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Iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiittttttttttttt’s Shotime!!!!! Have you ever held a conversation with someone and just TRULY enjoyed it? Where you felt as if after the conversation was over, you actually learned something interesting? That’s the exact feeling I had after I spoke with Byron Perry better known as Shotime. I must admit that speaking with the 19 year old RAP (Rhythm and Poetry) artist from Philly was mind blowing. I have spoken to and/or interviewed many of artists and no one has impressed me more thus far. To be such a young man Shotime speaks with wisdom well beyond his years, during the interview I found myself frequently reaffirming his age. The words he spoke were so poetic it was as if I were listening to a song. Shotime naturally speaks with punch lines as if he were on stage performing. On the track “Take ‘Em Back” he showcases his talent with lyrics like “Everybody says the game done changed, It ain’t changed it’s just the players no longer the same, but don’t fear the draft pick has came, Saying hip hop is back and I’m continuing to reign” off his Lights, Cameras, Action promo CD. He spits with a mid 90’s East Coast type of flow the likes of Prodigy (Mobb Deep) or AZ. Shotime has amazing skills on the microphone and shows them off on my favorite track “Slow Grind”. Coming into the game at an era where lyrics are not a major focus of many new hip hop artists, Shotime proves that there is still some hope for hip hop.Shotime is the first artist signed to SP Entertainment Music Group (see “We Got Next”). He is the little brother of SP Entertainment Music Group CEO Scott Perry. Be it they grew up in the same household, Scott discovered his younger brother’s talent from the people in the neighborhood. Shotime would beat down his big brother’s door saying “I can rap, I’m an artist” but was constantly brushed off. It wasn’t until the elder Perry sibling watched a DVD aptly titled UFC: Underground Freestyle Champion. The DVD was a compilation of street freestyle battles (think 8 Mile minus Eminem), it was the first time Scott had ever saw his brother rap. “People on the streets would tell me ‘your brother got flow’ and I was like yeah right” admits Scott. Once he saw the DVD and saw the rawness and passion of Shotime, Scott knew he truly had a gift. As the “modern day Simmons brothers” (Russell and Run), the pair look to take hip hop back to RAP. Shotime, as talented as he is, only rates himself an 8.5 on a scale of 1 – 10, stating “there’s always that 1.5% for improvement, that way I’m always looking to improve.”If you ask Shotime who he is, he will tell you “I’m the youngest underrated rapper. I was like 10 years old when I wrote my first rhyme but I didn’t get serious until 13.” Shotime doesn’t define or label his style, “I like to give everybody what they like. Not just conscious or gangster, it’s all of that combined. I’m just an artist, I’m that slash between rap and hip hop like on a record store label (rap/hip hop).” When asked about the current state of hip hop, Shotime responds “Hip hop is still here, RAP is what’s missing right now. Rap is a simple word but hip hop is a completely different level, its more complex. They say hip hop is dead, like a battery in a remote but if you shake it around it’ll come back on. It’s not dead but idle, it’s a lot of bull out there right now. There are smart, talented rappers that are just saying bull over a hot beat just to get a check.” Shotime say’s he would love to have a lyrical chop session with Lupe (Fiasco) and Andre 3000. His top three favorite rappers are Jay-Z, Lupe and Ludacris. If you were to ride around Philly with Shotime, you will probably here Jay-Z’s Blueprint volume 1. Shotime states that T.I. is the hottest artist out right now but be on the lookout for Shotime.Shotime is not the typical modern day rap scenario. He is currently in college, has no children and ladies you will have to share him with his current wife - hip hop. He has just put the finishing touches on his promo CD Lights, Cameras, Action.