Throughout the journey of life, there are a vast number of things that cross our path and come our way. These things, both new and or reoccurring arrive from all different directions, making contact head on, from behind, and at times some distance away from our peripheral vision to inspire and move us. The result of this inspiration, especially the kind of great significance produces an effect so strong it has the potential to fuel the very steps we take. This is extraordinarily true of hip-hop artist, N.E.S., whose steps have taken him along his journey to strive for nothing but success. Born in the Dominican Republic, to then commute to the United States, N.E.S. spent most of his youth growing up in Washington Heights, New York. While in New York, he drew inspiration from his environment and day to day experiences. His perception of what took place around him and opportunity he saw in those experiences were what planted the seeds of change to help him grow into who he was destined to become. However, it wasn’t until N.E.S. had the chance to see the classic hip-hop movie, “Juice†that his actual development began. Awe struck by the scene of the infamous DJ battle in the movie, N.E.S. believed reaching out to people through music was something that he not only excelled at but involved himself with as well. As his love for music and his desire to communicate to others increased, N.E.S. went through a series of transitions to get him where he is today. This avid music listener, former DJ and crowd hype man metamorphosed into an emcee whose skills would go onto create feel good, all-encompassing music that reaches a wider audience. With influences including NAS, Big Pun, Biggie, Eminem, Jay-Z and Big L, N.E.S. uses his experiences and love for his Dominican culture to give life back to the genre of music recently thought of as dead. With already going through and accomplishing a considerable amount, N.E.S. understands where his steps lead him is just the beginning. He has opened and worked with artists like Fat Joe, Tony Sunshine, Daddy Yankee, Alesi-Y-Fido, Mobb Deep, Capone-N-Norega, T.O.K, Christina Milian, B2K, Pitbull, Hector and Titto, Don Chezina, Fabolous, Nina Sky, Angie Martinez, Nicky Jam, Remy Ma and Busta Rhymes to name few. In the mind and eyes of N.E.S., success is just a matter of moving forward… Feel free to move with him as he moves you.
Upcoming SmoothFellaz recording artist Erick Right may not be a common voice on your radio station, but by the looks of the progress he is making that may be a different situation in due time. Erick Right was born in Brooklyn, N.Y where he lived till the age of 4 before moving to New Jersey. Erick has had an interest in music since a very young age, involving himself in musical productions and school choirs at the age of 8.In the middle of his high school years he started recording music with random hip-hop artist from his area and settled down to a more permanent surrounding when he was introduced to N.E.S, a rapper in the area that for quite some time had been working on a name for himself.Forward a few years later and you will find that Erick has been hard at work on a debut independent album and a constant name on the mix tape circuit. Now this r&b artist from Jersey is no stranger to the stage he's been steadily racking ups show in the New York/ New Jersey area for quite some time now; from opening up for Label mate N.E.S to fellow r&b artist Tony Sunshine and reggaeton artist Alexis & Fido, Mr. Right must be doing something Right to have listeners enjoying the music he does. "This is nothing compared to what I have in store for this following year" claims Erick Right. I recently finished a video for one of my singles "Lonely" and am in progress to start working on another video for the club hit "Don't Let Him know" ft. Dynasty. The future looks bright for this young promising artist who gives a lot of credit to those who have helped him get as far as he has. Plan to hear much more from Erick Right in the near future.Big Thank you to my label SmoothFellaz Ent. for holding me down: Big Mike & N.E.S much love. I also gotta thank everbody at RedEye Ent. for all the support and Shy of So Amazin' Ent. for all the work he put in to making me the artist I am today, I thank u guys a whole lot.