UNIQUE STYLE OF SOUTHERN FLOW, "OLE BOI" IS BY FAR AN AMATEUR TO "REAL" SOUTHERN HIP HOP. OLE BOI IS A LYRICAL POET FROM LAUREL, MS WHO WRITES (SOMETIMES EVEN PRODUCE) HIS OWN MUSIC. HE OFTENS TEND TO WRITE AND RAP ABOUT REAL LIFE STORIES AND TRUE EVENTS THAT OCCURRED IN HIS LIFE, GROWING UP AS A YOUNGSTER AND ADOLESCENT, LEADING UP TO ADULTHOOD.
THIS STORYTELLING ORATOR/ARTIST, IS IN NO QUESTION {IF I MUST SAY SO MYSELF} ANYTHING LESS THAN THE TRUTH. OLE BOI STARTED WRITING LYRICS AT THE TENDER AGE OF TEN AND HE WAS MORE SEASONED AT TEN, THAN MANY RAPPERS WHOM AT THAT TIME ALREADY HAD A DEAL. IT WAS FIFTH GRADE, WHEN OLE BOI LINKED UP WITH HIS FRIEND AND CLASSMATE {EVENTUALLY PARTNA IN RYME} MISSISSIPPI SLIM A.KA. “SLIM DA PIMP†THAT THEY BEGAN MAKING WHAT THEY CALLED MIXED TAPES. “KEEP IN MIND,†MIXED TAPES WEREN'T EVEN THOUGHT OF THEN, THAT'S HOW FAR AHEAD OF THE GAME THESE KATS WERE.
HOWEVER, AT THAT DAY AND TIME, THEIR VERSION OF MIXTAPES WAS A MIXTURE OF DIFFERENT SONGS, IN WHICH THEY HAD RECORDED THEMSELVES, BY USING A CASSETTE RECORDER TO RECORD THEIR RHYMES (OVER ALREADY WELL ESTABLISHED ARTISTS INSTRUMENTALS) ONTO AUDIO / COMPACT CASSETTE TAPES. OLE BOI AND MISSISSIPPI SLIM WERE PRODUCING WHAT THEY CALLED “MIXTAPES†AT THE TIME. HOWEVER, UNBEKNOWNST TO THE TWO OF THEM, THEIR SO CALLED “MIXTAPES†[IN LAYMEN TERMS] WAS AND IS THE ORIGINAL VERSION OF AN MIXTAPE “LITERALLY†AND HAS SINCE BECOME A MAJOR FACTOR IN THE URBAN / HIP-HOP COMMUNITY.
IT WAS NEVER HARD TO SPOT OLE BOI IN THE SCHOOL HALLWAYS BECAUSE HE WAS USUALLY THE ONE WITH A CROWD AROUND HIM, LISTENING TO HIS PLAYFUL YET SERIOUS STYLE OF FLOWS. BY THE TIME HE REACHED JUNIOR HIGH (UNDER THE MANAGEMENT OF HARVEY A.K.A. THE FAT MAN) HE WAS ALREADY OPENING SHOWS FOR BIG NAMES. OLD BOI HAS ALWAYS BEEN A CROWD FAVORITE, STANDING OUT {PARTICULARLY} DUE TO HIS CATCHY, HIGH PITCH VOICE AND DEEP SOUTHERN ACCENT, IN WHICH HE PRESENTED AT A TIME WHEN SOUTHERN RAPPERS WERE ASHAMED OF BEING CONSIDERED OR CALLED "COUNTRY."
FINALLY, AFTER BEING HELD BACK AND SPEED BUMPED FOR SO LONG, AFTER BEING (EXCUSE THE TERM) "F*CKED OVER" BY SEVERAL PEOPLE IN THE PAST [CLAIMING TO HAVE HIS BEST INTEREST IN MIND] OLE BOI HAS CHOSEN TO SIGN A DEAL WITH INDIE RECORD LABEL C.H.I.S.I.P.P. ENTERTAINMENT. HE HAS PUT TOGETHER SEVERAL MIXTAPES OVER THE PAST FEW YEARS. BUT, IMMEDIATELY AFTER SIGNING TO C.H.I.S.I.P.P. HE TEAMED UP SLIM, SINCE FORMING THE RAP DUO “MISSISSIPPI SLIM & OLE BOI†IN WHICH THEY PRODUCED (THEIR FIRST AND ONE OF THE MOST SUCCESSFUL ALBUM’S OF BOTH THEIR CAREER TOGETHER AND SOLO) “BASED ON TRUE EVENTS.â€
BASED ON TRUE EVENTS HAS SOLD OVER 8,000 COPIES IN THE STREETS, LOCAL RECORD STORES AROUND THE COUNTRY AND VARIES OF ITUNES AND OTHER DOWNLOADS ON THE INTERNET, WITH NO AIRPLAY AND NO DISTRIBUTION! THE ALBUM IS STILL AN INSTANT SELLER TODAY. NOW UNLEASHED AND READY TO LEAVE A PLEASANT STAIN IN THE GAME, OLE BOI IS DESTINED TO BE THE NEXT BIG ACT TO BLOW, PUTTING NOT ONLY LAUREL, BUT THE WHOLE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI ON THE MAP. IT’S NO WONDER HE’S CONSIDERED A “WORK OF ART†AND THE SELF PROCLAIMED “STATE REPRESENTATIVE†OF MISSISSIPPI.
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