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"Smoke Kush" - Big Hop with Blount HarveyGreenville’s Big Hop Does Things His WayBy Daniel Brock mixerThursday, March 01, 2007When the Greenville rap group Artistic Anarchists, aka Double A, released its sophomore album "Now or Never" on graduation day in 2005, both band members, Kenny "Big Hop" Hopkins and Greg "Trigga" Able, received their degrees from East Carolina University.But it was bittersweet.Double A’s "Now or Never" release came after a rushed, and increasingly contentious, recording process that had seen the third member of the group, John J’z, kicked out.The experience left Hopkins and Able feeling that "Now or Never" was their last shot to get something done as a group.Ultimately, Double A was destined not to be."I thought ’Now or Never’ was good, but to me it was way more rushed and not as organic as the first one" (2003’s "Listen ... Understand), the 26-year-old Hopkins said."With the first one, we were just doing it for fun and we didn’t really have any expectations," he said "Where with the second one, for one we were trying to get something out because Trigga was moving back home. We obviously knew that it wasn’t the best work that it probably could have been, and that’s why we named the CD "Now or Never"because that’s kind of how it was."It was either we put this CD out now, or we don’t put it out at all. I was looking at moving then, too, and who knows if in three months we would have both been gone and our legacy here would have been done."As planned, Able moved home to Newport News, Va., leaving Hopkins on his own. But he soldiered on, and in November 2005 released his first solo effort "Man of the Minute.""That’s what kind of brought the Big Hop out," he said. "It was me moving on."Hopkins followed up "Minute" with the November 2006 release of "My Own League," a smoothly cohesive album filled with Hop’s fiercely independent spirit and socially intelligent rhymes backed by tight instrumental tracks from North Carolina producer 9th Wonder.TO READ THE REST OF THE ARTICLE, CHECK OUT THE BLOG: "BIG HOP IN THE MIXER"BIG HOP EMPTY BOXES, THE TRAILER

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Member Since: 8/31/2005
Band Website: under construction
Band Members: DOWNLOAD EMPTY BOXES NOW!!!!!Download Mixtape | Provided by DatPiff.comI and IVIDEO FROM EMPTY BOXES DVD AVAILABLE MAY 07".. width="425" height="350" ..
Influences: Cormega, Ghostface, Big Poppa, AZ, JadaKiss, Styles, Jay-Z , Murs, Soul Music, Rock Music, Good Music.
Sounds Like: "The chosen one from the land of the frozen sun, where drunk nights get remembered more than sober ones."DOWNLOAD "MY OWN LEAGUE" FOR FREE! Download Mixtape | Provided by DatPiff.com
Record Label: MUSIC SOUNDS DOPE
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

TOP 10 HIP HOP ALBUMS OF 2007

Top 10 Hip Hop Albums Of The YearDISCLAIMER: There will be no talk of the following artists in this listing: Kanye West, 50 Cent, TI, Young Joc, Young Jeezy, Mike Jones, Rick Ross, Soulja Boy, Hurric...
Posted by Big Hop on Sat, 22 Dec 2007 07:36:00 PST

My Bulletins

First off, I would like to thank everyone who has made it a point to check out my daily bulletins. I try to keep the bulletins different, and sometimes concise, in order to keep them worth checking o...
Posted by Big Hop on Thu, 18 Oct 2007 11:02:00 PST

BIG HOP IN THE VILLAGE IDIOT!

By: Rachel CooperHey everybody!! I want to introduce you to a wonderful new up and coming rapper Big Hop straight out of Newport News, VA / Greenville, NC where he currently lives raps and DJ's for yo...
Posted by Big Hop on Thu, 06 Sep 2007 07:36:00 PST

EMPTY BOXES

OK, so here we are.Being that it is Wednesday, May 16th, and Empty Boxes has now past two "Release Dates," I felt that it was a perfect time to address this project. Especially, since often times whe...
Posted by Big Hop on Wed, 16 May 2007 01:48:00 PST

BIG HOP INTERVIEW IN THE MIXER

Music box: Big HopClick-2-ListenBy Daniel Brock mixer Thursday, March 01, 2007When the Greenville rap group Artistic Anarchists, aka Double A, released its sophomore album "Now or Never" on graduation...
Posted by Big Hop on Sat, 03 Mar 2007 05:57:00 PST

Hip Hop Awards of 2006

2006 HIP HOP/RAP AWARDS (W-represents Winner of the Category, genius)Worst Single W-Method Man "Ya' Meen"/ Rhymefest "Brand New" feat Kanye West/ Jay-Z - Lost Ones*** I don't know what I hate more...
Posted by Big Hop on Tue, 19 Dec 2006 02:01:00 PST

My 2006 Rap/Hip Hop Albums of the Year. Check It Out.

The Best Hip Hop/Rap Albums of 200610. JayZ: Kingdom ComeOk, Hova is back. I know. I have seen the ads and promos and MTV specials, etc. Well maybe, just maybe, there was too much time spent on m...
Posted by Big Hop on Sat, 16 Dec 2006 02:13:00 PST

NEW SONGS!

I have finally posted some new tracks up here. They are joints off of my first mixtape, check em out. Let me know if you want a copy of the disc, and I will mail you one out pronto. Also, check out...
Posted by Big Hop on Tue, 03 Jan 2006 07:10:00 PST

what's in a name.....

ar·tis·tic Pronunciation: är-'tis-tik Function: adjective 1 : of, relating to, or characteristic of art or artists 2 : showing imaginative skill in arrangement or execution an·ar·chist Pr...
Posted by Big Hop on Tue, 13 Sep 2005 01:47:00 PST