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NyelLee

otherwise known as NYLE

About Me

WHO IS THIS MAN?
AND HOW IS HE SO HANDSOME?
His name is NyelLee,
and he isn't here to save
Hip-Hop, he's here because Hip-Hop saved him the last piece of birthday cake. A Philly born veteran of the New York City Underground, Nyellee has spent the past half-decade on a journey through rap that has acquired a legion of followers who identify with his persona as much as they are entertained by his storytelling. Thinking locally but acting globally, Nyellee has become the superstar next door who has shared a stage with everyone from Patti LaBelle and Talib Kweli to Mos Def and Elton John.

2007 saw the release of his debut album Frosh. A chronicling of his freshman year at New York University, Frosh quickly became a cult sensation that rose to the top of college charts as Nyellee filled venues around the East Coast from clubs to college auditoriums. Nyellee has also become a staple within New York City's SinSin Circuit, one of the city's most respected collections of rappers, where he's won the Off-the-Head Game Show Battle, an MC battle notorious for it's difficulty and tests of endurance, as well as the 2006 Best Freshman MC award.As talented a writer as he is an entertainer, Nyellee's poised to become a leader of Hip-Hop's new generation. Active as a solo artist and with his side-project Beggars n' Scholars, Nyellee has several promising endeavors on the horizon. 2008 will see the release of his sophomore album "S'more," as well as his first series of international shows throughout the winter. Nyellee's going worldwide, and he's leaving no listener behind. CONTACT
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My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 10/9/2005
Band Website: nyellee.com
Band Members: Nyle Emerson
Influences:

FREESTYLING ON STAGE WITH PATTI LABELLE.


Its a long story, but basically I was randomly picked out of the audience last fourth of July to dance on stage with Patti Labelle at the city's concert (also feat. Elton John). But instead of just dance she asked us to sing, but i can't sing, and the rest is history. WATCH.

Life of Liberty (Grandstaff Remix)


My very first video, off the FROSH album, remixed by Fresh 2 Def of Grandstaff Productions . Directed by Gaby Perez of Tempting But No Productions.

Sounds Like:

2008



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2007



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Record Label: Clive Davis Department of Record Music @ NYU
Type of Label: None

My Blog

Album Release Party

Was a success with over 200 people throughout the course of the night, with amazing guest appearances, and Will Scott on the 1's and 2's it was like Caribana in a sardine can! CLICK BELOW TO SEE! ...
Posted by NyelLee on Mon, 04 Jun 2007 04:22:00 PST

FROSH!

AGH!!! If you think starting school with the need to get a 4.0 out of 18 credits is pressure. Try doing all that while trying to mixdown and release AN ALBUM!!!!!! FROSH! Is completely recorded and fi...
Posted by NyelLee on Mon, 18 Sep 2006 10:50:00 PST

BATTLE

As you all know, I freestyle every Monday at this place called Sin-Sin (2nd Ave & Fifth) where emcees have an open mic over a live band. Basically this place has become my lyrical home, and each month...
Posted by NyelLee on Tue, 09 May 2006 02:40:00 PST

HIgher ft. Nyel Lee (REMU Final Project 2)

Hey guys! This is the same type of group project as the one with Myke, Vanessa, and Sean. Except that this is an entirely seperate group that i was not assigned to, I just came and rapped on it. The ...
Posted by NyelLee on Sat, 25 Mar 2006 02:16:00 PST

REMU Final Project

At ReMu (Recorded Music) our final project for the semester was to take a "skeleton" track (ex: piano and bass but no drums, etc) they gave us and to make a whole song out of it. Me, Mykael, my boy Se...
Posted by NyelLee on Thu, 23 Feb 2006 10:57:00 PST

Amazing Grace

Everybody has been recording over Parker's crib. Odu, Mykael, even Andre has been over there. I on the other hand, have been stuck at home doing music theory, sooooooooooo. Since my buddy Malik from P...
Posted by NyelLee on Thu, 23 Feb 2006 10:13:00 PST

Jesus Walks Acapaella Freestyle

JESUS WALKS I recorded this with Reed Adler, the bassist for Moment of Zen, for a school project of his. We came up with the idea really quick, and recorded it all in an hour. Since we we...
Posted by NyelLee on Sat, 04 Feb 2006 11:48:00 PST

At Endo's Crib

So it was like the second week of my first semester at NYU and I roll out with my boi Mykael out to some producer's dorm. The boy's been here eight days and he already knows the whole damn campus. A...
Posted by NyelLee on Sun, 22 Jan 2006 10:56:00 PST