Profile Edited by MPS MySpace Editor 2.0It was at the young age of 15 that Jack Flawless took a serious look at this culture we now call hip hop. Influenced by many hip-hop greats such as A Tribe Called Quest, The Roots, Snoop Dogg, Notorious B.I.G, and Jay-Z, He began freestyling within circles in his hometown neighborhood of Malvern in Toronto, Ontario.
I remember being in my 12th grade gym class and everyone around me was intensely watching a basketball video, he recalls. But I had my headphones on and was only focused on writing rhymes. It was at that instance that I realized nothing else mattered to me but the music
After constantly shocking his peers with his natural talent, Jack Flawless started receiving more and more praise, not only from friends, but from anybody who had the opportunity to listen to him rhyme. Many people credit his smooth flow, distinctive voice and his clever and often humorous punch-lines as the characteristics that set Flawless apart from the typical MC. Fueled by his ambition, he single handedly set up after-school freestyle sessions where many aspiring MCs came to showcase their skills. However Jack Flawless outshined his competition every time. Based on his talents and with help from his older brother he was hooked up with a local producer named Kjam and recorded his first song Who U Rollin Wit. This song received a lot of attention from the streets and led to an opportunity for Jack Flawless to work with upstart label LifeTime Records.
Shortly after Jack Flawless began his professional career with LifeTime Records his first Mix CD hit the streets in May of 2003. LifeTime Records introduces Jack Flawless MixTape Volume 1 Showcases his natural talents and incredible lyrical flair. S.H.A.N.T.E the most popular cut displays his ability to switch up his flow at a level that few MCs can do well. Lyrical Workout a superb track that has such witty lines as When I put my pen to the paper/lyrical raper/Jeffery Dahmer you met your MAKER! and Beware which also showcases his natural swagger with lines like /Im tryin to blow up on the charts like Timmy Mcveigh/you can never step in the shoes I currently stand in/lyrical terrorist/ very similar to Bin Laden.
Jack Flawless followed up the acclaim he gained from his first Mix CD and put together his much-improved second Mix CD, entitled Flawless Material. It was there Jack Flawless showed he was more then a one dimensional punch-line rapper, he showed that he was a complete hip-hop artist with a talent for making memorable songs. Exemplified on tracks such as Lets Go, RidinRollin and the title track, Jack Flawless showed that he was a talent that demanded to be taken seriously, receiving his first taste of radio play as well as favorable reviews, the CDs success was capped off by an invitation to open for Mos Def at the Docks in October of 2004, a show which put his abilities on display for close to 2000 people.
Now at the age of 22, Jack Flawless still feels he is at the beginning stages of his career. He is currently preparing his future release, and is taking the path less traveled, rather then rush mediocre product to the masses just to stay in the public eye, Jack Flawless is slowly putting together the best music he can possibly create, and though he puts himself under a lot of pressure, he is confident enough in his abilities that he knows when he is ready to drop his next project, the public will take notice. Walking in the footsteps of great artists who always felt that true art was never to be rushed, whenever Jack Flawless is asked by people on the street when his new project is coming out, he always confidently replys when its finished!
