THUG MENTALITY

THUG MENTALITY’S MURDER CAPITAL CD IS NOW STREET PLATINUM THANKS TO EVERYONE WHO SUPPORTED THE PROJECT. THUG MENTALITY IS ONE OF THE BEST UNDERGROUND RAP GROUP FROM TORONTO’S WEST END. O.G.’S SHELROCK, RIFLE AND ICEMAN BRINGS THE REALNESS, AND NEVER HOLDING BACK FOR MAINSTREAM NOR COMMERCIAL MASS APPEAL. THE STREETS IS THUG MENTALITY’S HOME FIELD ADVANTAGE, IN THE STREETS THEY INTERACT WITH MUSIC CONSUMERS AND MOVE MORE UNITS INDEPENDENTLY, THAN A LOT OF TORONTO HIP-HOP ARTIST WHO HAS INDUSTRY CREDIBILITY AND NO SENSE OF REAL URBAN BUSINESS, JUST FRONTING WITH VIDEOS ON MUCHVIBE AND POSSIBLE AN ADEQUATE ALBUM THATS JUST COLLECTING DUST IN MANY MUSIC STORES ACROSS THE MEGA CITY AND OUTSIDE THE ONTARIO REGION.TORONTO IS A MULTI-CULTURAL CITY OVERWHELM WITH A VAST QUANTITY OF TALENTED M.C.’s/RAPPERS AND A LOT OF SLEEPING ZOMBIE PLAYER HATERS, BUT WHEN IT COMES TO THUG MENTALITY THE HARDCORE FANATICS CAN ALWAYS RELATE TO THE VIVID HARDCORE LYRICS OF SHELROCK RIFLE AND ICE-MAN, THE FUTURE OF TORONTO HIP-HOP.SHELROCK, RIFLE AND ICE-MAN BEEN PERFECTING THEY STYLE ON THE GRIND FOR A LONG TIME WITH AN ONSLAUGHT OF WEST END NEIGHBORHOOD MIXTAPES DATING BACK TO THE YEAR 2000 WHEN THEY WERE KNOWN AS THE HIGH -LIFE -THUGZ.THUG MENTALITY RELEASE THEY FIRST TWO STREET SINGLES "DRUGZ, DRUGZ" AND "WHO WANT BEEF ?" IN 2003 ON THEY OWN INDEPENDENT IMPRINT WHEN NOBODY WANTED TO GIVE THEM A CHANCE.2004 SUMMER WAS A BRIGHT YEAR FOR THE THUG MENTALITY CLICK, THEY RELEASE AN ALBUM TITLED THE DEMO WITCH SHOWCASE THE TRUE MEANING OF WHAT A DEMO SHOULD SOUND LIKE AND BE LIKE. THE DEMO HAD 9 TRACKS, INCLUDING THE 2003 SINGLES "DRUGZ, DRUGZ" AND "WHO WANT BEEF ?". THAT PROJECT BROUGHT THEM SOME HOOD LOVE.AT THE STARTING OF 2005 THE MURDER RATE IN TORONTO STARTED TO ASCEND AND BY THE END OF THE MURDER SPREE IT WAS DUBBED AS THE SUMMER OF THE GUN BY THE MEDIA. THUG MENTALITY WAS IN THE STUDIO DURING THAT VIVID SUMMER WORKING ON THEY UNTITLED DEBUT ALBUM WITCH IS NOW INFAMOUSLY KNOWN AS THE "MURDER CAPITAL" SINCE TORONTO WAS BECOMING AN HAVEN FOR MURDEROUS UNSOLVED CRIMES.AFTER ALL THE GUN SMOKE WAS CLEAR THUG MENTALITY RELEASED "MURDER CAPITAL" IN FALL OF 2006 WITH 21 TRACK. 95% OF THE SONGS ARE ENHANCED WITH A FEEL OF THE MOST DEADLIEST SUMMER IN TORONTO’S HISTORY, WHEN THE GUNS CONVEY THAT BULLETS ARE NOT RACIST BUT CONTAGIOUS.."MURDER CAPITAL" IS A BIG STREET ALBUM, 21 TRACKS WITH 4 HIT SINGLES, "EGLINTON WEST 4 LIFE" "PAPER NOTES" " THE GRAVEYARD SHIFT" "SLIT YOUR THROAT" AND THE VIDEO FOR "LIVE GOOD, LIVE LONG" ARE FEW OF THE SONGS THAT GAIN THE ATTENTION OF HIP-HOP FANS IN ONTARIO. THE TITLE TRACK "MURDER CAPITAL" AND "TIME vs LIFE" HAD MEDIA OUTLETS IN THE CITY AGREEING WITH THE LYRICAL CONTENT. IT TAKES THEM BACK TO THE SUMMER OF THE GUN. AT THIS MOMENT, THUG MENTALITY’S "MURDER CAPITAL" IS STREET PLATINUM AND SALES ARE STILL ASCENDING. THUG MENTALITY IS ALSO IN THE LAB. WORKING ON THE NEW ALBUM MENTALLY BLUNTED. THE VIDEO FOR THE FIRST SINGLE "STUCK IN A MAZE" IS OUT NOW, BE ON THE LOOK OUT!
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