...The Hep-Hop Mixtape Coming Soon...
In the 9 years since I first put my pen to the pad, I've realized music has given me a reason to live. No matter what I'm going through, good or bad, the best feeling I've ever had comes from listening to an artist going through a similar situation, and manifesting it through his or her music in a way that I can relate. My purpose in life is to make others feel that through mine.
If it weren't for this, I honestly don't know who I'd be today or why I'm even alive. I can't count the number of times in the past few years I've wanted to divorce this bitch, but by simply channeling my thoughts and feelings through the mic, I've been able to get through it by saying things I could never tell another soul and doing things I never would've imagined. Music saved my life.
But what exactly is Hip-hop music? Is it the mainstream? The underground? The West Coast? East Coast? Dirty South? The party tracks? Conscious raps? Since its birth, Hip-hop has grown and evolved into so many forms and fashions, and it has constantly been broken down and labeled as "real" or "fake."
I've been told I sound too mainstream by the underground. Too underground by the mainstream. Too Korean by America, and too American by Korea. I've been influenced by everything and anything in life, and that shows in what I write.
So where does that leave me? An Outkast in The Game everytime I Busta Rhyme? Stuck on Death Row waiting for the Aftermath of this Shady business? One Be Lo the top spot as Public Enemy #1, with a Notorious Big L on my record? Fuck that. I know No Limit, and I will Mos Def not be constricted to the shackles of style found in Hip-hop today. I do whatever I want, as long as its genuine to me, and I could care less what people label me as. Thats just the Method, Man, of my Immortal Technique.
With that being said, I give you the birth of Hep-Hop.
Hep D MC, Viruss, DJ Cloud- Foolish Freestyle
